Key Benefits & Features:
GME MT403 series EPIRBs are a culmination of three years of extensive R & D by GME engineers. The end result is a radical new design concept that is not only a significant improvement on existing beacon performance, but dramatically slashes the cost of 406 MHz EPIRB ownership. The GME MT403 406 MHz digital EPIRB is the latest exciting extension of GME's growing family of innovative safety products. A key feature of the MT403 series is the use of non-hazardous battery packs that are IATA compliant and allow for restriction free transportation.
The MT403 also includes a water activation feature. Once it has been removed from its mounting bracket, the MT403 will activate automatically on immersion in water. Of course you can also activate it manually if required. Advantages of a 406 MHZ EPIRB over the older analogue EPIRBs include world wide coverage, position location accuracy to within 5 kms and a more stable transmitted signal resulting in faster response time. Most importantly, the addition of a unique digitally coded message provides Search and Rescue authorities with vital information including the country of beacon registration and identification of the vessel in distress thus greatly reducing the incidence of false alerts and
unnecessary deployment of valuable rescue resources. An auxiliary homing transmitter is included in the MT403 to enable suitably equipped Search and Rescue forces to home on the distress beacon.
Features
- Unrivaled in Technology, Performance and Price
- Easy, in-built self-test facility with audible alert confirms correct operation
- Rugged lightweight easy-to-mount compact design
- Ground breaking Patent Pending microprocessor based design delivers unparalleled performance and value
- COSPAS-SARSAT, C/S T.001 and AS/NZS 4280 approved
- Zero warm-up Digital Technology, many other beacons can take up to 15 minutes to reach optimum operating temperature
- Antenna deploys automatically when the unit is removed from the quick-release mounting bracket
- High reliability solid state strobe replacing old fashioned xenon tubes
- Automatically activates on immersion in water (when removed from the bracket) or can be activated manually if desired
- Non-hazardous batteries for restriction free transportation
- Industry first 6 Year Warranty
- 6 Year battery replacement period.
IMPORTANT:
- This 406MHz beacon is coded for Australia
only.
- If you are not an Australian citizen or
company with an Australian address and contact details then you must not buy
an Australian coded beacon because (as a foreign citizen) you will not be
able to register it in Australia. You need to purchase a beacon that has
been coded with your country nationality.
- More information on this topic can be found
at the Australian Maritime Safety
Authority website http://beacons.amsa.gov.au
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