Questions and CORRECT Answers
What frequencies do ELT's operate on - CORRECT ANSWER - 121.5 and 406 MHz
SARSAT - CORRECT ANSWER - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
COSPAS - CORRECT ANSWER - Russian satellites
LEOSATS - CORRECT ANSWER - Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites
GEOSATS - CORRECT ANSWER - Geostationary Satellites
Components - CORRECT ANSWER - ELT box, Battery, Remote Switch and Indicator,
Antenna
ELT Box - CORRECT ANSWER - Installed in tail of aircraft, signal generator and
transmitter
G-Switch - CORRECT ANSWER - Activated upon crash or hard landing
ELT Box Data tag/sticker - CORRECT ANSWER - Part number and serial number in
logbook, battery part number
ELT Battery - CORRECT ANSWER - Put replacement date in logbook and on box, Duracell
ELT Antenna - CORRECT ANSWER - Whip, High speed and blade. On top of tail usually
, 91.207 ELT Regulations - CORRECT ANSWER - Everyone except commercial needs ELT,
not permanently attached so you can remove and bring with you.
AC 91.44A - CORRECT ANSWER - Hook and loop fasteners - don't use Velcro
ELT Inspection - CORRECT ANSWER - Expiration date, must be legibly marked on the
outside of transmitter and entered in aircraft maintenance record
Battery Replacement - CORRECT ANSWER - 50% of useful life, used for more than 1 hr,
expiration date
ELT functional Check - CORRECT ANSWER - Test crash sensor, test switches, test signals
ELT signal testing - CORRECT ANSWER - Only tested at 5min past the hour,
Heading - CORRECT ANSWER - Direction the nose of the a/c is pointing in flight
Course - CORRECT ANSWER - Direction the aircraft is actually flying
VOR Navigation frequency - CORRECT ANSWER - VHF
VOR - CORRECT ANSWER - Hexagon with dot
TVOR - Terminal VOR - CORRECT ANSWER - Located at an airport - Hexagon with box
around
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation System - CORRECT ANSWER - Military version of VOR