In retrospect it is kind of crazy that fleet owners will put tracking devices on $100K semi trucks and cranes yet $100 million aircraft have to rely upon 60 year old technology (Transponders) and ACARS to keep track of them. I don't question the utility of TCAS and Transponders, it is just the issue of not tracking such a valuable asset that is kind of crazy. Can you imagine how much an aircraft like that is worth in spare parts alone? -on the world market. If I were an insurer I would be asking questions of the industry.
"Orbcomm is kind of troublesome. There is a tracking service used mostly by helicopters, which of course are notorious for falling off the radar due to low altitude. It is Iridium based.
http://us.spidertracks.com/
I've used or have know users various satellite messaging services over the years. Iridium is good. I was a Globcomm customer, but it was not reliable. A friend was on Orbcomm and it had issues as well. " -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida [email protected] 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
