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Signal Strength Versus Signal Timing: Achieving reliability in multiple burial searches by Dr. Thomas Lund

Schaufelstrategie: Der nächste Schritt in der Kameradenrettung von Bruce Edgerly

Revisiting Multiple Burial Statistics: U.S. Avalanche Incidents 1995-2007 by Bruce Edgerly & Jon Mullen

Signalstärke Versus Zeitanalyse des signals: Verlässlichkeit bei der Suche nach Mehrfachverschütteten- Dr. Thomas Lund

How common are multiple burial situations? Avalanche incidents in Tyrol, Austria, 1997-2003 by Dieter Stopper & Jon Mullen

Wie häufig kommen Mehrfachverschüttungen vor? Tirol, Österreich. Dieter Stopper und Jon Mullen

Couloir magazine: Avy Science, p 60. Gadget Fever: Do we rely on features to avoid practice? by Craig Dostie

Three Circle Method- DAV Panorama article (Deutsch)

ICAR Recommendation: Regarding optimal information for users about search strip width (or the effective/useful range) of transceivers

Pinpointing- DAV Panorama article (Deutsch)

Strategic Shoveling: The Next Frontier in Companion Rescue by B. Edgerly and D. Atkins

Frequenzverschiebungen und Empfängerbandbreite bei digitalen LVS- ISSW 2004 by Bruce Edgerly and John Hereford

Multiple Beacon Searching For the Masses: A Standardized Approach For Avalanche Educators by S. Christie

   

Three Circle Method- DAV Panorama article

   

Pinpointing- DAV Panorama article

   

Transceiver Training Parks: Shortening the Beacon Learning Curve-ISSW 2004 by Steve Christie

   

Obsolescence and Analog Avalanche Transceivers: Ensuring Downward Compatibility-ISSW 2004 by Bruce Edgerly and John Hereford

   

Pinpointing on a Line: A Modern Technique for Solving Deep Burials-ISSW 2002 by Bruce Edgerly

   

457 kHz Electromagnetism & the Future of Avalanche Transceivers-ISSW 2000 by John Hereford and Bruce Edgerly

   

Digital Transceiving Systems: The Next Generation of Avalanche Beacons-ISSW 1998 by John Hereford and Bruce Edgerly

   

Companion Rescue and Avalanche Transceivers: The U.S. Experience by Dale Atkins, Colorado Avalanche Information Center

   

Probing Revisited by Bruce Jamieson and Tim Auger, a report on optimal probe length and techniques for live recovery.

   

Transceiver Laboratory Tests 2001: Summary of report by the French avalanche forecasting and research agency, ANENA.

   

Download complete ANENA test report

   

 

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