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The comment spam from "dpal97" was likely posted b...

2008-11-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

The comment spam from "dpal97" was likely posted by a (not very bright) employee of ACR Electronics, who manufacture the EPIRBs advertised in the YouTube Video. A “DaveP” posted a similar comment on my blog from an IP address that resolves to acrelectronics.com. And "DaveP" and "dpal97" have been busy spamming other blogs with the same link to YouTube.

See http://www.darrylramm.com/2008/03/02/spot-satellite-messenger-2. And if people so obviously spam my blog I’ll help hunt down them spamming others. Whoever it is seems to be running around posting comments on other blogs/sites including this one. (Google the YouTube link he posted to find them).

So “dpal97” or "daveP" or whoever you are do you want to disclose who you work for and whether you are spamming blogs that mention the SPOT messenger on behalf of ACR Electronics?

Darryl Ramm
Redwood City, CA
(a happy SPOT *and* McMurdo PLB user)

You can't do position reporting with an EPIRB. Per...

2008-10-16T20:06:00.000-07:00

You can't do position reporting with an EPIRB. Personally, I wouldn't have a SPOT instead of an EPIRB - Money really isn't such a big deal when you're in the middle of nowhere in a liferaft... I have both.

The SPOT gadget has some interesting features, but...

2008-10-10T14:52:00.000-07:00

The SPOT gadget has some interesting features, but for the price, I'd get an EPIRB. Its actually cheaper over the 5 year span. $300 for the unit and activation, plus another $150 each year. Thats about $900 bucks over 5 years. EPIRBs are more reliable and we all know they work.
Check out this video on youtube about SPOT, its pretty helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2IQrQxmv00