[Public-List] cheap EPIRB

[Lee Hines]

   I have enjoyed reading the posts but must request that I be removed
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   L Hines
   Elaine & Brian Timmins wrote:

Great info. Thanks for doing all that research.
Brian  ex#497 (not the original poster)
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From: "Kirk Little" [1]<kirkalittle at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:07 AM
Subject: [Public-List] cheap EPIRB




I have both "Spot" and a cheap EPIRB. Spot is not a cheap Epirb, it's not
an EPIRB. For starters Spot is intended to email a list of people that you
choose your Position plus a message. The message either says "IM OK" or "I
NEED HELP" (not so useful). You can pay a little more than the standard
subscription so that it "notifies authorities" but this is pretty sketchy
at best. Its NOT waterproof, Doesn't have a multi-year battery, does not
send out the radio transmission that a Epirb does to allow rescue to
home-in on your signal, It has HUGE black-out coverage areas offshore, the
list goes on. YET I think it's great fun to email your friends when you
are offshore with your position and it is supposed to pop up on a Google
Earth map. Plus I think it could verify a real signal to coastguard from
an Eprib to possibly expedite rescue (assuming it wasn't wet and inop at
that point).

Now for the Cheap Epirb, for about the same price as spot and it's
subscription you can get a PLB, McMurdo makes one that fits on my pocket
that I carry on my offshore especially when I'm solo, offshore, or working
on the foredeck. Overton's has one on sale right for only $300, that's a
steal. You can get a more expensive but not really necessarily PLB that
also transmits your exact GPS position rather than the 3-mile accuracy of
the standard 406mhz transmission, but you don't need the GPS because the
121.5Mhz signal is plenty for them pinpoint you once rescue is in the
3-mile vicinity. The thing only weighs 9 ounces.

Lastly BEWARE there are several VERY cheap "Locator Devices" that only
transmit on 121.5Mhz (so they never really alert anyone unless someone
happened to set off a real epirb within 3 miles of you) so these are NOT
practical offshore or even for coastal crusing.

Sorry for the long response, just got done doing a lot of research so
thought I would share and hope it helps.
Kirk Little
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