Cospas-Sarsat Incompatible Beacon Frequencies
- Marine VHF radio channels 15/16 - these channels are used only on the obsolete Class C EPIRBs
- The obsolete Inmarsat-E beacons transmitted to Inmarsat satellites on 1646 MHz UHF.
- 121.5 MHz VHF ± 6 kHz (frequency band protected to ±50 kHz) (Satellite detection ceased on 1 February 2009, but this frequency is still used for short-range location during a search and rescue operation)
- 243.0 MHz VHF ± 12 kHz (frequency band protected to ± 100 kHz) (prior to 1 February 2009 - COSPAS-SARSAT Compatible)
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