Would this device be used by you?

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Errrm, preset messages.....so no typing, just touch and go....
"watch out for that shark"....... really useful

especially of the norfolk coast

[Titanic]

There must be some potential for sending messages TO the diver who had such a device?

"Back in the pub, send us a text when you've finished - Skipper"

"Bet you can't find the boat..."

"Emergency, quick... [message truncated]"

[Phil Laughton]

At the DOC in December an award winning diver location device was presented to the people present.
The remit to the manufacturers was it had to be small, have good range and not be too expensive.
The transponder is small enough to fit onto a divers arm and has various alarms. The base / boat unit can track a number of divers and be used to signal individual divers by text messages.
I think the cost was less than £300

Phil

[Mark C]

Nice concept - the dive boat to diver homing beakon and vise versa

Still to pricey though