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Message below from Mtn Guide James Blench:
Today I had an interesting experience. A guest had a GoPro in her pocket (turned on) during a transceiver training exercise. Everyone near her was getting very wacky readings rendering their searching transceivers useless when they were within 3 meters of the Go Pro. It took us a while to figure out that it was the GoPro causing the interference. We turned the GoPro on/off several times to verify that it was the culprit. It was a very new GoPro; Blue Tooth enabled but without the remote control. I did not have time to investigate further but felt a heads up was warranted.
Stay Safe
James Blench
CMH has been aware of this conflict for over a year now so we do not allow guests to use a go pro camera when skiing.
Tim Pochay
Seems like for whatever reason the GoPro gives way more interference than other gadjets. For example, iPods, radios and Cellphones do interfere with searching transceivers, but only if very close (30cm is the recommended minimum distance when searching; this may change when the next study is done). Sending transceivers are not affected by these other electronics (ie your radio or phone right beside the beacon is OK for sending) but the GoPro seems to be the exception to the rule…
The solution? Ski more, film less.
Cheers
