cornfedkiller
WKR
Specifically asking about the mini..
I kinda feel dumb for asking, but I havent been able to see any videos or anything to answer my questions, and the manual doesnt seem to be much help either.
And I haven't activated it yet because I don't have a hunt coming up until next month, so I haven't gotten to play around with it. Hoping you guys can give me a simple rundown..
1) Once connected to my phone, do I send and receive messages through the Earthmate app? The app/inreach unit has its own number, so if someone needs to get a hold of me, they text that number? And the inreach will alert me if I have a message, and then I read it in the app? And each one I send and receive that way costs me money?
2) I get 3 preset messages with an already predetermined recipient for that message, and those are free - but what happens when the recipient replies to it?
3) Does my location get sent to the recipient? If a friend has an inreach (or cell service), can I text him and say "i am here"
4) If I'm somewhere that has cell service, then I can just send and receive messages normally through my regular phone messaging, right?
If anyone knows of a good video that runs through all this stuff, post a link and I'd love to watch it.
I'm sure I will have more questions, so thanks in advance!
I kinda feel dumb for asking, but I havent been able to see any videos or anything to answer my questions, and the manual doesnt seem to be much help either.
And I haven't activated it yet because I don't have a hunt coming up until next month, so I haven't gotten to play around with it. Hoping you guys can give me a simple rundown..
1) Once connected to my phone, do I send and receive messages through the Earthmate app? The app/inreach unit has its own number, so if someone needs to get a hold of me, they text that number? And the inreach will alert me if I have a message, and then I read it in the app? And each one I send and receive that way costs me money?
2) I get 3 preset messages with an already predetermined recipient for that message, and those are free - but what happens when the recipient replies to it?
3) Does my location get sent to the recipient? If a friend has an inreach (or cell service), can I text him and say "i am here"
4) If I'm somewhere that has cell service, then I can just send and receive messages normally through my regular phone messaging, right?
If anyone knows of a good video that runs through all this stuff, post a link and I'd love to watch it.
I'm sure I will have more questions, so thanks in advance!