Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: ELTs and Transponders UNCLASSIFIEDI am interested in what brand ELTs people are using. I would prefer to use theSPOT GPS following system, But if I travel more than 50 miles from my home airportI am required to have an ELT. Cheap is good. I am using one in my Vtailthat meets the regs, is only 121.5 freq and uses D coppertop batteries. (don'tunderestimate the cost of "custom" batteries on an ELT.) I am also on the edge of the San Antonio International Airport class C airspaceand may want to be able to fly closer to town. So a transponder may be required.Same question: what is an affordable soulution to getting a transponder foruse in a Piet? Besides, in some busy airspace it is a smart option.Blue Skies,Steve DOn 05/14/13, Fun2av8 wrote:> > where are folks mounting their ELTs in their Piets?> > --------> Jim McWhorter> N687MB (New Owner)> Culpeper, VA KCJR> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 655#400655> > > > > > > UNCLASSIFIED________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: ELTs and Transponders
RE: Pietenpol-List: ELTs and Transponders
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Steve,I have an Ameri-King AK-450 ELT in my Pietenpol. Nice thing about this ELTis it uses regular Duracell "D" cell batteries, rather than a special highdollar battery.Of course, if we're mandated to go to 406 MHz ELTs, it becomes an expensiveand fairly unattractive paperweightJack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia-----Original Message-----
Steve,I have an Ameri-King AK-450 ELT in my Pietenpol. Nice thing about this ELTis it uses regular Duracell "D" cell batteries, rather than a special highdollar battery.Of course, if we're mandated to go to 406 MHz ELTs, it becomes an expensiveand fairly unattractive paperweightJack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia-----Original Message-----