X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:39:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.32] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4365796 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:55:04 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.32; envelope-from=mjrav@comcast.net Received: from omta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.35]) by qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YbBL1e0070ldTLk53nuWoA; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:54:30 +0000 Received: from mjr ([24.2.137.82]) by omta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YnuV1e0061mqhrL3QnuVo0; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:54:30 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <001e01cb119d$697a6e00$6401a8c0@mjr> From: "Mark Ravinski" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Fw: AVwebAlert: FCC Bans 121.5 ELTs X-Original-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:56:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001B_01CB117B.E21F68F0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.2001 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.2001 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01CB117B.E21F68F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subj: AVwebAlert: FCC Bans 121.5 ELTs Having trouble viewing this AVwebAlert newsletter? Go = online for the latest coverage.=20 To ensure that you continue to receive this newsletter,=20 please add avweb@e.avflash.com to your address book.=20 =20 =20 =20 AVweb Breaking News Alert June 21, 2010 =20 =20 =20 Forward This E-Mail | Register/Manage Your Account | = Advertise | Privacy | Contact | Help=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 AVflash! No Long Goodbye for 121.5 back to top =20 =20 =20 FCC BANS 121.5 ELTS =20 The Federal Communications Commission took the general = aviation world by surprise when it said in a recent report it will = prohibit the sale or use of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters, = effective in August. The Aircraft Electronics Association said it just = learned of the new rule today, and has begun working with the FAA, FCC = and others to allow for timely compliance without grounding thousands of = general aviation aircraft. The 121.5 ELTs are allowed under FAA rules. = The FCC said its rules have been amended to "prohibit further = certification, manufacture, importation, sale or use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." = The FCC says that if the 121.5 units are no longer available, aircraft = owners and operators will "migrate" to the newer 406.0-406.1 MHz ELTs, = which are monitored by satellite, while the 121.5 frequency is not. = "Were we to permit continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs ... it = would engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would = mistakenly rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress alerts," the FCC = says. AOPA said today it is opposed to the rule change. "The FCC is making a regulatory change that would impose = an extra cost on GA operators, without properly communicating with the = industry or understanding the implications of its action," said AOPA = Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Rob Hackman. "There is no FAA = requirement to replace 121.5 MHz units with 406 MHz technology. When two = government agencies don't coordinate, GA can suffer." The AEA said = dealers should refrain from selling any new 121.5 MHz ELTs "until = further understanding of this new prohibition can be understood and a = realistic timeline for transition can be established." =20 =20 Watch AVweb.com for More on the FCC's Decision back to top = =20 =20 =20 Stay tuned to AVweb.com for more updates on this story. =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01CB117B.E21F68F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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June 21, = 2010=20
 
AVflash! No Long Goodbye for=20 121.5 back=20 to top 
 

FCC BANS 121.5 ELTS

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The Federal Communications Commission took the general = aviation=20 world by surprise when it said in a recent report it will prohibit the sale or = use of 121.5=20 MHz emergency locator transmitters, effective in August. = The Aircraft Electronics Association said = it just=20 learned of the new rule today, and has begun working with = the FAA,=20 FCC and others to allow for timely compliance without = grounding=20 thousands of general aviation aircraft. The 121.5 ELTs are = allowed=20 under FAA rules. The FCC said its rules have been amended = to=20 "prohibit further certification, manufacture, importation, = sale or=20 use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." The FCC says that if the 121.5 = units are=20 no longer available, aircraft owners and operators will = "migrate"=20 to the newer 406.0-406.1 MHz ELTs, which are monitored by=20 satellite, while the 121.5 frequency is not. "Were we to = permit=20 continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs ... it would = engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would = mistakenly rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress = alerts,"=20 the FCC says. AOPA said today it is opposed to the rule = change.

"The FCC is making a regulatory change that would = impose an=20 extra cost on GA operators, without properly communicating = with=20 the industry or understanding the implications of its = action,"=20 said AOPA Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Rob = Hackman. "There=20 is no FAA requirement to replace 121.5 MHz units with 406 = MHz=20 technology. When two government agencies don't coordinate, = GA can=20 suffer." The AEA said dealers should refrain from selling = any new=20 121.5 MHz ELTs "until further understanding of this new=20 prohibition can be understood and a realistic timeline for = transition can be=20 = established."

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