Ian
If your friend is who I think he is, he also holds dual USA/Aust
citizenship.
I am not going to dig down into the politics; there are many people
out there carrying Distress Beacons who do not have to by law; bush
walkers, 4WD etc, many govt and private sector employers provide them
as PPE for field workers.
Then there are the activities that you are required to carry one by
law, and for example in aviation CAR 252A requires an Australian
compliant beacon that is registered with AMSA.
With the development of new equipment such as GPS trackers these types
of requiments may change in time, that will be a political argument
Stuart Ferguson
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On 11/11/2009, at 23:16, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote:
A friend of mine ex USA got a McMurdo Fastfind with GPS when in USA
and registered it in USA with his local address. When he was in USA
again he got another and at the then exchange rate. cost $A363
posted to hotel in USA. You can register same on the USA web site
and you get back an email with "We realize you live outside United
States...........but we accept your registration....." within 24 hours
Sticker comes in post 2 weeks later and remember USA have yachts in
the for corners of the world and a few Aussies means nothing to
them. I gather in 22 months they send email/SMS/letter asking you to
re register. So US taxpayer is covering costs for aussies probably,
$2 for posting a letter.
Ian M
2009/11/11 John Parncutt <[email protected]>
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
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 10:00 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] personal locator beacons
I have found a source of Australian approved McMurdo Fastfind 211 PLB
with built in GPS for A$515 + GST plus I guess a little shipping.
I want one for my parachute harness so do we have another 4 or more
takers as we need to buy 5 to get that price.(otherwise A$599 + GST)?
I'm not making anything on this.
The Fastfind 211 is very small and has a 5 year battery life and easy
replacement.
See some details here
http://www.chsmith.com.au/cgi-bin/hex4.pl?Display=551&Type=List
It is very small and ideal for clipping to your parachute harness.
Please contact me on or off list.
Anybody get a better price?
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments
since
1978
phone Int'l + 61 746 355784
fax Int'l + 61 746 358796
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