Scottish Glider Crash

bumper wrote:
I'm sure most are already aware, the "standard" 121.5 / 243 Mhz ELT will no
longer trigger SARSAT / COPAS after 2008. So when we are talking PLB's, they
are 406 MHz and some have built in GPS too. For a comparison, see:

Relatively recently I was in a position where an ELT could have helped a
lot. As a consequence, I did a serious 'net search last year for
information about the use and purchase of ELTs in the UK. I found two
sources of 243/121.5 MHz ELTs here and nothing at all on 406 MHz ELTs
intended for aviation use.

Now, I've read that the 2008 change over to 406 MHz ELTs is intended to
be world-wide so I'm a bit perturbed by the lack of information or
devices in the UK. If the changeover affects the UK, I'm rather
unwilling to buy a 243 MHz system that will be phased out in a year.

Has anybody heard anything definite about a 406 MHz change-over in the UK?


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