e. They know
that I have registered that I fly several different aircraft.
Wombat
- Original Message - From: "Hitman (Melb)"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz
A friend of mine bought his in USA and had no problem registering same in
USA.They sent him his sticker. In the body of letter was a note something
like "we realise you live outside USA and you may care to change to your
country but we accept your registration" He paid $US299 + $13 post to a USA
well maybe just a little bit, but remember "even
the walls have ears"
- Original Message -
From: John Hudson
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
G&
September 2009 7:18 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
Mark (& others who may have read the Standard[s]),
I would be interested to know exactly what are the differences between the
AS/NZ Standard, and the Standard u
quot;Mike Cleaver"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
Probably not - I have been talking the same topic with a few UK pilots
lately and in the UK it is "illegal" f
o: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
Folks PLB info for your attention
I also advised that our knowledge of the number of beacons being bought with
the number being registered shows an approximate 25% shortf
pe. They know that I have
registered that I fly several different aircraft.
Wombat
- Original Message -
From: "Hitman (Melb)"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz bea
Near as I can tell the difference between a McMurdo Fastfind 210(US
version) and the 211(Australian/NZ) apart from the doubling of the
price is that the US version has the US country code (but can be used
anywhere in the world that you travel in your boat or aircraft) and
transmits the Morse le
t the code change on the
device is all that needs to be done)
Matt
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Borgelt"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
At 11:56
At 11:56 AM 21/09/2009, you wrote:
Dont shoot the mesenger.
Nobody is shooting at you yet
If we shoot at you you'll know it.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978
phone Int'l + 61 746 355784
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Dont shoot the mesenger.
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:52:48 +1000
> To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
> From: mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
>
>
>
>
> The mind boggles at how those American cowboys can be happy with
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
>
>
>
> The mind boggles at how those American cowboys can be happy with
> beacons that don't meet AS/NZ standards and are half
The mind boggles at how those American cowboys can be happy with
beacons that don't meet AS/NZ standards and are half the price.
I also must wonder why, when each beacon has a discrete code, there
is any country coding at all.
I've heard rumours that there are such things as databases whi
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:14:34 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
>
> Guys,
> All reasonable comments.
>
> Basically there are 3 categories of Distress Beacon
>
> ELT - PLB - EPIRB
>
> and the difference is the environment they are designed to
ssues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
If you can spare another $50 and additional 150gms the Fastfind MaxG will
give you 48hours battery life.
ROSS
-Original Message-
From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net
[mailto:aus-so
PM
To: bb...@internode.on.net; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
At 11:02 AM 23/07/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Stuart,
>can you explain the distinction between a PLB and an EPIRB?
>The ad copy for the McMurdo PLB at Whitworths and
At 11:02 AM 23/07/2009, you wrote:
Hi Stuart,
can you explain the distinction between a PLB and an EPIRB?
The ad copy for the McMurdo PLB at Whitworths and CH Smith indicate
that this unit does NOT meet marine regulation standards for an EPIRB?
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?
Hi Stuart,
can you explain the distinction between a PLB and an EPIRB?
The ad copy for the McMurdo PLB at Whitworths and CH Smith indicate
that this unit does NOT meet marine regulation standards for an EPIRB?
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=144&item=74546&intAbsolutePage=
...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 11:18 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
The McMurdo Model 210/211 beacon seems to be the smallest on the
market. Ideal for clipping to your parachute harness
The McMurdo Model 210/211 beacon seems to be the smallest on the
market. Ideal for clipping to your parachute harness.
Latest news on the KTi Mini Sat is that after more design changes
they now expect approval in a couple of months. Apparently the rules
got changed twice during the design/a
At 07:08 PM 20/07/2009, you wrote:
Guys,
Unfortunately most of what has been posted on here about 406 Distress
Beacons is miss information - if you want to know the facts go to the
Cospas/SATSAT web site
http://www.cospas-sarsat.org/MainPages/indexEnglish.htm
SDF
Read the bits on type
...@lists.internode.on.net
[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Monday, 20 July 2009 5:57 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
At 03:01 PM 20/07/2009, you wrote:
>On 20/07/2009, at 2:33
At 03:01 PM 20/07/2009, you wrote:
On 20/07/2009, at 2:33 PM, Simon Hackett wrote:
Who is 'the group' of which you speak?
Not entirely sure, it is speculation based on 3rd hand information.
(sorry if I didn't make that clear).
The company that does it for SPOT is Pivotel - probably to do wi
"outer airspace services"
NAS4X with user pays in spades maybe?
Try the department of infrastructure they seem to own everything now.
Cheers
Mark
> From: sco...@dd.com.au
> To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net
> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:01:07 +1000
> Sub
On 20/07/2009, at 2:33 PM, Simon Hackett wrote:
Who is 'the group' of which you speak?
Not entirely sure, it is speculation based on 3rd hand information.
(sorry if I didn't make that clear).
The company that does it for SPOT is Pivotel - probably to do with the
use of satellite phone n
Who is 'the group' of which you speak?
On 20/07/2009, at 11:07 AM, Scott Penrose wrote:
The answer is that in Australia the group that controls the
Satellites takes extra money.
Even the SPOTs which are world wide identical, are supposed to be
bought in Australia if registered in Australia -
The answer is that in Australia the group that controls the Satellites
takes extra money.
Even the SPOTs which are world wide identical, are supposed to be
bought in Australia if registered in Australia - so that they group
can take their extra money.
Scott
On 20/07/2009, at 9:39 AM, Mike
At 06:40 PM 17/07/2009, you wrote:
Mike,
Yes, to register beacon here in Australia it has to be an Australian
encoded beacon, and the owner also has to provide an Australian address. The
same rules apply all over the world.
You can take your Australian coded/registered beacon overseas, that
-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Friday, 17 July 2009 10:48 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] 406Mhz beacons
Here's a question for Stu Ferguson:
Are there any problems with registering overseas purchased PLB
Here's a question for Stu Ferguson:
Are there any problems with registering overseas purchased PLB's in Australia?
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978
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