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• You receive the first audio signal at a distance between 90 and 80 m.
• Then exchange your transmitting F1 classic with the receiving avalanche transcei-
ver and repeat the procedure.
For ski tours, snowboarding and off-pist skiing we recommend the
"daily function control":
• All members put their F1 classic on receive mode at the same time
• One member (preferably the group leader) puts his ORTOVOX avalanche
transceiver on transmit mode
• If all the members receive acoustic signals, the receivers of the group and the
transmitter of the group leader are working correctly.
• After having checked the transmitter you have to test the function of the receiver
• The members put their avalanche transceivers on transmit mode and pass the
receiver one by one and at a distance of about 15 m.
Search strip width:
Up to now the search strip width is defined as 40 % of the maximum range. This
means for the ORTOVOX avalanche transceivers: maximum range of about 80 m x 40 %
= 32 m search strip width. The avalanche transceivers working only with the digital
technique do not allow large ranges as the ORTOVOX avalanche transceivers offer.
This is the reason why efforts are made by other manufacturers at the moment
(8/2000) to change the definition of the search strip width.
The proposal is: 50 % of the maximum range = half search strip width
This means: search strip width = maximum range.
ORTOVOX takes this way for dangerous. For your own safety we recommend
a search strip width of 60 m for our avalanche transceivers.
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