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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mr. DeBruhl,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Your logic is predictable. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Change a regulation and make it mandatory
so that manufacturers and patent holders can profit from it. This is the way a “Free
Country” treats its servants.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is also what is driving the cost of
everything up in the </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>U.S.</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Do you have to pay $1000 plus dollars for a 911 call for help in a
traffic accident? And then what if the means in which you send for help is
suddenly changed by federal law, requiring an additional $2,000 for the same
call. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That’s what is being protested here.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes 121.5 is not being monitored by our
paid heroes any more, and yes a switch to the 406 </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>ELT</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> is necessary for rescue
and expedient first response but is the ATC and our paid hero rescue systems
ready to respond to false alarms like Private pilots, </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>CAP</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> and over flying aircraft
have been doing since 1972? I don’t think so. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In addition there are other options like
PABs that are far less expensive than the cost of a 406 </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>ELT</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> and the installation
that it will require.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Look at this from the perspective of an
aircraft owner who is required to have an </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>ELT</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> in their aircraft by the
FAA. The new </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ELT</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> frequency and device is developed with a suggestion that owners
should use this new better more expensive device that just became available.
Then a different government entity says they are going to ban the use of the older
units—forcing you to use the newer ones, good or bad.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> This is like going to the dentist
and having them shove their hand down your throat and tell you that it is
necessary so you can survive their oral surgery because you will be so busy
regurgitating that you won’t notice the pain of the surgery.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So I am all for using my brain-- but the
banks have cut my credit, raised the interest rates and I am looking for anyway
possible to achieve being self supportive and not calling on an expensive
rescue by trained heroes, and I don’t think I need lawyers and Congress
to legislate my safety by killing off something that works for something that
is reported to have a low battery life. Not to mention the issue of a one time
Lat/Long transmit that will cost me $50,000 for first responder heroes to help
me whether or not it is a false alarm or a real emergency.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> eaa42-list-bounces@eaa42.org
[mailto:eaa42-list-bounces@eaa42.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Harry DeBruhl<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 21, 2010 8:16
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Walter
Yankauskas</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>; ehotline; eaa42-list@eaa42.org; govt@eaa.org; </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Lars
Gleitsmann</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Eaa42-list] FCC Bans
121.5 ELTs</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>As a former Alaska ANG search and rescue pilot, I
support this ruling. Why would anyone knowingly place their and their
loved one's lives in jeapordy by using an ELT on a frequency that no-one
monitors anymore!?! We all want the latest and greatest in our
airplanes, but cheap out on a piece of equipment that is more reliable, more
accurate, and is even programmable to transmit your GPS position when
activated. Just because you don't use it every flight doesn't mean it's
not important. Getting a 406 MHz ELT is a no brainer, that is, if
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mon,
6/21/10, Lars Gleitsmann <i><span style='font-style:italic'><larsgleitsmann@gmail.com></span></i></span></b>
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From: Lars Gleitsmann <larsgleitsmann@gmail.com><br>
Subject: [Eaa42-list] FCC Bans 121.5 ELTs<br>
To: "Walter Yankauskas" <w@waltery.com>, "ehotline"
<ehotline@eaa.org>, eaa42-list@eaa42.org, govt@eaa.org<br>
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 6:55 PM</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Another blow to GA
owners! -government running amok!<br>
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FCC Bans 121.5 ELTs<br>
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June 21, 2010<br>
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor<br>
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The Federal Communications Commission took the general aviation world by surprise
when it said in a recent report (<a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103500294837&s=1458&e=001M6yc39mJFVF4-fVIt75XGecNDZbley9ii0QmGoSxeHCJrhR7Zni3UgFXolrO1ImXhsnHndlNQtzTcVcv-UIrwc5r-DKH4P6cT7Lgjv9vb9vjVF0VMtHoCV8SzrHwfoLJzAGEbN-bFISS27c1pfT5p35CZSVeilT-tZaFdBSkMYfxnqdWGTYCTQ=="
target="_blank" rel=nofollow>http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103500294837&s=1458&e=001M6yc39mJFVF4-fVIt75XGecNDZbley9ii0QmGoSxeHCJrhR7Zni3UgFXolrO1ImXhsnHndlNQtzTcVcv-UIrwc5r-DKH4P6cT7Lgjv9vb9vjVF0VMtHoCV8SzrHwfoLJzAGEbN-bFISS27c1pfT5p35CZSVeilT-tZaFdBSkMYfxnqdWGTYCTQ==</a>)
it will prohibit the sale or use of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters,
effective in August. The Aircraft Electronics Association said (<a
href="http://aea.net/governmentaffairs/regulatoryupdates.asp?ID=42"
target="_blank" rel=nofollow>http://aea.net/governmentaffairs/regulatoryupdates.asp?ID=42</a>)
it just learned of the new rule today, and has begun working with the FAA,
FCC and others to allow for timely compliance without grounding thousands of
general aviation aircraft. The 121.5 ELTs are allowed under FAA rules. The
FCC said its rules have been amended to "prohibit further certification,
manufacture, importation, sale or use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." The FCC says
that if the 121.5 units are no longer available, aircraft o<br>
wners and operators will "migrate" to the newer 406.0-406.1
MHz ELTs, which are monitored by satellite, while the 121.5 frequency is not.
"Were we to permit continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs ... it
would engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would mistakenly
rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress alerts," the FCC says. AOPA
said today (<a
href="http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100621elt.html"
target="_blank" rel=nofollow>http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100621elt.html</a>)
it is opposed to the rule change.<br>
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The entire article may be viewed at <a
href="http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html"
target="_blank" rel=nofollow>http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html</a></span></font></p>
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