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Mandatory ELT
With the requirement by the SRA rules committee for mounted FAA
approved ELT's for all SSA contests in 2006 I think it would be helpfull if those that have them would sha - Make and Model they have. - Installation location of unit and antenna. - Recommendations for those yet to do it. It would be nice if those of us yet to do it could learn from those that have done this. Thanks Tom Idaho |
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Uli,
Are you aware how an ELT is tested? When I get my annual, we remove it and the A&P just does a firm swing forward and pulls back to verify it will activate. This is, I'm sure, a lot less force than anything that might incapacitate the pilot. If I manage to bail out, and survive, I doubt I'll be more than a mile from the plane. If the plane is found, I'm sure I will as well. Given a choice, I'd rather have an ELT that doesn't require me to activate it. Of course, the best would be to also get a EPIRB for the parachute harness. Oh, on my ASH-26E, the ELT is mounted on the cockpit sill just behind my left elbow. The fuselage is all carbon except for the area above the baggage compartment, so the whip antenna is mounted internally and curves around the top. An improvement might be to install a foil type of antenna in the roof of the baggage compartment. -Tom |
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"5Z" wrote in message oups.com... Oh, on my ASH-26E, the ELT is mounted on the cockpit sill just behind my left elbow. The fuselage is all carbon except for the area above the baggage compartment, so the whip antenna is mounted internally and curves around the top. An improvement might be to install a foil type of antenna in the roof of the baggage compartment. -Tom Is there a reason not to use a small flexible antenna from a hand held radio for the 121.5/243Mhz ELTs? -Ramy |
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Don't buy either of these units (or buy at your own risk): the
manufacturer was fined $75K by the FCC for advertising unapproved product as "FCC approved". Decree dated Nov 2004. |
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"Is there a reason not to use a small flexible antenna from a hand held
radio for the 121.5/243Mhz ELTs?" Yes. A small flexible antenna will not radiate as strong a signal. A full size 1/4 wave antenna is about 24" long. When you are lost and someone is looking for you, you would like to have a strong of signal as possible. If you are planning on landing a few miles from the search aircraft, the rubber duck will be fine. Colin |
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The legal notice is at:
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/FCC-04-259A1.html Here is an excerpt: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find ACR Electronics, Inc. (``ACR'') apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) for marketing unauthorized equipment in willful and repeated violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended (``Act''),1 and Section 2.803(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'').2 II. BACKGROUND 2. In February 2004, the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') received a complaint alleging that ACR was marketing through outdoor and sporting publications and websites a new personal location beacon (``PLB''), 406 GPS PLB-200 (``PLB-200''), under the names ``TerraFix'' for land use, ``AquaFix'' for marine use, and ``AeroFix'' for aviation use, which had not been authorized by the Commission. In support, the complainant provided evidence that the PLB- 200 was explicitly being described as ``FCC approved,'' and marketed to consumers. Specifically, the complainant submitted a TerraFix brochure, which stated that the PLB- 200 was ``APPROVED for sale in the U.S,'' and further provided evidence that at least one retailer was accepting orders for the PLB- 200. In the latter regard, the complainant submitted an e-mail order confirmation, dated February 25, 2004, from Boat U.S. for the purchase of one ``AquaFix 406 GPS I/O Plb,'' ``Item 5321153,'' priced at ``$749.99.''3 |
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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote: wrote: Don't buy either of these units (or buy at your own risk): the manufacturer was fined $75K by the FCC for advertising unapproved product as "FCC approved". Decree dated Nov 2004. What units? I will try this post again. The legal notice is available at: hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ attachmatch/FCC-04-259A1.pdf Here is an excerpt: I=2E INTRODUCTION 1=2EIn this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find ACR Electronics, Inc. ("ACR") apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) for marketing unauthorized equipment in willful and repeated violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended ("Act"),1and Section 2.803(a) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules").2II. BACKGROUND 2. In February 2004, the Enforcement Bureau ("Bureau") received a complaint alleging that ACR was marketing through outdoor and sporting publications and websites a new personal location beacon ("PLB"), 406 GPS PLB-200 ("PLB-200"), under the names "TerraFix" for land use, "AquaFix" for marine use, and "AeroFix" for aviation use, which had not been authorized by the Commission. In support, the complainant provided evidence that the PLB-200 was explicitly being described as "FCC approved," and marketed to consumers. Specifically, the complainant submitted a TerraFix brochure, which stated that the PLB-200 was "APPROVED for sale in the U.S," and further provided evidence that at least one retailer was accepting orders for the PLB-200. In the latter regard, the complainant submitted an e-mail order confirmation, dated February 25, 2004, from Boat U.S. for the purchase of one "AquaFix 406 GPS I/O Plb," "Item 5321153," priced at "$749.99."33.In response to the complaint, the Bureau issued a letter of inquiry ("LOI") to ACR on March 29, 2004.4ACR filed a response to the LOI on April 28, 2004,5and supplemented its response on 147 U.S.C. =A7 302a(b). 247 C.F.R. =A7 2=2E803(a). 3Under "Status," the submitted confirmation order noted "051504," which appears to represent the delivery date. 4See Letter from Joseph P. Casey, Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission to Paul Frank, President, ACR Electronics, Inc. (March 29, 2004). |
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