Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (English Wikipedia)

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beacon decoder webpage, When one enters the transmitted (i.e. GPS-location-included) 15-hex into the decoder, the unmodified 15-hex ID is printed at the bottom of the output of the Beacon Decoder page. This method can be used to confirm that a beacon is encoding the correct 15-hex ID (as printed on the side of the beacon) into its distress messages. URL updated 26 March 2021.
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"Rescue Stories". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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"What happens when I activate my beacon?". Archived from the original on February 19, 2014.
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"SAR Points of Contact". Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
"USMCC 406 MHz Alert and Support Messages for the LEOSAR/GEOSAR/MEOSAR (LGM) System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
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"Comparison of 406 MHz and 121.5 MHz Distress Beacons" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
"EBC-502HM Specifications" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-14.
"C-S Emergency Beacons" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
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"Canada Backs Off 406 ELTs". Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
"TSO-C91a, Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Equipment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
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"Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs)". Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
"Inmarsat will withdraw epirb service in 2006 and promises new safety service on next generation I-4 satellites". Archived from the original on December 9, 2006.
"Specification for COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz Distress Beacons C/S T.001 Issue 3 - Revision 7" (PDF). cospas-sarsat.com. May 20, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2006.
"2017 FCC Marine Communications Rule Changes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
"NASA Search and Rescue Mission Office : Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
Example of 406 MHz Beacon Coding
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