EPIRB Feedback

I thought that the new digital units were 406MHz??

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Yep, me too!

Bill.

Hi Bill
Your new bus looks good, now you will have to take it bush, to run it in and put a few of those tell tale bush scratches on it. LOL

Cheers

Stephen

The reason for this is not because PLB's (Personal Locator Beacons won't work, but because boating regulations call for an automatically activated EPIRB when immersed in water, must operate for a minimum of 48 hours and have a lanyard to secure it to a floating object.


Regulations vary from State to State but there is no rule against not having both types for boating purposes.

(Extract)
Types of distress beacons

* EPIRBs used in ships and boats are designed to float in the water to optimise the signal to the satellite. An EPIRB is required to operate for a minimum of 48 hours continuously once activated. It has a lanyard used to secure it to something that is not going to sink so that it can float free.
* Personal locator beacons are designed for personal use in both the land and marine environment. Personal locator beacons are required to operate for a minimum of 24 hours once activated.


Bill.

QUOTE "because boating regulations call for an automatically activated EPIRB when immersed in water,"

That is incorrect.

Shaker,

Yes mate, if you wish to be pedantic, I misquoted that particular point.
However, I subsequently pasted an extract from AMSA which better defined requirements.

Cheers,
Bill.