[D16ve-l] FW: News from The National V Department

[Robert C Miller]

Subject: News from The National V Department



 
<http://rs6.net/on.jsp?t=1101486784850.0.1101148259489.3539&ts=S0217&o=http:
//ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif> 

 VSC Department
<http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs090/1101148259489/img/3.gif?a=1101486784850
> 	
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOATERS MUST NOT OPERATE 121.5/243 MHZ EPIRBs AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2006
December 15 2006 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Robert,

BOATERS MUST NOT OPERATE 121.5/243 MHZ EPIRBs AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2006

WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard reminds all boaters that beginning January 1,
2007, both 121.5 and 243 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons
(EPIRBs) are prohibited from use in both commercial and recreational
watercraft. Boaters wishing to have an emergency rescue beacon aboard their
vessel must have a digital 406 MHz model.

The January 1, 2007, date to stop using 121.5 MHz EPIRBs is in preparation
for February 1, 2009, when satellite processing of distress signals from all
121.5/243 MHz beacons will terminate. Following this termination date, only
the 406 MHz beacons will be detected by the International Cospas-Sarsat
Satellite System which provides distress alert and location data for search
and rescue operations around the world.

The regulation applies to all Class A, B, and S 121.5/243 MHz EPIRBs. It
does not affect 121.5/243 MHz man overboard devices which are designed to
work directly with a base alerting unit only and not with the satellite
system.

This change, in large part, was brought about by the unreliability of the
121.5/243 MHz beacons in an emergency situation. Data reveals that with a
121.5 MHz beacon, only one alert out of every 50 is a genuine distress
situation. This has a significant effect on expending the limited resources
of search and rescue personnel and platforms. With 406 MHz beacons, false
alerts have been reduced significantly, and, when properly registered, can
usually be resolved with a telephone call to the beacon owner. Consequently,
real alerts can receive the attention they deserve.

When a 406 MHz beacon signal is received, search and rescue personnel can
retrieve information from a registration database. This includes the beacon
owner's contact information, emergency contact information, and
vessel/aircraft identifying characteristics. Having this information allows
the Coast Guard, or other rescue personnel, to respond appropriately.

In the U.S., users are required by law to directly register their beacon in
the U.S. 406 MHz Beacon Registration Database
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=skav89bab.0.9wqw89bab.bfb9yqbab.3539&ts=S0217&p=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fwww.beaconregistration.noaa.gov%2F>  at:
http://www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov/ or by calling 1-888-212-SAVE. Other
users can register their beacon in their country's national beacon
registration database or, if no national database is available, in the
International Beacon Registration Database
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=skav89bab.0.8wqw89bab.bfb9yqbab.3539&ts=S0217&p=htt
ps%3A%2F%2Fwww.406registration.com%2F>  at https://www.406registration.com/.

The United States Coast Guard is the lead agency for coordinating national
maritime search and rescue policy and is responsible for providing search
and rescue services on, under and over assigned international waters and
waters subject to United States jurisdiction.



Contact Information 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: webmaster at safetyseal.net 
web: http://safetyseal.net
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=skav89bab.0.pmnx5rbab.bfb9yqbab.3539&ts=S0217&p=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fsafetyseal.net>  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Forward email
<http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101148259489&ea=robert_c_mille
r%40msn.com&a=1101486784850> 

	
 
<http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&m=1101148259489&ea=robert_c_miller
%40msn.com&se=3539&t=1101486784850&lang=en&reason=F>  

This email was sent to robert_c_miller at msn.com, by webmaster at safetyseal.net
Update Profile/Email Address
<http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1101148259489&ea=robert_c_miller
%40msn.com&se=3539&t=1101486784850&lang=en&reason=F>  | Instant removal with
SafeUnsubscribe
<http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&m=1101148259489&ea=robert_c_miller
%40msn.com&se=3539&t=1101486784850&lang=en&reason=F> T | Privacy Policy
<http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp> .
Powered by
 <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=news01>  

National V Department | 10745 Serenity Ln | Savanna | IL | 61074 	


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.usps.org/pipermail/d16ve-l/attachments/20061219/e7569ada/attachment.html