Updates, News and Rumors ( more)

• September 30, 2022—Read about updates to the Black Diamond/Pieps BT transceivers.
• July 28, 2022—Black Diamond announced a voluntary recall of essentially all Black Diamond and Pieps avalanche transceivers.
• May 26, 2022—BCA announced a voluntary recall of some Tracker4 avalanche transceivers.
• October 18, 2021—Ortovox released the Diract and Diract Voice avalanche transceivers.
• January 31, 2021—Ortovox preannounced the Diract and Diract Voice avalanche transceivers. They both feature raster-based screens and rechargable batteries. The Diract Voice gives verbal instructions during the search.
• April 12, 2021—Pieps treats the problems with the DSP switch as a recall of the harness.
• January 9, 2021—I recently created two videos about avalanche rescue. The first video explains the things you should know about avalanche rescue before you enter avalanche terrain. The second video explains the actual avalanche rescue process.
• December 9, 2020—Read about updates to the Barryvox, Pieps Micro, and Pieps Recon/Powder/Guide/Pro transceivers.
• December 9, 2020—BCA released the Tracker4. It is a Tracker3 with glove-friendly Off/Send/Search controls.
• December 6, 2020—BCA began selling a version of the Tracker3 in the Fall of 2020 that they call the Tracker3+. It has electronics from different suppliers, but it is otherwise identical to the Tracker3.
• December 5, 2020—The "transceiver comparison" page has been updated and reorganized. It has new columns for the Neo Pro and Tracker4 and a half-dozen new rows of information.
• December 3, 2020—Read about the ARVA Neo Pro.
• November 9, 2020—Learn how to update your Pieps BT (Bluetooth) transceiver to the most recent version.
• October 14, 2020—Learn about a potential problem with the On/Send/Search switch on the Pieps DSP Pro and DSP Sport. (You can also access that information page from PiepsSwitch.com.)
• June 26, 2020—BCA announced a software update for the Tracker2. This fixes the " 12-hour quirk" where it might be difficult to locate a Tracker2 that has been transmitting for more than 12 hours.
• June, 2020—Ortovox announced a software update for the Ortovox 3+. This fix has something to do with the self-test that occurs when you turn on the 3+.