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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:42 am    Post subject: A Better PLB Web Site Reply with quote

2/10/2006

I wish that I had included this web site in my response to Bob Noffs'
question about making a ground plane for an ELT antenna.

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

Here is an extract from that site regarding our currently government
mandated ELT's:

"Unfortunately, these have proven to be highly ineffective. They have a 97%
false alarm rate, activate properly in only 12% of crashes, and provide no
identification data."

OC


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:00 am    Post subject: A Better PLB Web Site Reply with quote

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"Unfortunately, these have proven to be highly ineffective. They
have

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a 97% false alarm rate, activate properly in only 12% of crashes,
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provide no identification data."

Not that it would, or could, ever make a difference....my lowly Bendix
King KLX100 handheld GPS/Comm had a neat feature that, upon
activation, broadcast, on 121.5, a 15 second voice message of your
choice then followed that with a voice sythesized message of the
unit's lat/lon. Same problems still inherent....I can imagine lying there
having that thing broadcasting where I am and no one hearing it. I
think I'll start carrying the butter and syrup.
Jim Baker
580.788.2779
'71 SV, 492TC
Elmore City, OK


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:01 pm    Post subject: A Better PLB Web Site Reply with quote

Folks,
See my previous post, I rest my case.
Cheers,
Bill Hamilton


At 21:42 10/02/2006, bakerocb(at)cox.net wrote:
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2/10/2006

I wish that I had included this web site in my response to Bob Noffs'
question about making a ground plane for an ELT antenna.

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

Here is an extract from that site regarding our currently government
mandated ELT's:

"Unfortunately, these have proven to be highly ineffective. They have a 97%
false alarm rate, activate properly in only 12% of crashes, and provide no
identification data."

OC



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