[pct-l] ELTs - was: need some info

[brick@fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

At 03:14 AM 3/8/01 , JoAnn M. Michael wrote:
>. What would you, who are "in the know", suggest for a
>safety/fallback devise in case of an emergency?  What would you
>recommend I take w/me in case of injury, etc? Is there anything
>(relatively light weight) I could carry w/me to reach the outside
>world?

For emergency contact I would suggest a light weight Emergency Locater 
Transmitter (ELT).

ELTs are built to survive an airplane crash so they are pretty sturdy, so 
they are not particualry light. Automatically activated version are 
required equipment in aircraft. They signal satellites and will initiate a 
full scale search and rescue effort within an hour of activation.

I did a quick search and found several references to the particular model :

Emergency Products Corp. EMERGENCY BEACON EBC-102

http://www.canairmo.com/productsandservices/pg7elts.html
http://www.myles-rec.com/page36/page36.html
http://www.hunteraviation.com/page23.html

12oz  ~ $315.00

This is not a "talk to home" radio. This is a "I need rescue, come get me" 
device. A smoke flare would probably be a good supplement to go with it, so 
you could signal the search aircraft when you see it circling.

-Brick