Breitling ELT watches

Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

I think I remember seeing them between $2-3k.

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Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

Check www.froogle.com, and you'll see prices anywhere from $4K and up.
Similar pricing on new ones on ebay (Breitling Emergency), but it doesn't
look like anyone's buying.


"John Doe" wrote in message
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I think I remember seeing them between $2-3k.

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oups.com...
Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

wrote:
Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

Maybe this is also of interest
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/...1/da012410.doc

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Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?


in the same price range you could buy yourself an EPIRB with
embedded GPS; may be not as stylish but a tad more effective
I would guess

--Sylvain

That IS quite interesting. Thanks for posting. So to sum it up, yes, it was
true that it was sold to only licensed pilots for about one year then
Breitling was allowed to sell it to non-pilots. I was confused as to the
"one time use" description. I always thought that you can replace a battery
in the watch after the ELT was used. Maybe they mean the battery itself is
one-time-use?

I have a lower-end Breitling and love it. However, getting it repaired in
New York will set you back $250 just to look at it. Only the certified
repair shops have access to watch parts. They DO buff it as part of the deal
but for that money, it's the least they can do.

Marco


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Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

Maybe this is also of interest
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/...1/da012410.doc



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Marco Leon mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:
That IS quite interesting. Thanks for posting. So to sum it up, yes, it was
true that it was sold to only licensed pilots for about one year then
Breitling was allowed to sell it to non-pilots. I was confused as to the
"one time use" description. I always thought that you can replace a battery
in the watch after the ELT was used. Maybe they mean the battery itself is
one-time-use?

IIRC, to activate the ELT, you unscrewed a knob and pulled out the
antenna. There was no way to rewind it.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

I think what they mean by one time use is described in paragraph 2 as
breaking a cap.

The device is worn on a person’s wrist, and activated by breaking a cap and
uncoiling an antenna from the watch case.




"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
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That IS quite interesting. Thanks for posting. So to sum it up, yes, it
was
true that it was sold to only licensed pilots for about one year then
Breitling was allowed to sell it to non-pilots. I was confused as to the
"one time use" description. I always thought that you can replace a
battery
in the watch after the ELT was used. Maybe they mean the battery itself is
one-time-use?

I have a lower-end Breitling and love it. However, getting it repaired in
New York will set you back $250 just to look at it. Only the certified
repair shops have access to watch parts. They DO buff it as part of the
deal
but for that money, it's the least they can do.

Marco


"Wolfgang Kemper" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Anybody know how much these watches sell for? No info on the Breitling
site. I recall reading years ago when these first came out that these
watches were only sold to pilots (doubtful) with the intent to limit
the number of false ELT signals. Then again, I doubt the transmitter is
powerful enough to reach any DF gear unless the aircraft or ground unit
is very close by. So... is this just a (overpriced) gimmick for the
gold chain crowd?

Maybe this is also of interest
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/...1/da012410.doc



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Sylvain wrote:
wrote:
in the same price range you could buy yourself an EPIRB with
embedded GPS; may be not as stylish but a tad more effective
I would guess

A tad? I trust you're being sarcastic. A 406MHz PLB can be had for
under $600 and will squawk your GPS coordinates up to a satellite. Even
the best 121.5 ELT won't help until someone hears it, and even then the
search grids can start out pretty large (ask any CAP SAR folks). Where
I fly (New England) I doubt there's too many places I could go down and
go unnoticed for very long*, but if I spent more time away from the
densely populated areas I'd have this on my shopping list.

-cwk.

* To be fair, once one goes north of Manchester NH, things get plenty
thin enough. Five or six years back a Lear went down on approach into
Lebanon, and the wreckage wasn't found for a couple years. Especially
in Winter one doesn't have to be out in the open very long for it to
prove deadly.

Hmmm, so how do you verify that the battery still has juice like the ELT's
in our aircraft? Or is that replaced with service?

Marco



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I think what they mean by one time use is described in paragraph 2 as
breaking a cap.

The device is worn on a person's wrist, and activated by breaking a cap
and
uncoiling an antenna from the watch case.





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