Date:         Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:24:58 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)
Comments: To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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On 1/7/05 5:09 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote:

> Planes are equipped with an ELT (Emergency Location Transmitter) that is
> supposed to start transmitting upon a crash (although they've been known to
> go off after a hard landing).  Older ELTs were pretty basic, emitting an
> omni-directional signal on the international distress frequencies of 121.5
> and 243.0 Mhz.  Newer ELTs are satellite and GPS compatible and intended to
> shorten the amount of time necessary to find a downed plane.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jack
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:17 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)
> 
> 
> Nice technology for sure, but I guess the next question is why?  For pilots
> I can understand, but how is it useful to a Vanagon jockey?  How much does a
> toy like that cost?  //Jack
> 
> Date sent:              Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:20:20 -0600
> From:                   Chuck Reisinger <chuckphoto@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Subject:                Re: Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)
> 
>> Is sorta a hand held transponder (like pilots have)....it's on the 406 MHz
>> band....when activated....it emits a distress signal...which is monitored
> by
>> NOAA (but you must register your unit with NOAA...it's satellite
>> technology...so the signal goes up not around obstacles..doesn't need to
> look
>> for a tower...like cell phones....
> 
> 
Are those peronal beacons the things that back country ski people are
carrying?  Personal opinion is that they are body locators only telling the
responders where to dig for the body.
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