My mom got me the spot gen 4 for Christmas. Im out in the middle of nowhere a lot of the time and am interested in having it for emergencies or communicating when I have no signal however I am not a fan of being tracked on the go. Is there anything to be concerned of with these type of products? Id say yes but I cant find anything online.
The satellite uplinks these devices use is very bandwidth limited, and quite expensive. I can assure you that it’s not routinely sending anything without telling you.
Source: worked in satellite comms
Thank you all!!
If you really need to be sure these things are silent, travel with them in an ammo can or similar.
But if you choose to do that, be sure to have your phone in there too, phones are far chattier than a GPS