Specifications

USER’S HANDBOOK
This screen deals with the COSP
AS-SARSAT Identification selectable parameters.
It is used to provide the following information (Ref. Fig 13):
Note: Details of the COSPAS-SARSAT (C/S) identification can be found through the C/S
Internet site at the address
http://www.cospas-sarsat.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189&Itemid=118&lang=en
done in accordance with every local regulation.
- the message type : long or short (with or without location capability) (Item 1),
- the country name with the associated code (Item 2) as per ICAO or IMO
Note: Updated country code list can be consulted on the C/S Internet site at the address
http://www.itu.int/online/mms/glad/cga_mids.sh
for the list of MIDs, country code (web
site of ITU).
- the user protocol (Item 3),
- the additional information corresponding to the protocol selected (Item 4),
- the radio location type (Item 5),
- the activation type (Item 6),
- the homing signals power selection when available (Item 7),
- the last box displays the official 15 Hex COSPAS-SARSAT Identification as “Beacon Id” and
the simplified identification as “Simplified Beacon Id” (ELTA individual parameter display). See
figure 27 for detail.
Note: Decoding of the 15 hex C/S identification can be performed on the C/S internet site at
the address
http://www.cospas-
sarsat.org/index.php?option=com_beacondecode&task=showBeacon&Itemid=85&lang=en
then click in the empty box, enter the relevant 15 Hex C/S ID code and click “Process”. Detail
will then been displayed in the lower part of the screen.
Note: Final User Registration of ELT is now possible directly by Internet, when the local
entity does not manage/ this capability after 16 January 2006 on the International
Registration Database (IRB):
The actual International Registration Data Base is located at the address:
https://www.406registration.com/
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