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G'day Irene,
The widely used current range of Epirbs are being
phased out in favour of a new (and dearer) digital type
See.
http://www.amsa.gov.au/beacons/index.aspIf you own a distress beacon - which may also be called an EPIRB
(Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) - or are planning to purchase one,
you should know that from 2009 only one type will be detected. That is the
digital 406 MHz distress beacon.
Digital 406 MHz distress beacons are
- more accurate
- detected more quickly and
- identify their owner.
The sooner you make the switch to 406, the
sooner you'll be safer.
Analogue 121.5 MHz distress beacons
will no longer be detected from February 2009
Digital 406
MHz distress beacons are detected faster and more accurately than analogue 121.5
MHz beacons
Digital 406 MHz distress beacons are smarter and
safer
Regards
Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW
Qld.
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