Talk:Distress radiobeacon

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Contents 1 About the change on 21:37 2005-09-27 2 About the change on 0420 UTC 2006-1-1 3 Link to EPIRB 4 WikiProject class rating 5 My Big Changes

[edit] About the change on 21:37 2005-09-27

The previous version of the article incorrectly stated that the GPS capability of some 406MHz beacons removes the need for position based on the doppler shift detected by LEO satellites. This is incorrect, however, as the COSPAS-SARSAT specifications state that a beacon location is not considered "resolved" unless there is a doppler-doppler match or a doppler-encoded (GPS) match; 1 or more GPS positions are not sufficient. See COSPAS-SARSAT document A.001 calhoun 01:58, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] About the change on 0420 UTC 2006-1-1

The EPIRB stands for EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIO BEACON (NOT RESCUE, EVEN THEY ARE USED FOR RESCUE PRUPOSE).

see IMO SOLAS CONVENTION: Chapter IV - Radiocommunications

[edit] Link to EPIRB

It redirected back to the article, what was it doing there? I have removed it. -Not Diablo 21:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 10:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Big Changes

Hey Wiki people

I work for a SAR agency, in case you are wondering! I think this page is probably going to be have to be split again into the various kinds of beacons, but not just yet. I'm still going to work at getting everything making a consistent statement first.

Thanks for your patience.

Cheers & God bless. Tntdj 09:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)