Double The Value of Your Donation to Equipped To Survive
(Limited Time Opportunity)
The Equipped To Survive
Foundation has announced that it has received a
substantial Challenge Grant from Mr. Allen
Wolpert. Wolpert has generously offered to match all donations made
to the Foundation through March 30th up to $3000 in matching funds
to support Doug Ritter's continued participation in COSPAS-SARSAT
and RTCM meetings. These standards setting committees are working
towards more effective and realistic minimum performance standards
for 406 MHz Emergency Beacons and towards establishing minimum
performance standards for GPS receivers integrated into these
beacons.
These revised and new standards being developed are a direct
result of Doug's revelations a year ago of deficiencies in some
emergency beacons. These are detailed in the Foundation's Report on
real-world and laboratory performance tests of 406 MHz Location
Protocol (GPS enabled) Emergency Beacons www.equipped.org/406_beacon_test_toc.htm.
Identifying the problems was the first step. Doug is now
on the inside, attending these meetings, working with the
manufacturers and government agencies, and representing the
consumer whose survival may hinge on the these beacons entire
system working as claimed. Read Doug's Status Report on the work
done to date at www.equipped.org/406_beacon_test_status0205.htm.
Wolpert and other ETS Foundation supporters recognize the
importance the performance standards being developed now will have
on safety in the future. Doug, and ETS Foundation, can most
effectively improve safety in the future by helping define better
standards before products come to market, rather then be left in
the position of exposing flaws in products after they have been
purchased by consumers, as has so often been the case. Your
contributions are needed to support Doug's continued advocacy at
COSPAS-SARSAT and RTCM meetings in 2005 in London, Washington D.C.
and St. Petersburg.
If you are a sailor,
pilot, hiker, or engage in almost any wilderness sports, or have
family or friends who might someday depend on rescue via a 406 MHz
Emergency Beacon, then your tax-deductible contribution may someday
make a life or death difference. This is a smart investment in the
future.
ETS tells ANN that with Wolpert's Challenge, "you can DOUBLE THE
VALUE of your tax-deductible donation, so please donate now by
sending a check (all funds go to ETS Foundation) or by making a
donation by credit card (cost to ETS Foundation is 3%). Donate $150
and we get $300 ... Donate $500 and we get $1,000 ... Donate $1,000
and we get $2,000. The cost of travel is a major expense. If you
have loads of frequent flyer miles, why not help by donating a
Frequent Flyer Award to help Doug travel to these meetings." For
more information go to www.equipped.org/donate_ff_tickets.htm.
(Donations of Frequent Flyer Awards do not count for the Wolpert
Challenge).
Important E-I-C Note: The "Equipped
To Survive" Program is a labor of love for a dedicated flyer by the
name of Doug Ritter. A good friend of ANN, Ritter's efforts deserve
far more support than he's seen so far, especially when you
consider the quality and criticality of the information he has
imparted, for free, to our community. ANN is chipping in $500
(thereby earning him a cool $1000) to get the ball rolling, and we
urge ANN readers everywhere to do as much as they can to support
this vital aviation resource.
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.15.24)
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