This might be of interest to some of us. Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed:
https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 Marek
_______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray