Well, that is a bummer. I guess that after February 2009, I will have to put my KR in storage.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -------Original Message------- From: JIM VANCE List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: 04/08/06 09:04:58 To: krnet Subject: KR> ELT I just learned that my new emergency locator transmitter has become obsolete before I got it airborne the first time. The current 121.5/243.0 Megahertz analog ELT's will no longer be monitored after February 2009. They are being replaced by a new digital system that operates on 506.0 Megahertz that will be much more accurate. Of course, the new units will cost about ten times what the older ones cost. That will be a $1000 to $1500 investment, compared to $195 for the current ones. The details of this change are in a great article starting on page 113 of the April 2006 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It looks like I will have a 10% increase in the cost of building my KR-2. Jim Vance Claflin, KS va...@hbcomm.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
