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captainwill
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Initially Posted - 10/23/2011 :  12:41:36  Show Profile
Item is SOLD.

We'll drop the price to $625. --- added October 29

Since Ebay seems to have added yet another layer of fees, now up to around 13%, I thought I'd see if anyone here is interested in this Catagory II EPIRB w/manual-release bracket at about a 13% discount to what we hope to sell it for. We'll ask $675 for it here. Amazon has this same model at $1,097. I've seen it on the web for a little over $900 new. This was a donation to our club that duplicates function that we have. It was never registered, I confirmed this with NOAA. Battery expires December 2015. We didn't receive the box and papers with it.

This is the top-end ACR 406 Mhz Cat. II EPIRB with digital display, dual GPS ability, guaranteed good for 48 hours in the water compared to the smaller personal EPIRBS that are guaranteed for 24 hours. Advantages of the digital display are that it reads out your lat/long position, "GPS sent" when it has found position and transmitted to satellite, and other info that is helpful/comforting if you are bobbing in the water or on a life raft. For full description of function, check out the user manual, linked below.

The Cat. IIs are registered to a vessel, not a person. NOAA registration is required. User's Manual from ACR Website is here:

http://www.acrelectronics.com/media/products/1146/1242011915418/Y1-03-0233D.pdf

This unit takes advantage of one of the best things ACR has ever done, namely, add a test service which sends an "I'm OK" message to 5 email accounts. This not only gives secondary verification (in addition to the LED display on the unit) that it's working properly, but can satisfy the Admiral at home that you haven't sunk. It's an annual subscription, I believe $59, cheap by comparison to SPOT which generates many, many user complaints and which is <u>not</u> connected directly to the worldwide search and rescue network.

I'm glad to answer any questions here or by email to riinbat@gmail.com.





http://acrepirb2848.shutterfly.com/pictures/9
http://acrepirb2848.shutterfly.com/pictures/13
Edited by - captainwill on 10/30/2011 06:25:30

captainwill
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Response Posted - 10/23/2011 :  12:51:30  Show Profile
I believe you can access pics of the unit here:

http://acrepirb2848.shutterfly.com/pictures#n_5
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