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The Global
Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) compliant
MT403FF and MT403FG is a "state
of the art" satellite distress beacon designed to operate in conjunction
with the COSPAS-SARSAT International Satellite Search and Rescue System.
Designed to
meet the most demanding regulatory approvals the GME MT403FF is a Class 2,
Category 1 EPIRB in a fully enclosed float free housing with a Hammar HRU
that will release and activate the beacon automatically on immersion in
water.
Using the same
innovative technology that produced and revolutionized the EPIRB world,
the MT403FF now offers commercial vessel operators the same GME
performance and value enjoyed by recreational boaters.
A key feature of the MT403 series is the use of
non-hazardous battery packs that are IATA compliant and
allow for restriction free transportation.
The
MT403FG has an additional 16 Channel parallel GPS receiver with
top mounted Quad helix antenna to improve location accuracy to better than
100 meters typically.
Most
importantly, the addition of a unique digitally coded message provides
Search and Rescue authorities with vital information including the country
of beacon registration and identification of the vessel in distress thus
greatly reducing the incidence of false alerts and unnecessary deployment
of valuable rescue resources.
An auxiliary
homing transmitter is included in the MT403FF to enable suitably equipped
Search and Rescue forces to home in on the distress beacon.
GME has been
designing and manufacturing EPIRB's for over 30 years, in that time
literally hundreds of lives have been saved in Australia and around the
world.
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