Guides
How to use Signum.
Step by step, with the app's own screens. New here? Start at the top.
Before you start
Update your radio's software
Most radios need a quick, free update first. Five minutes on a computer.
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Step 1
Connect your radio
Turn it on, scan, tap Connect. Signum remembers it after that.
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Step 2
Make a group
One person shows a QR code, everyone else scans it.
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Before the trip
Save a map for offline
Draw a box around where you're going, or save a national park.
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On the trail
Drop and share a waypoint
Mark the truck, camp or water, and follow the arrow back.
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On the trail
Record and share a track
Record where you went, then send it to the group.
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On the trail
Share your location live
See your group move on the map.
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If something goes wrong
Send a help alert
Call your group for help, and answer one.
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How it works
How the radios reach each other
No towers: radios pass messages along for each other.
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More reach
Set up a relay radio
Let your radios pass messages along, or leave a spare one up high.
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