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n963wb(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:37 am Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

Greetings all,



Some time ago there was a discussion about the requirement for the new 406 Mhz PLB.  I went to an FAA site and after wading through countless pages knew less than when I started.  It appeared that it was going to be an ICAO requirement only, which would mean the 121.5/243.0 would still be monitored in the US.  I was on the Aviation Digital Data Service site today and they were able to say in one sentence what took the FAA hundreds of pages to say (and left me clueless).  Apparently the current ELT system will shut down on 2/1/09.  There after only the 406 Mhz PLB will be monitored.  If anyone wants to get the understandable explanation of this new system, go to ADDS and you will see on the opening page the links to get the correct information.  I'm glad I ran into this info as I can now return the Ameri-King ELT, that I just bought, and get a full refund towards the purchase price of the more expensive 406 Mhz unit. 



I would put the ADDS address here but it is about a foot long.  If you don't already have ADDS in your favorite list, use any search engine and type in ADDS.  Aviation Digital Data Service will be one of the first to come up.  There is also an wealth of weather data available on this site. 



Dick Neitzel

Sayner, WI

701 Jabiru 2200

About 70%  Hope to be on the gear by end of week end.

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daberti(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:49 am Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

not really, the ELT info is on the first page

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

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Dave

..........I would put the ADDS address here but it is about a foot long.

If you don't already have ADDS in your favorite list, use any search engine

and type in ADDS.  Aviation Digital Data Service will be one of the first to

come up.  There is also an wealth of weather data available on this site.

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p.mulwitz(at)worldnet.att
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

I found the new ELT information here:

http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/



do not archive

Paul

XL wings



At 12:41 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote:

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not really, the ELT info is on the first page

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/


	


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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

The cheapest 406 MHz unit I know of is the Artex ME406

(http://www.artex.net/me406.html), under $1000.



If you find yourself faced with posting a very long web address (URL) use

http://tinyurl.com to create a short equivalent. The tinyURL for the link

above is http://tinyurl.com/nwjoa. Not a very impressive demo but it will

create an equally short address for ones hundreds or thousands of characters

long.



BTW "PLB" is a misnomer for an ELT. A Personal Locator Beacon is typically a

portable, hand-held device (also on 406 MHz) and generally cheaper than a

406 MHz aircraft ELT. You can get one including an internal GPS for around

$800 (I'm ignoring the units intended for marine use). The down-side is that

they have to be manually activated.



-- Craig

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n801za(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

Does anyone know if there are COM receivers that will let us monitor the new 

406mhz ELT frequency, or will it only be monitored by the sattellites?  I 

see that currently available 406 ELTs transmit on both, but will that be the 

case after the changeover in 2009?



Jim Frisby

Alaska

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cgalley(at)qcbc.org
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: 406 Mhz PLB

Don't think you would hear much being a digital pulsed signal.  Still will 

have the old low power 121.5 transmitting continuously to home on.  The 

digital pulsed signal is the reason that can increase the transmitted power 

to 5 watts and have the batteries last so long.  Shortly there should be an 

article on 406 MHz I wrote for Sport Pilot.



Cy Galley

EAA Safety Programs Editor

Always looking for ideas and articles for EAA Sport Pilot



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