I can tell you a funny (now) story about the one in my Cherokee.
I was taking a friend up on a flight (nervous flyer) and during taxi I had reached over to adjust the Intercom for him. I (unbeknownst to me) accidently flipped the ACTIVATE switch on the ELT which was right below my Intercom switches. While taxing, I was listening to the AWOS and kept hearing a “whoop whoop”, but it didn’t register with me what it was. I did my run up and announced my intention to depart. When I keyed up, I REALLY heard the “whoop whoop”…..Realizing that was an ELT whoop, I checked mine and sure enough, it was active. I quickly turned off the switch and called the airport and surrounding traffic to tell them of my mistake.
I took off with no further issues, until about 5 minutes into the flight. The FBO called and asked if I was okay. I said, “Yea, why?” She told me there was a sergeant whoever on the line saying they had an ELT alarm on my airplane! They knew the N number, owner, etc. and was checking to see if the airport knew anything about it. I reminded her of my call before and that was pretty much it.
I’m impressed to know that within less than 15 minutes after flipping that switch, the local emergency responders were trying to track me down. I LIKE THAT!
From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 4:09 PM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 406 MHZ ELT
Can anybody share their knowledge about these new (to me) doo-dads? I just read that nobody will be listening to my old 121.5 Mhz ELT if it goes off anymore. Is it mandatory that it be upgraded? Do the smaller (cheaper) 406 MHZ PLB's suffice? Can anybody suggest a decent one? Thanks in advance for the info.
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