No one seems to believe me, but this is another example of why November doesn’t mean much.
I wonder which democrat supporters/contributors profit from this BS.
FUBO
Words continue to fail me.....
We live under a dictatorship.
HF
follow the money....
who makes money as a result of this??????
My business and virtually all entertainers are being forced to replace perfectly good wireless microphone gear just because the FCC is taking away the previously allocated radio spectrum. The life of the existing gear is at least another ten years. All for $$$ that they are getting from cell phone and data companies. Used to be part of the TV spectrum (channels 67-69)
Just another form of stimulus for the wireless manufacturers.
Case in point: I was talking to a TSA type who is in the upper echelon at TSA HQ. I made the comment that because of their inspection regs that when I fly I rent "wet" and fly myself.
He then told me that would change soon as the Government wanted to force anyone trying to fly any aircraft into a TSA inspection prior to their flight. When I asked about how this was going to be paid for he stated they were looking at a "per time" charge for each inspection. That means not only do you get a landing fee you will get a TSA fee to boot (if they get this pushed through).
406.0-406.1 MHz ELTs, which are monitored by satellite, while the 121.5 frequency is not. "Were we to permit continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs
Am I just being paranoid out of ignorance or does it sound like they want to be able to track by satellite where as with the 121.5 ETLs, they can't?
it would engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would mistakenly rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress alerts,”
I’m confused, just how is this a mistake. ELT’s using 121.5 will continue to do their job. Will VHF radios suddenly stop monitoring 121.5 as an emergency freq?
And what moron, knowing how 121.5 has been used for decades, successfully suddenly believes everything is going to come to a screeching halt just because it isn’t being monitored by satellite?
Or, am I just confused? So many questions.
Enough of this nonsense....
Follow the money. This admin also just enjoys screwing with anyone at random.
This is not a spur the moment decision by Obama. It’s been in the works for years, and is only now happening.
“aircraft owners and operators will “migrate” to the newer 406.0-406.1 MHz ELTs, which are monitored by satellite”
They simply wish to track, and monitor ALL personal and private aircraft.
Sounds to me they want to track movement of people better.
Have you seen/heard/read this yet?