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by Fairwinds
Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:15 am
Forum: Gear and Gadgets
Topic: 406MHz EPIRBs - how good are they?
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406MHz EPIRBs - how good are they?

eg GME MT400 406Mhz EPIRB (CAT II) Available for as little as £270 Says 'initial position location accuracy to within 5km' How does it do this? I thought you had to have a GPS connected for this to work . . . does it just do it by triangulation on three or more satellites? ANd why only 'initial' po...