EXAMPLES OF 406 MHz BEACON CODES
Serial User Protocol ELT Coded with Serial Identification
|
Bit Field Name |
Content |
Bit Field |
Bits |
|
Message Format |
Short Message |
25 |
0 |
|
Protocol Flag |
User Protocol |
26 |
1 |
|
Country Code |
503 Australia |
27 - 36 |
0111110111 |
|
User Protocol Type |
Serial |
37 - 39 |
011 |
|
Beacon Type |
Aviation |
40 - 42 |
000 |
C/S Certificate
Flag |
C/S Certificate Number
not encoded in bits 74 - 83 |
43 |
0 |
|
Serial Number |
0054839 |
44 - 63 |
00001101011000110111 |
|
National Use Bits |
0000000000 |
64 - 73 |
0000000000 |
National Use
(because C/S number not used) |
0000000000 |
74 - 83 |
0000000000 |
|
Radio-locating |
121.5 MHz |
84 - 85 |
01 |
|
BCH - 1 |
|
86 - 106 |
110010010100000100100 |
|
Emergency/National Use |
Bits 109 - 112 for National Use |
107 |
0 |
|
Beacon Activation |
Automatic or Manual |
108 |
1 |
|
National Use |
Not Used (Default Values) |
109 - 112 |
0000 |
Beacon 15 Hex ID (bits 26 to 85): BEEC0 358DC 00001
406 MSG (Short) (bits 25 to 112): 5F760 1AC6E 00000 E4A09 10
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