All emergency beacons that operate on frequency 406 MHz must...
All emergency beacons that operate on frequency 406 MHz must be registered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the FCC Enforcement Bureau said in an enforcement advisory (http://bit.ly/155GR1e). False alarms from or failures to register emergency beacons may result…
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in substantial monetary penalties up to $112,500 for any single act, it said. The three types of emergency beacons for transmitting distress signals are Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons for maritime use, Emergency Locator Transmitters for aviation use and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) for land-based use, it said. Even a brief inadvertent activation on frequency 406 MHz from an EPIRB “can generate a false alert and is a violation of FCC rules, thereby subjecting the operator to potential monetary penalties up to $112,500.” PLBs are licensed by rule and an individual license is not required, it said.