Just does not sound correct.
Before purchasing a 406 ELT for Canadian use, it would be wise for the regulation to be enacted.
By the way, if you want to install a 406 ELT in Canada, it must be purchased from a Canadian source so that it is traceable in the registration database. V
I agree with the first statement, not to buy anything based on Canadians and their rules.
I agree with you Vernon, you could be right, if you are in Canada you need to get an ELT coded for Canada not America, but its the same ELT. ELT's in Canadian Reg aircraft are "Coded" for Canadian use; US 406 ELT's are coded for US registered aircraft. (I called and checked). Coded means the protocol, in the US its 15 bit (but the US will accept any code), ELT's in Canada are 24 bit (only). For some reason everyone had to be a little different. The Artex ME406 can be programed for any country by the manufacture and some distributors. It's still the same ELT. So to get the proper coding you should buy it in that country, but there are dealers in the USA that can code the ELT for Canada or Germany.
If you are registering your ELT in the USA (N numbered plane), you need to have it coded for the US. Now if you fly into Canada, with your US coded ELT, the satellites will receive the signal and send the registration and location to the home country, no matter where in the world the ELT is.
US reg ELT's are good to fly into any country. The Canadian deal was mostly due to their ban on the liSO2 battery, which caused the big brouhaha. If there is any doubt, print out the two docs below and keep them in the plane. (Pdf files from Air Transport Canada approving the Artex ME406, both the battery and the unit.)
http://www.artex.net/documents/getF...sport_Canada_ME406_Series_Approval_Letter.pdf
http://www.artex.net/documents/getF...ustry_Canada_ME406_Series_Approval_Letter.pdf
If you want your eyes to bleed, and you think the FAA is messed up, read this about Canada and the 406 ELT's. This is from COPA, Canada's equivalent of AOPA. Of course the French speaking part of Canada, Quebec is involved, so what can I say..........their still mad English is the official language of aviation?
http://www.copanational.org/non-mem...port Canada effectively mandates 406 ELTs.htm
"If you are in the market for an ELT now, you have a choice between equipping with a C91a compliant ELT that broadcasts on 121.5 and 243.0 MHz, and a C126 compliant ELT that broadcasts on 121.5 and 406 MHz. The battery must not be LiSO2 and, for a 406 ELT, it must be coded for Canada and registered with the National Search and Rescue Secretariat www.nss.gc.ca.
If you can find a 406 ELT that you can afford to install, you should equip because no matter how this issue turns out, 406 will be an acceptable solution. Be sure that the 406 ELT is coded for Canada."
This is about Canadian pilots in Canadian Reg planes, not aircraft registered outside Canada. The Artex is approved for Canada use, purchase location is not an issue. The issue is WHAT country you register in. The big issue is the probation on LiSO2 batteries.
The registration is done in your home country. Bottom line, the Satellite still gets the message and the home county is notified. If your in the US, you register it with
http://www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov/. The registration of all USA 406Mhz ELT's is done through SARSAT-NOAA. If you are Canadian, you register with Canada. Europe has their own registration, New Zealand their own. Regardless where you crash the controlling country is notified, who in turns makes some calls and than contacts the proper SAR authorities, what ever the world wide location / country is. Regardless of how its coded, you can fly into any country.