REFLECTOR:ELT

[reflector@tvbf.org]

At 04:09 PM 5/4/03 -0700, you wrote:

>The ACK unit is probably a good way to go for now, unless you really want 
>an ELT that works; in that case you would have to spring $2500 or so for a 
>406 MHz unit.  The 121.5/243 MHz units will no longer be monitored after 
>early 2009, so by then we'll all have to go to the 406 MHz units.  The 
>hope is that the price on them will have dropped by then.

You can get a 406 mhz ELT with a built in 12 channel GPS for about $1300 at 
retail - probably less than $1000 wholesale.  http://tinyurl.com/aytf

Since it's made for boating use it doesn't have an inertia switch - but I'd 
think you should be able to salvage an inertia switch from a used 121.5 
unit for less than $50.  Any thoughts?

BTW, is everyone else getting a first line on the reflector posts that 
reads something like

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"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word">

Or is it just me?