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Message started by Richard_Smith on 05.11.2011 at 16:09:41

Title: Registering an ELT
Post by Richard_Smith on 05.11.2011 at 16:09:41

My RV12 has a standard kit supplied ME40 ELT. Has anyone any experience of registering with the UK authorities a US Hex ID ELT.
I have also emailed Kinloss for advice. Their form asks for a UK Hex ID with 15 character code and mine has a 16 character Hex code.
Filling in time waiting for my Permit to Fly to arrive!

Title: Re: Registering an ELT
Post by DaveGill on 21.11.2011 at 15:57:28

You can't register a US coded device in the UK. There are 2 options.

Change the country code of the device. This is not always possible and isn't on my FastFind so I had to..
Register with NOAA http://www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov/ in the US

Title: Re: Registering an ELT
Post by Richard_Smith on 22.11.2011 at 17:02:58

Thank you Dave for your response.
I fully agree with you and had an interesting conversation with COSPAS at RAF Kinloss who made it clear that there are real advantages by registering with them if you are a UK resident, mainly because when an emergency signal is received the 'registered Country" is contacted to pass on to the the 'nearest and deares't the information, much easier for all if a UK ELT is registered in the UK for all sorts of reasons.
Another development is that I have had a response from Vans who didn't appreciate the problem that us UK guys have as a result of them shipping a US coded ELT and have offered to pay for me to have it recoded to a UK Hex code. Good news for RV12 owners.