Tips & Information » Avalanche transciever rescue techniques » Reception Strength Setting
- While in transmit mode, always ensure that your reception strength dial has been left at maximum strength. Get into the habit of confirming periodically the setting of your reception strength dial. This point is applicable especially to the Ortovox F-2, where the transmit/receive switch is independent of the reception strength dial.
- If an emergency occurs, and you switch hastily to receive to begin a search, don't handicap yourself by also having to remember to turn your reception strength dial to maximum range. Reflect on the consequences if you forget this point: your partner is buried; you switch to receive mode to locate her (remembering from your CPR class that you've got about 4 minutes); and when you get to the bottom of the slide path without picking up a signal, you realize that your reception strength dial has been set at minimum strength throughout the initial search.
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