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Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-11-2015, 19:16
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

:thumb: thanks. Hadn't realised that, but it makes sense.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-11-2015, 14:00
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

:thumb: and just for an Australian context as well, whilst 121.5 is not actively used as an emergency frequency it is still monitored by all commerical aircraft and when a signal is picked up, it...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-11-2015, 14:04
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

Your 'A' license is the basic entrance level license. The aim is that everyone who jumps out of a plane packs their own chute once they have been shown how to do it. It's pretty much the same around...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-11-2015, 02:01
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

:thumb: yep, I'm on an iPad too :biggrin:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-11-2015, 01:36
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

gee :whistling: my spelling was appalling

I intended to remove the 'battery' and hit the 'card' with a hammer :biggrin:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 23:37
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

The correct way to dispose of an old one I guess is up to your local authorities. Over here (Australia) the authorities discourage people from pulling apart their own. Possibly in case they set them...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 19:54
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

IN this post, I'm not sure what we disagree with. I wouldn't take the chance either :thumb:

We are in disagreeance in how to dispose of unwanted beacons, yes.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 13:20
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

:biggrin: oh, that's so funny, you just crack me up. :cheers:

Seriously :popcorn:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 12:56
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

There's always someone who will post nonsense. None of that is similar to changing epirb batteries.

Hell, I change my own stirrups on my horse and done incorrectly, could be risking life....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 12:53
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

Your actions ARE! YES! It is people like you causing false alarms. YES.

I'm not judging you, I'm just judging your actions as irresponsible and to prove my point your maintaining you have done...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-11-2015, 12:43
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

NOAA - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking - Beacon Battery Warning (https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/batterywarning.html)

This link explains why you shouldn't do it. As I said in my OP, your...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-11-2015, 12:41
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

Your referring no doubt to the 121's. In which case your one of the people likely responsible for all the false alarms that police and search and rescue agencies are called to every year.

And...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-11-2015, 16:04
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

I hope you pulled it apart and disabled it first?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-11-2015, 14:57
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

And as for amateur re-powering of even 104's, WHY? To save $100? :banghead:

You will get lots of opinions on here about how to do it and it's easy and all the rest, but is that all your life is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-11-2015, 14:54
Replies: 59
Views: 5,946
Posted By Rustic Charm
Re: EPIRB battery replacement

:thumb: yep as he said.
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