Accidente de velero con desaparecido en costas de Tarragona

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Originalmente publicado por Edu

Sin palabras. Y lo peor casi se lo llevan los que se quedan....mis ánimos, si es que sirven para algo.


Miah, hay un reloj de Breitling con EPIRB, dentro de su gama Professional. Es el emergency o algo así.

Edu.

121.5 MHz Going Away
As ETS has noted previously, 121.5 MHz (and 243 MHz - military use only) distress signals will eventually no longer be processed by the COSPAS-SARSAT satellites. The United States Coast Guard has issued the following media advisory to this effect. While this advisory does not mention a time frame, during the June 2000 meeting of the 23rd Session of the COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Agreement (of 32 nations) a consensus was reached to terminate processing of 121.5/243 MHz satellite alerts by February 1, 2009. (See official NOAA announcement.)

The Russians will stop including 121.5/243 MHz repeaters on their satellites starting in year 2006. In 2003 the sale and manufacture of 121.5 MHz EPRIBs will become illegal and in 2006 it will become illegal to use these beacons. The legal situation with ELTs in aircraft is a bit more up in the air. In Europe, by 2002 and 2004, and in the U.S. by 2004, depending upon circumstances and use of the aircraft, transport category aircraft, business jets and heavy turbo-props must be fitted with a 406 MHz ELT. In the U.S., AOPA and other aviation organizations continue to fight mandatory 406 MHz ELTs for light General Aviation, primarily because of the cost.
Should you run out and immediately change out your 121.5 MHz EPIRB or ELT for a 406 MHz model? If your sole concern is meeting regulatory requirements and 121.5 is still legal for your use, then the answer is probably no. Prices, size, and weight are bound to come down over the next few years as the deadline approaches. If, however, you intend to depend upon your distress beacon to save your life in an emergency, then yesterday isn't too soon to make the change to 406 MHz. Anyway you look at it, 406 MHz is vastly superior to 121.5 MHz.
ETS continues to urge all pilots and mariners to install or carry a 406 MHz distress beacon. For aviation use, because the cost of 406 MHz ELTs continues to be so high, we recommend pilots carry a 406 MHz EPIRB or PLB (purchasable outside the U.S.) as a supplement to the required ELT on board the aircraft. This is especially critical for overwater flights.