New Epirbs

[brickman]

hey raiders picked up the new eperb from huey to day and was very surprised to find out that he had only supplyed about 10 units to fish raiders

take note the old units are acurate to 5 km[that's a big search area]

the new units[the dear ones]are acurate to 45 meters

if i end up in the drink i would rather them looking in a 45 meter radius than a 5 km radius

the diferance could be hours for the extra 200 bucks it's a small price to pay

i would erge all raiders going outside topay the extra bucks and buy the best unit

a lot can happen in 2 to 3 hours in the drink

does anyone know where you can dispose off the old units as the battery is toxic

stay safe everyone cherrs gary

[shefford]

Yea i'm asking my parents for a epirb with gps for my birthday! 1 month before the new rules come into effect for qld.

1st November.

Safety is very important and i dont want to skimp on it

[pelican]

ÁMSA site with correct disabling details and disposal . Please take the 5 minutes to disable then so they can't cause any false alerts. Don't rely on the shops to do it. You can also dispose all of the old mobile phones and phone batteries and they will be recycled as well rather than going toxic in a landfill or creating a fire if shorted out.

http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/disposal/Beacon_Disposal.asp

Click on your old EPIRB name to learn how to disable it correctly

http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/disposal/Disposalofbeacons2.asp

Read the details on registering as well.

Don't get rid of your old EPIRB until you have the registration sticker back from AMSA. Old EPIRB is still a good backup should the worst happen until Feb and boats and planes can still use 121mhz tracking on the water.

Edited July 7, 2008 by pelican

[BlacknBlue]

Hi all, first time poster

I have ordered a couple of units from Huey's- I thought I would let you know how important I think they are offshore, even you are not required by law to carry them. Get a basic one if nothing else, though

I think it's worth the extra 200 dollars for the GPS enabled model. With the basic model the SAR satellites triangulate your position from the transmission alone, hence the 5km accuracy. The GPS model not only alerts the satellites with who you are, but also transmits a Lat & Lon position, hence the 50m accuracy.

Scenario:

dead short on the battery next to the fuel line, and a big fire at the Norah Canyons. everyone is overboard pretty quickly with jackets on as there is no liferaft. You are floating around amongst the burly ( you were chasing Mako's) and the Newcastle Water Police are alerted by the SAR centre in Victoria. 3hrs later, do you want them swanning around in a 5km X 5km area (25 square Kilometres) looking for you, or do they punch the latest lat and lon transmitted to them (continuously updated ) into the autopilot and you see them come up over the horizon. I would rather have to worry about them running me over than try to get their attn 4km away! Also, any boats in the area can be directed to the exact updated position by CoastGuard.

I don't think you can overdramatize this sort of stuff

cheers B&B

PS

I won't be throwing my old one away, there are no plans for aircraft to stop monitoring 121.5mhz anytime soon- just the satelites will not listen to that frequency