121.5 ELT

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mike
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121.5 ELT

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I was wondering if anyone knows the new frequencies or frequency for the emergency locator transmitters becase Febuary 1st they will be terminating 121.5 so I was just wondering if anyone knows what the new frequency would be?


Here is an article I found:

http://www.uscgsandiego.com/go/doc/830/198867/
w6kru
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Re: 121.5 ELT

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The 406MHz digital beacons are the new standard. Some of them are pretty small. Check out the $150 Spot.

http://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/sep/5036
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Re: 121.5 ELT

Post by 800 »

mike wrote:I was wondering if anyone knows the new frequencies or frequency for the emergency locator transmitters becase Febuary 1st they will be terminating 121.5 so I was just wondering if anyone knows what the new frequency would be?


Here is an article I found:

http://www.uscgsandiego.com/go/doc/830/198867/
Wikipedia has a good overview of the transition process to 406.0 MHz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_ ... ransmitter
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