I am curious :

- how an ELT could be used on a boat ? (ELT for planes and EPIRB for boats)

- The use of 121.5 Mhz is still legal for general aviation, however it
won't be monitored after february 2007.

406 digital signal are hundred's time more efficient than 121.5Mhz, in
terms of identification, and localization.

A good alternative to ELT & EPIRB could be Personal Locator Beacons linked
to the person, not the ship/boat.

Cheers,

Rémy

F5LRR


Le Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:48:07 +0100, wf3h a écrit:


Tim wrote:
wf3h wrote:
2. After January 1, 2007, the use of 121.5 MHz ELT's will be ILLEGAL.
ELT's should be replaced with the 406 MHz EPIRB's


Illegal, as in how? if you used the 121.5 MHz ELT would there somehow
be a fine imposed?

how does that work?

actually no one's gonna complain if an actual emergency is indicated by
an ELT...BUT only 1/8 of all ELT signals turn out to be
emergencies....after 1/1/07 if one of those is triggered and the source
is identified, there could be a fine.