{"id":454,"date":"2013-09-10T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T22:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=454"},"modified":"2013-11-03T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T03:22:37","slug":"another-way-to-keep-in-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"Another way to keep “in touch”."},"content":{"rendered":"

While I can leave my desk for an extended time, I can’t afford to drop off the grid. Before I could do more than just plan a get-away I had to solve that problem. To the rescue came Delorme’s inReach SE<\/a> 2-way Satellite Communicator.<\/p>\n

It allowed me to stay available to VIP customers and as a by-product, family knew where we were at all times.<\/p>\n

Another by-product was that Delorme’s Explorer App not only acted as a console for communications but we had a continuous map display on our iPad.
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We were able to “see” what was around us, which added an extra dimension to our travels.<\/p>\n

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The inReach SE lived under the Pano Roof occasionally but eventually I found a good spot on the dash.
\nI charged the SE every couple of days via 12V USB adapter or a Juice Pak.
\nThe unit stayed on 24×7. It was set to drop a breadcrumb every 10 minutes when on the move and every 4 hours when parked.<\/p>\n

It checked for messages every 10 minutes and it could not contact a satellite to do it’s thing it flashed a red LED and said so on the App. It only happened occasionally when we were in deep tree cover, I.e. almost 100%. Remedy was to give a view of the sky for a while.<\/p>\n

Family, friends and VIP’s where able to log onto Delorme’s site follow our travels and to send us a messages. Messages are normal text messages of up to 160 characters.<\/p>\n

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It allowed me to enjoy some off-the-grid camping and not worry about business too much, at least for a little while.<\/p>\n

Cost? I found it reasonable compared to what I’ve had to do in the past with extra cell subscriptions, etc. I thought about a Sat Phone but considered it too expensive and too bulky. I had no problems with simply getting a text that I was needed with an idea as to priority so that I could decide how to best “call back”. It gave me peace of mind since I’m not in a position to completely disconnect from work.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I can leave my desk for an extended time, I can’t afford to drop off the grid. Before I could do more than just plan a get-away I had to solve that problem. To the rescue came Delorme’s inReach SE 2-way Satellite Communicator. It allowed me to stay available to VIP customers and as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}