406 MHz Is the New Standard - Why Aren't We Ready?

406 MHz Is the New Standard – Why Aren’t We Ready?

Editorial Staff

Friday, January 14, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Cospas-Sarsat ceased monitoring the 121.5 MHz ELT emergency frequency in 2009, as announced ten years prior.
Recent FCC actions suggest the aviation community is not prepared for this changeover to a different emergency frequency.
The article features an interview with Ric Peri of the Aircraft Electronics Association to explain the situation and its background.

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Cospas-Sarsat announced ten years ago that it would stop monitoring the 121.5 MHz ELT emergency frequency in 2009, and Tuesday actions by the FCC suggested the aviation community isn’t ready for the changeover. AVweb‘s Glenn Pew spoke with Ric Peri, vice president of government and industry affairs for the Aircraft Electronics Association, to find out what’s going on and how we got here.

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