Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Home-Built Pinger

["Sean T. Stevenson" <cast55@telus.net>]

Just a thought, but for emergency use (i.e. disabled sub), wouldn't the most 
effective solution be a registered 406 MHz GPS enabled EPIRB?  If you could 
devise a way to manually deploy the EPIRB from the distressed sub, the GPS 
location is encoded in the digital signal, so the appropriate rescue 
co-ordination centre has access to that information immediately, and the 
EPIRB ID is associated with registration information which would contain a 
description of the vessel (submarine) and communication facilities.  I don't 
know how much information you can file in an EPIRB registration, but 
certainly you can include emergency contact numbers, etc., through which the 
RCC could obtain a prepared rescue plan for your vessel, and task the 
appropriate resources with minimal delay.

-Sean



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