Specifications

B.1. REG IS TRA TION
When a 406.025 MHz ELT is in stalled in
an air craft, it is im per a tive that the air craft
owner reg is ter the ELT. In the United
States the Na tional Oce anic and At mo
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spheric Ad min is tra tion (NOAA) is the reg-
is tra tion agency. Each 406.025 MHz ELT
con tains a unique iden ti fi ca tion code that
is trans mit ted to the sat el lite. This helps
the “Res cue Co or di na tion Cen ter” (RCC)
de ter mine whether an emer gency ac tu ally
has oc curred. The unique iden ti fi ca tion
per mits ac cess ing a data base. In the
United States the data base con tains the
fol low ing:
•
Owner’s Name
•
Ad dress
•
Tele phone Num ber
•
Air craft Type
• Air craft Reg is tra tion Num ber
This data fa cil i tates in qui ries a s to the
where abouts of the air craft, the ex is tence
of a flight plan and so forth. The above
in for ma tion should be kept up to date,
with any changes to the data cor rected
(i.e. change of ad dress, phone num bers,
etc.).
The fol low ing ad dress should be used to
reg is ter and ob tain in for ma tion on how to
reg is ter 406 MHz ELT’s in the United
States:
Fol low ing this page (B-2) you will find a
reg is tra tion form (570-1023) that can be
used to reg is ter your 406 MHz ELT or to
trans fer own er ship within the United
States.
For Ca na dian In stal la tions the ELT must
be reg is tered with the Ca na dian Bea con
Reg is try of the Na tional Search and Res
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cue Sec re tar iat
275 Slat er Street, 4th floor
Ot tawa, On tario
K1A 0K2
Tele phone: [phone]
or 800-727-9414
Fax: [phone]
WARNING: If the ELT is moved to a
dif fer ent air craft than which it was orig i
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nally reg is tered with, the ELT must be
re-registered and the prod uct la bel
re-marked to in di cate the new pro gram -
ming and/or new coun try of reg is try.
If the 406.025 MHz ELT is to be used
in a coun try other than the United States,
the Civil Avi a tion Au thor ity in the ap pli ca -
ble coun try must be con tacted to ob tain
the cor rect reg is tra tion form.
ARTEX AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES DOCUMENT #570-5000
04/11/01 PAGE B-2
NOAA/NESDIS
SARSAT Op er a tions Di vi sion
Code E/SP3
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