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#172975 03/26/09 03:05 PM 03/26/09 03:05 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Apparently every SAILOR now needs an EPIRB this year as opposed to the past two years where only one was required. This was a recommendation of the Coast Guard/Homeland Security.
Just wanted to make sure everyone knew before too long.
I did not miss that and I agree with it completely. Each sailor should have an EPIRB because it's possible that both could get separated from the boat leaving nobody to turn the thing on.
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#172988 03/26/09 04:14 PM 03/26/09 04:14 PM |
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | you're talking the little ones, right? Not the gigantic ones I see in offshore boats.... What is it, 406 MHz now? Or is that the old frequency?
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#172992 03/26/09 04:19 PM 03/26/09 04:19 PM | Scarecrow
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Unregistered | 406 are the new ones, start shopping now as there is a shortage world wide because the highly intelegent manufactures hadn't considered the fact that every Epirb they'd made for the last 10 years would need to be replaced overnight and that everyone would leave it untill the last minute. | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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#173002 03/26/09 05:31 PM 03/26/09 05:31 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Now we're talking...$299 is more like it. However, I did read some reviews of McMurdo's past EPIRBs and they weren't very flattering...it downright didn't work sometimes....and that "anticipated april 2009" delivery is cutting it awfully close for the Tybee.
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#173012 03/26/09 06:34 PM 03/26/09 06:34 PM | Scarecrow
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From what I'm hearing in the industry don't trust anyones delivery dates on Epirbs at present. Buy from someone who has stock now not someone who'll get it in soon. Pay the premium and don't be disappointed. | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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#174944 04/15/09 01:49 PM 04/15/09 01:49 PM |
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Posts: 1,304 Gulf Coast relocated from Cali... | Update: Spoke with Steve Murray today and they just got the E-PIRBS in. They have a couple dozen and are expecting them to go fast if you want one or two for the Tybee.
Lee
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#174952 04/15/09 02:54 PM 04/15/09 02:54 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Wow, this is right around the corner. I'm looking forward to following you guys through the media.
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#174958 04/15/09 04:02 PM 04/15/09 04:02 PM | DUH
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Unregistered | We always had two since the Worrell days. I don't see much of a difference. | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California | We always had two since the Worrell days. I don't see much of a difference. Check your freq, Freak.
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#174969 04/15/09 05:27 PM 04/15/09 05:27 PM | DougSnell
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Good luck and stay safe. Pulling for you.
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#174976 04/15/09 07:05 PM 04/15/09 07:05 PM | DUH
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Unregistered | We always had two since the Worrell days. I don't see much of a difference. Check your freq, Freak. sorry, ik begrijp niet computertaal | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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#174993 04/15/09 11:25 PM 04/15/09 11:25 PM |
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Posts: 1,066 Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | Do Spot Satelite Messengers count as EPIRBS? I just got one and they basically work the same as my EPIRB with enhanced features. I am doing a separate thread on this but I am working with a online software developer using spot units to webcast events. He has agreed to cover the Endurance Series and we are testing it over the next four days to use it for the Keys 100. The developer webcast mountan bike races in the desert and is looking forward to doing boat races. I think I can get him to do the Tybee 500 if there is interest. West Palm Beach to Key West Run | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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#175023 04/16/09 07:06 AM 04/16/09 07:06 AM |
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Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine | Do Spot Satelite Messengers count as EPIRBS? I just got one and they basically work the same as my EPIRB with enhanced features. NO!!!! They do NOT work the same as your EPIRB by any means! | | | Re: Something you might have missed in the T500 SI's
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#175027 04/16/09 07:36 AM 04/16/09 07:36 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Do Spot Satelite Messengers count as EPIRBS? I just got one and they basically work the same as my EPIRB with enhanced features. I am doing a separate thread on this but I am working with a online software developer using spot units to webcast events. He has agreed to cover the Endurance Series and we are testing it over the next four days to use it for the Keys 100. The developer webcast mountan bike races in the desert and is looking forward to doing boat races. I think I can get him to do the Tybee 500 if there is interest. West Palm Beach to Key West Run I'm quite sure they do not count as EPIRBs. There is definitely some interest in the Tybee 500 for the technology. However, there were some limitations with the data that was published last year. I was ground crew last year and tried to use the three or four teams that had them as a tracking tool. 1) the data intervals were irregular (see item 3) 2) displaying multiple teams on one screen was not possible unless they were all registered under the same account (sounds like you're working on that) 3) no interpolation of the data points...you could look at the boat positions but one team's position may have been from 30 seconds ago and the other from 20 minutes ago making it extremely difficult to determine who was actually in what position. I know it's a complicated solution, but you could interpolate the last speed and heading point on the map and get a better idea of boat position. This would make the map much more meaningful to the observer.
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