Expiring EPIRB
Submitted by Jackfrost80 on Mon, 2017-04-10 16:21
My Kanad EPIRB is due to expire at the end of the month. Tossing up whether to replace the battery for $145 or replace it with a GPS EPIRB. I've already got a GPS PLB I carry on me when I'm out but I like the idea of my main EPIRB also pinpointing my location.
Anyone have one of these and does that long antenna get in the way?
www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/products/kti-safety-alert-sa1g-epirb-with-gps.html
Also looking at this which is shorter and fatter.
whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp
I want one I can place in a prominant location where it won't get in the way but I can rip it out of the bracket in seconds if ever needed.
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holth
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Just updated mine. Bought
Just updated mine. Bought new. GME Manual operated GPS eprib 10 Year battery $289 from whitworths
collin g wood
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Got one of them a couple of
Got A KTI a couple of months back, antenae folds down neatly while stowed in its holder.
just dhu it
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New gps Epirb
mate spend the dollars and get a new Epirb with an in built GPS , these units when set off can be detected by the water police and sea rescue groups who all have Epirb trackers onboard their vessels where as your personal elpb goes via a signal to a monitoring company who will report via telephone eventually your rough co ordinates , this time saving my be the difference in you being rescued alive i
Jackfrost80
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That's good enough for me.
That's good enough for me. Thanks for the feedback
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dodgy
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Sort of. The trackers that
Sort of. The trackers that water police and sea rescue have work off the analogue 121 frequency.
The standard 406 will send a package of information to a sattelites that includeds your registration details. It can be up to 40 mins between sattelites and a non gps epirb can need 3 passes to triangulate a position accurately.
A gps epirb sends the registration information as well as coords. Potentially cutting lead search time down by 2 hours.
I'm not sure about signals being monitored by private companies. It all goes through rcc in Canberra.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Darren253
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Buy new but keep both, for as
Buy new but keep both, for as long as the battery tests OK anyway... I'd have a secondary grab bag with expired flares and the old Epirb in it.
If the day ever comes that I need them, I'd much rather have to many than not enough.