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     According to the stuff I've read=2C it only has a range of 300=20
     metres=2E  Not much use for scootering i'd have thought!
     Ace


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Subject=3A SV=3A NeverLost=20
Author=3A  "Ingemar Lundgren=22 <ingemar=2Elundgren=40mbox301=2Eswipnet=
=2Ese=3E at internet
Date=3A    14=2F02=2F00 20=3A00


I just new that somebody would jump at the chance at criticising this=2E=
 The=20
pingers i have used (commercial diver units=29 have worked great=2E If =
this=20
pinger works as good it=B4s a good navigational aid=2E  I still intend =
to plan=20
my dive and deco as if i was going to miss the upline=2E If i miss the =
line=20
it=B4s not a big deal because i have planned for this=2E I did not want=
 a=20
lecture on how to conduct a wreck dive i just wanted to know if this pr=
oduct=20
works=2E
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I often use a scooter when diving and sometimes i leave the wreck and g=
o for=20
artefact hunts=2C this is where the pinger comes to use=2E  I never lay=
 reel on=20
a wreck unless penetrating=2C it=B4s just to tedious and only a beginne=
r does=20
unless you are diving in horrible vis or badly fucked up wrecks=2E When=
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leaving the wreck with no pinger i use a compass=2E Don=B4t try to conv=
ice me to=20
bother laying reel=2E
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The pinger is just a navigational aid=2E Other uses for it is measuring=
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distances=2Csomething that can be very useful if you are trying to iden=
tify a=20
newly discovered wreck=2E
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In case i don't find the accent line again i use a spool and liftbag as=
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emergency accent line=2E I have all the deco gases i need for the deco =
with=20
me=2E On really deep dives where deco gases are stationed on the line i=
 lay=20
reel if necessary=2E
    =20
Now does anyone know if this product works or not=3F
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Fr=E5n=3A ajmarve=40banet=2Enet [mailto=3Aajmarve=40banet=2Enet=5D=20
Skickat=3A den 13 februari 2000 23=3A06
Till=3A Ingemar Lundgren
Kopia=3A Aquanaut Mail
=C4mne=3A Re=3A NeverLost
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Ingemar=2C
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I dont have any idea about the particular unit you mention=2C other tha=
n Ive=20
seen
the ads for what three years now=2C and yet to see the product=2E One o=
f the=20
guys
out here had the older style of these=2C with the leds that blinked=2C =
he always=20
seemed to get lost anyways=2E  Also he needed to hang it at a certain h=
eight=2C=20
which usually meant he had to leave it tied off to the anchor or he had=
 an=20
inner
tube with a weight and he would set up like a lobster pot marker=2C onl=
y it=20
didnt
break the surface=2C and he carried that contraption in a huge bug bag=2E=
 I=20
never
did figure out what he was going to do if the anchor pulled while he wa=
s=20
tied
into it=2C and he wasnt too clear on that either=2E Do you follow the s=
ignal=20
aimlessly off the wreck into the sand=3F=3F then what happens when they=
 pull the=20
hook up=3F=3F do the deck monkeys then switch off your unit=3F=3F then =
what=3F=3F  and=20
why
waste time and gas when you could have just run a line in the first pla=
ce=2C=20
or
just planned the dive to do your ascent=2Fexit=2Fdeco from the most=20
distant=2Fdig=2Fpenetration point=2Cas long as your tied in anyways=3F=3F=
 < this leads=20
into what reel do you use for an upline=2C and then you get the jersey =
upline=20
guys
because thats the "fastest=22 way to rig an upline in an emergency=3C w=
hich you=20
create by wasting gas searching for the magic beeping box >=2C and its =
clear=20
by
then youve bought the express train to idiotland=2C  metaphorically spe=
aking=2C=20
of
course=2C because once you swim off the wrek=2C what do you tie into=3F=
=3E Plus=2C my=20
line
reel never needs batteries=2C doesnt flood=2C and its not so expensive =
im=20
worried
about losing it=2E
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anyways=2C if you get it to work=2C let us know=2E
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regards=2C
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Al Marvelli
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Ingemar Lundgren wrote=3A
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=3E I just received the new Scubapro catalogue and i found a very inter=
esting=20
=3E product made by Uwatech=2E It=B4s called NeverLost and is a uw=2FPi=
nger=2E You
=3E attach a transmitter to the accent line and you carry a diver unit=2E=
  The=20
=3E diver unit will give you range info and bearing=2E  I have used pin=
gers=20
before
=3E and they are really useful for low vis wreck diving or any other=20=
=0Aapplication
=3E where it is hard to find the acentline=2E  Pingers used to be very =
expensive=20
=3E but the one from uwatech has a reasonable price=2E Have anyone used=
 this
=3E device=3F  Does it work as good as advertised=3F How good does the =
bearing=20
=3E system work=3F
=3E Both the transmitter unit and the diver unit is pressure tested to =
80m=2E=20
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