Ooops; my mistake. Thank you to all who corrected it. Antenna on the
belly is transponder; ELT antenna is on the ELT itself which rides in
a little cage on the wall of the baggage compartment inside the
plane. (But it was worth making the goof to evoke the detailed
lesson on emergency SAR from Jim Truxel that resulted -- thank you!
And, like Ed, I'm wondering what the best alternative to the
expensive new installed-ELT would be, from the point of view of the
CAP folks who do the searching. What do you think, Jim? Assuming we
leave the old 121.5 ELT in place, is a hand-held PLB or something
like Find-Me-Spot a better addition?)
Linda
N3437H (Sky Sprite)
L.A.
2e. Re: !21.5 Emergency Freq
Posted by: "Syd Cohen" [email protected]
Date: Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:58 pm ((PST))
ELT antennas are rarely mounted on the belly of an airplane. If you
see an antenna on the belly most likely it is the transponder antenna.
Syd
