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| Subject: | Re: ELT Recommendation |
taildrags wrote:
> The rule was implemented Jan. 11 of this year but with a 6-month transition period
so that vendors could deplete their inventory. After that expires (soon-!),
the manufacture, importation, or sale of 121.5 Mhz ELTs will be prohibited.
Oscar,
Use is not prohibited. Rather the the certification, and eventually the manufacture,
importation, or sale of 121.5-MHz ELTs ended on 1/1/2019 with the six month
grace period of manufacturers and sellers of the product.Not users.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/december/18/new-1215-mhz-elts-to-be-prohibited
Having said that, a 406 ELT package is about $900-1100 at ACS. A PLB at ACS is
$300-600, The higher end PLB broadcasts on the 406 Mhz band as well. So from a
price standpoint, the PLB is a better use of money. The only question I have
is this - what causes the PLB to send a signal? An ELT is activated either manually
or by G forces. If the PLB is only manually actuated, Mike, you have to
ask yourself how it benefits you in an incident in which you are incapacitated.
I don't have an answer for that, although I am asking myself those same questions.
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Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens, GA
Read this topic online here:
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| Subject: | Re: ELT Recommendation |
Aircraft Spruce is advertising its Ack 406 ELT complete new install unit
for $544. I've installed two of these in the past few years. One in my
Pacer (yes, under the supervision of an A&P) and one in my Piet. They are
simple to install. Everything required is included in the kit. The EBC
ELT 121.5 unit is 8 dollars cheaper. That's not a lot of savings for the
decrease in functionality.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 8:51 AM jarheadpilot82 <jarheadpilot82@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> jarheadpilot82@hotmail.com>
>
>
> taildrags wrote:
> > The rule was implemented Jan. 11 of this year but with a 6-month
> transition period so that vendors could deplete their inventory. After
> that expires (soon-!), the manufacture, importation, or sale of 121.5 Mhz
> ELTs will be prohibited.
>
>
> Oscar,
>
> Use is not prohibited. Rather the the certification, and eventually the
> manufacture, importation, or sale of 121.5-MHz ELTs ended on 1/1/2019 with
> the six month grace period of manufacturers and sellers of the product.Not
> users.
>
>
> https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/december/18/new-1215-mhz-elts-to-be-prohibited
>
> Having said that, a 406 ELT package is about $900-1100 at ACS. A PLB at
> ACS is $300-600, The higher end PLB broadcasts on the 406 Mhz band as well.
> So from a price standpoint, the PLB is a better use of money. The only
> question I have is this - what causes the PLB to send a signal? An ELT is
> activated either manually or by G forces. If the PLB is only manually
> actuated, Mike, you have to ask yourself how it benefits you in an incident
> in which you are incapacitated. I don't have an answer for that, although I
> am asking myself those same questions.
>
> --------
> Semper Fi,
>
> Terry Hand
> Athens, GA
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489917#489917
>
>
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