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GME EPIRB issue

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This does not likely pertain to US boaters but this advisory came out of the UK. GME is somewhat popular throughout the world. Oddly, i did not see anything on the GME website that notes the issue.

An urgent safety alert has been issued to fishermen concerning potentially defective emergency positional beacons.

So far 19 faults with Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) have been reported.

The six models were all made between 2005 and 2010 and have now been identified as being at risk of failure.

They are GME MT400, GME MT401, GME MT406G, GME MT401FF, GME MT403/G AND GME MT 403FF/FG

The owners of all GME EPIRBs are being told to carry out immediate testing on their beacon.

There are around 2,100 EPIRB's in use around the coast.

700 of those are made by an Australian company, GME.

All EPIRBs are supposed to send out an emergency signal if it is submerged in water, when for example a boat might capsize or sink.

The safety alert has been issued by the Department of Transport as the Coastguard currently works under this department.

The department says it has received four defective GME EPIRBs, which have now been sent to the manufacturer for further testing, the results of which are pending.

The department says that the company's British distribution agent has had 15 EPIRBs returned from Ireland with various faults.
 
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