Ortovox F1 Focus

By gregL Ranked #511 - Avalanche Beacons January 4, 2003

Have used this transceiver for over four years and it has proven simple and reliable in practice situations. It does require some practice to find victims quickly, however, as the directional signal does not usually point to the sending transceiver in a straight line (it may not be the best choice for occasional or novice users for this reason). It has been dead-on accurate at close range (inside of 2 meters); I usually hit the practice "victim" with the first probe stoke. I believe that it is still near the top in both sending and receiving range and is still the standard among old school backcountry guys in the US in the event that you need to loan or trade transceivers.

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