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Canada Backs Off 406 ELTs

May 6, 2009 by Civil Air Patrol NatCap Wing
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Below is an article from AVweb about Canada rejecting the use of the new digital 406 Mhz distress beacons. Search and rescue satellites over the U.S. stopped listening for the old 121.5 Mhz beacons in February. However, Civil Air Patrol still listens on 121.5 while flying routine missions, and our wing located two of these sending out... [read more]

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