Mike,
I agree if size and weight is an issue the Fastfind 211 is the way to
go - the penalty with the Fastfind is a 5 year approved battery life V a 7
years with the GME410 product.
As most of you know I am one of the people on the other end of these things
when they are activated; to date I have not been involved with a Fastfind
211 activation, they are relatively new on the market. However I have
coordinated several responses to GME410G activations and in every case I
have dealt with they have performed well. The reality is that they all
should work well if deployed correctly, they all have to meet very high
standards to get through the approval process.
SDF
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 9:23 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] personal locator beacons
At 05:38 PM 11/11/2009, you wrote:
>GME MT410G Personal Locator Beacons with built in GPS are currently selling
>on EBAY for AU$549.00 + $18.00 postage These are approved units (406 &1
>121.5 Mhz). GME are well proven and established brand and at that price I
>think a great deal.
>
>Just do a search on Ebay for "GME MT410G"
>
>John Parncutt
>
The GME unit is 135 x 71 x 38 mm
The fastfind 211 is 106 x 47 x 34 mm
The fastfind is considerably smaller which might matter if attached
to parachute harness.
I've dealt with GME. Not impressed.
Mike
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