Breitling Emergency - Top Gear now
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traffman said:
Ive heard it's a royal pain in the ass if you sell your Emergency onto another person , the dealer has to faff about with a lot of faffing?
Correct me if i'm way off mark.
Not really a massive faff. You just need to complete a change of ownership form at an AD and send the paperwork off. Correct me if i'm way off mark.
It's just to ensure that you are not charged for non-emergency call outs.
mrfunex said:
GC8 said:
406MHz registration is free, but that doesn't mean that Breitling don't make a meal of it.
The older/redundant/useless 121.5MHz types were anonymous.
Why is 121.5 useless or redundant? The older/redundant/useless 121.5MHz types were anonymous.
I understand that its still used on a lot of commercial planes too, but that's because the operators wont upgrade until theyre forced to.
My point was that the satellites which used to detect the signals, now do not. Passing aircraft possibly hearing a very low wattage electronic warble cant be relied upon and local direction finding isn't really what Im talking about. If you have an older Breitling Emergency with a small 121.5MHz transmitter in it, its pretty much useless now, so don't expect International Rescue to appear hovering overhead...
On a separate note, I believe that the old analogue 5w warblers were only able to be detected over 60% of the planets surface, even before environmental factors came into play, which isn't great.
My point was that the satellites which used to detect the signals, now do not. Passing aircraft possibly hearing a very low wattage electronic warble cant be relied upon and local direction finding isn't really what Im talking about. If you have an older Breitling Emergency with a small 121.5MHz transmitter in it, its pretty much useless now, so don't expect International Rescue to appear hovering overhead...
On a separate note, I believe that the old analogue 5w warblers were only able to be detected over 60% of the planets surface, even before environmental factors came into play, which isn't great.
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