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dan9125:
Two aircraft heard faint ELT (emergency locator transmitters) today on 125.200mhz cleveland center around 2:30pm. Anyone alse catch this? I think they transmit on 121.500 mhz.

  Dan

digger:
I'm confused--they heard the ELT on 121.5, or 125.2 ?

121.5 would be the normal frequency for ELTs. That, or 243.00, in the UHF band.

Also, CAP can use 121.6 or 121.775 for ELT practice beacons.

KSYR-pjr:

--- Quote from: dan9125 ---Two aircraft heard faint ELT (emergency locator transmitters) today on 125.200mhz cleveland center around 2:30pm. Anyone alse catch this? I think they transmit on 121.500 mhz.
--- End quote ---


Hearing an ELT on 121.500 is not all that uncommon an event.   Fortunately, most of these are false alarms and the aircraft is found parked innocently at an airport, the ELT triggered by a hard landing or some other innocuous event.

In the last few years of flying over the northeast US, I have been asked by ATC to listen for an ELT four times.

digger:

--- Quote ---...the ELT triggered by a hard landing or some other innocuous event.

--- End quote ---


Yeah, like being removed from the airplane and put in a flight bag, which upon the pilot's arrival at home, is casually *tossed* into a closet...

 :roll:

bcrosby:
yeah... also..

you are allowed to test your ELT during the first 5 minutes before every hour UTC... ie:

12:55 UTC
01:55 UTC
02:55 UTC
03:55 UTC

etc..

but it shouldn't be on for more than a few seconds.

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