General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Synthetic and metal

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.0 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Human powered

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Mammut

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Purchased new

Canada

Taken from reference: 1 This particular avalanche beacon has several advanced functions which mostly benefit experienced users such as professionals, rescue teams, mountain guides. This model is widely used by members of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, ski area workers, and by backcountry and helicopter skiing operations in Canada.

Function

An avalanche rescue beacon (radio transceiver), is a radio transmitter-receiver device used to detect people buried in snow. This digital three antenna model broadcasts a signal at 457kHZ to then calculate distance and direction for pinpointing location, has features to aid searching for multiple burials, works with several searchers, has motion detection technology to transmit life signs from other buried Pulse beacons to the surface and displays them on the search menu for possible triage.

Technical

Taken from reference: 1 The invention of the first practical avalanche beacon is owed to a research team led by Dr. John Lawton at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, New York who, influenced by avalanche expert Ed Lachappelle in 1968 developed the SKADI. Used to detect people buried in snow, this analog device broadcasted a pulsed signal as an audible tone and picked up by other beacons. It went into production in 1971 and quickly became a standard used by ski patrollers and people travelling in avalanche prone environments. In Europe, the first avalanche rescue beacon was commissioned by the Swiss Army in 1968 and developed by the Autophon company. Using the newly introduced European standard frequency of 457 kHz, development of the Barryvox VS68 took almost 2 years and soon thereafter found civilian use. This digital model uses three antenna to broadcast a signal at 457kHZ and then calculate distance and direction for greater pinpointing accuracy. This advanced model has several features including aid searching for multiple burials, work with several searchers, motion detection technology to transmit life signs from other buried Pulse beacons to the surface, and displays them on the search menu for possible triage.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

Print on back "PULSE Barryvox/ 457 kHz". There is a drawn diagram of a search pattern. Below reads "[logo of a mammoth]/ MAMMUT/ Made in Switzerland". White print on top of unit is mostly covered by white label. White label reads "Important: The Barryvox avalanche rescue transceiver is intended for any snow/ and mountain sports. All snow and mountain sports are potentially hazardous and/ dangerous. Knowledge and experience are critical to reduce the risk of injury or/ even death. Do not venture into the backcountry unless you are with an experi-/ enced guide or have been properly trained. Use common sense at all times. Never/ venture into the backcountry alone. DO NOT use the device in avalanche terrain/ before you have read and understood the manual! Improper use can seriously com-/ promise the performance and safety of the device.".

Missing

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Finish

Dark grey and black unit with white print. There is a red decorative area with a raised "Mammut" logo. Green circle part where the earphones plug in. There is also a black elasticized strap with black fitting and one red fastener. There is a white label with black print affixed over the unit's top and display screen.

Decoration

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