On Oct 8, 4:01*pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
Frank wrote:
On Oct 8, 6:05 pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Oct 8, 2:12 pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Oct 8, 1:57 pm, Frank wrote:
My apologies, I see there is a field there for ELT, it was not
mentioned in the post and when I first looked I had the right hand
column covered up. Well done. Thanks for doing this I'll be adding my
info...
Darryl
But there does not appear to be a way to display both your SPOT info,
and to indicate that you have a PLB.

Greg,

Not sure what you mean - the tracking list has a 'Locator URL' field,
but also has a read-only field for ELT. *I presume if you have a
406MHz PLB you would enter '406' here. *I have a 121.5MHz ELT
(required for some contests) and a 406MHz PLB, so I just entered the
121.5 one. * Am I missing something?

Regards
TA

Good point. *I just updated my profile to include this.

However, the column heading is ELT, and an ELT will transmit if I am
unconscious, while a PLB will not. *The absence of a transmission might
be taken to mean there was no crash if everyone thinks I have an ELT.
If it is known that I have a PLB, the absence of a transmission would
not be taken to mean this.

In other words, rescuers may be more likely to make the assumption that
there is a landout rather than a crash if they erroneously think I have
an ELT. *This could delay the start of a search.

I would suggest another column to indicate whether the unit is a PLB or
an ELT.

While I agree more flexible info on ELT/PLB would be nice. However
rescue coordination folks will be well aware of the abysmal
activation/detection rate with ELTs and unlikely to make such
assumptions.

Now we should focus on the silly ELT contest rule. Much better options
than 121.5 Mhz ELTs exist. Including 406 MHz PLBs and Spot.

Darryl