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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The FCC proposed rule, as written, is flawed
in many ways. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Assuming that the manufactures could build the more
than 200,000 406MHz ELTs needed between now and the end of August, there is
simply no way they could be installed by the date proposed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Spending at least a $1000 (acquisition &
installation) to trade one flawed system for another flawed system
seems pretty stupid. Granted, when it works, the new system is faster and
more accurate. S</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>atellite location of
121.5/243.0 ELTs was accurate only within a radius of approximately 12 nautical
miles, identifying a search area of 452 square miles, and on average it took six
hours for search-and-rescue centers to be notified of the beacon coordinates.
Compare this to the new 406 MHz PLBs that can be located to within a radius of
two nautical miles, identifying a search area of just 12.5 square miles, and an
S&R notification time of one hour. Add the optional GPS capability to the
PLB and the location radius becomes 0.05 nautical miles, a search area of 0.008
square miles, and five-minute notification time. Reliability is improved
too. The research I've read said that by 1997, the old
121.5 system had a 75% failure rate and a 97% false alarm rate. The new
406 system research I've been reading has dropped the failure rate to 40%,
and the false alarm rate to 93%. However the false alarm rate is
expected to drop sharply as relatively few of the 406's have been
installed, but when the 406MHz unit goes off falsely, if they choose
to do so, they know exactly where to send the bill for the false alarm response,
as each 406 unit is registered with the FAA and has a unique ID that is
attached to a specific airframe. As equipage grows the numbers will
improve but I'm not thrilled about being forced to have a system that can get me
punished if it goes berserk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>But DON'T trash that old 121.5 MHz unit just
yet. Both the 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz are still being monitored.
Per the AIM Chapter 6, Section 3, 121.5MHz remains the distress frequency
and "...is guarded by direction finding stations and some military and
civil aircraft. 243.0 MHz is guarded by military aircraft. Both 121.5 MHz and
243.0 MHz are guarded by military towers, most civil towers, FSSs, and radar
facilities. Normally ARTCC emergency frequency capability does not extend to
radar coverage limits. If an ARTCC does not respond when called on 121.5 MHz or
243.0 MHz, call the nearest tower or FSS." The stand-alone 406 doesn't do
voice, so if you hear your rescuers nearby, and it's after dark, you
might need that old 121.5 unit to talk to them because 406 direction
finding equipment isn't widely available yet. When I'm in a multi-radioed
aircraft, I often "monitor" one radio tuned to 125.5...just like I was
taught to do by my kindly old flight instructor some 28 years
ago.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Most of the newer ELT systems support both 121.5
and 406MHz. (Several also have 243.0) The FCC rule doesn't make
exception for those units. So Harry, if the rule stands as written, if you
bought the $800.00 Artex multi-frequency unit, or a more capable $2500
Kannad multi-frequency unit, (among others), get ready to pitch it in the
trash come the end of August, then ground your bird and wait for a new
box to come available.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Another point to ponder. The move to 406MHz
was largely pushed by the loss of the 121.5 monitoring satellites. What
happens in 6 - 8 years when the 4 Geo and 5 Polar orbit Leo's that support the
406 technology die?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My government can, and should, do better.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Elmer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=foto@alaska.net href="mailto:foto@alaska.net">Rob Stapleton</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=harrydebruhl@yahoo.com
href="mailto:harrydebruhl@yahoo.com">'Harry DeBruhl'</A> ; <A
title=w@waltery.com href="mailto:w@waltery.com">'Walter Yankauskas'</A> ; <A
title=ehotline@eaa.org href="mailto:ehotline@eaa.org">'ehotline'</A> ; <A
title=eaa42-list@eaa42.org
href="mailto:eaa42-list@eaa42.org">eaa42-list@eaa42.org</A> ; <A
title=govt@eaa.org href="mailto:govt@eaa.org">govt@eaa.org</A> ; <A
title=larsgleitsmann@gmail.com href="mailto:larsgleitsmann@gmail.com">'Lars
Gleitsmann'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 21, 2010 11:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Eaa42-list] FCC Bans 121.5
ELTs</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr.
DeBruhl,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Your logic is
predictable. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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 color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This is also what is
driving the cost of everything up in the </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2
face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">U.S.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 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 color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">That’s what is being
protested here.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yes 121.5 is not
being monitored by our paid heroes any more, and yes a switch to the 406
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ELT</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 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 color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CAP</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> and over flying
aircraft have been doing since 1972? I don’t think so. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In addition there are
other options like PABs that are far less expensive than the cost of a 406
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ELT</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> and the installation
that it will require.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Look at this from the
perspective of an aircraft owner who is required to have an
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ELT</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> in their aircraft by
the FAA. The new </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ELT</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 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 color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> 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 color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----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-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Walter
Yankauskas</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">; ehotline; eaa42-list@eaa42.org;
govt@eaa.org; </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lars
Gleitsmann</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><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: 12pt">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 you use your brain.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">--- 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>
wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>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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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Another blow to
GA owners! -government running amok!<BR><BR>FCC Bans 121.5
ELTs<BR><BR>June 21, 2010<BR>By Mary Grady, Contributing
editor<BR><BR>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=="
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target=_blank>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"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>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"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100621elt.html</A>)
it is opposed to the rule change.<BR><BR>The entire article may be
viewed at <A
href="http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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