RE: [Paddlewise] EPIRBs

121.5 MHz is the aircraft band emergency frequency. Most aircraft monitor
121.5 and your range would be LOS.

cya

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of
> JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 11:16 AM
> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: [Paddlewise] EPIRBs
> 
> 
> There have been a few questions raised off-line about 
> Emergency Position
> Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRBs) --- including a question on 
> the meaning of
> the acronym --- and some issues have been raised about the 
> value of an EPIRB
> to a kayaker.  For general interest, there are two available 
> varieties --- the
> 121.5 MHz beacon and the 406 MHz beacon, with a 243 MHz 
> beacon available only
> to the military.  Biggest difference is that a "121" beacon, 
> when activated,
> sends out a signal which will be heard by a satellite within 
> two hours that
> says somebody may be in trouble in an area with a radius of 
> 12 miles.  When a
> "406" is activated, it says instantaneously that a specific 
> vessel operated by
> a specific person at a specific phone number is in trouble in 
> an area within a
> radius of two miles.  Unless it's one of the newest "406s" 
> with GPS built in,
> and then it provides all the above within a radius of 100 meters.
> 
> If I were to be kayaking in remote areas, I'd be very happy 
> with the Cadilac
> in my back hatch.  Ain't cheap, but how much value does survival have?
> 
> For more details, see these NOAA or Coast Guard websites:
> <http:psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/SARSAT/emerbcns.html> and
> <http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/gmdss/epirb.htm>
> 
> I'm not advocating these things, just passing along the info. 
>  But they do
> work, and the newest 406 units with GPS are the best.
> 
> Jack Martin
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