"John Clear" wrote in message
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In article ,
MikeremlaP wrote:

If a dying battery in the remote ***always*** sets off the ELT, then this
is a
design flaw. Everyone's ACK will eventually false alarm if the remote
battery
isn't replaced on time. (And you know how we are with smoke
detectors...)
Hmmm... maybe this explains all the false alarms CAP complains about?

I've chased dying main batteries in ELTs before, an EPIRB that was
ten years out of date, a fax machine and a UPS truck. There are

An ELT on a fax machine!!!???