Emergency Devices and Panic Buttons

A plethora of GPS enabled emergency devices are entering the market to support the US's E-911 and Europe's E-112 mandates which require the position of a mobile phone to be made available to all emergency call dispatchers.

GPS enabled emergency devices such as the Laipac S-911 use Sarantel's GeoHelix™ GPS antenna to provide stable reception in the harshest conditions including inside buildings and heavily wooded areas.

Sarantel antennas are omni-directional, which means that emergency tracking devices with the GPS antenna do not need a clear view of the sky for quality GPS reception. This eliminates the need to orient the device in order to achieve reliable performance, so even if a user were in a difficult position, i.e. lying on their back and unable to reach their phone, emergency services would still be able to locate their position.

While conventional antennas de-tune and lose efficiency when they come in contact with RF-absorbing materials like the user's hand or head, GeoHelix™ GPS antennas stay on frequency regardless of how they are used.