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[/ QUOTE ] Thanks Olewill, this one's a 406Mhz, so I hope should still have a few more years in it!
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Hopefully yours has a 121.5MHz transmitter as well as a 406MHz, to help SAR to pinpoint you when arriving on the scene. SAR vehicles have direction finding equipment that allows them to home on 121.5MHz - they cannot do this with 406MHz alone. Don't forget that if you have a GPS EPIRB your exact position will be given to the rescue services within 10 minutes or so, whereas without a GPS your location might not be known for very much longer 40 minutes or longer as it has to be triangulated.
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Hopefully yours has a 121.5MHz transmitter as well as a 406MHz, to help SAR to pinpoint you when arriving on the scene. SAR vehicles have direction finding equipment that allows them to home on 121.5MHz - they cannot do this with 406MHz alone. Don't forget that if you have a GPS EPIRB your exact position will be given to the rescue services within 10 minutes or so, whereas without a GPS your location might not be known for very much longer 40 minutes or longer as it has to be triangulated.
