The ProFIND NT DF/DF 500 N (unit now sold by Novatel) was $1,895. The hard case and spare non-rechargeable C-cell battery pack added $239.29 Seimac ProFIND SAR DF A brochure for the ProFIND SAR DF is available Tracker DF (United States site) (Finland site) ACR Vecta 2 DF A specifications document for the Vecta 2 is available. The DF, ear bud and AC/DC charger package was $1,531.49Īdding the 121.775 practice beacon brought the price to $1,675.06 The B-Line is essentially a body blocking DF receiver. I found the 2009 GSA price list for the Pro-Find, which started this thread. The projected single unit cost of both, in quantity, was 5 figures left of the decimal. This and the RhoTheta manpack were built in response to a US Coast Guard RFP for a prototype "portable" 406 DF. Here is an ACR Vecta 406 prototype for DFing 121.5 and 406 beacons. This picture and more on the Sniffer and antennas at: QuoteThe M4 Sniffer, can it really be held in the hand as the manual states, or does it need an antenna similar to the old L-Per?The Sniffer needs to be attached to an antenna. The cheesblock is the newer, digital version of the L-Per. And company.The blue box is the long-time L-Per with the wooden sticks. QuoteIs Blue Box a hand-held df? If so, model number, please. RhoTheta will sell you a manpack version of the RT-500M, if you really want one. Are there RhoTheta hand-helds for sale? Model number, please?I was referring to the aircraft models. QuoteEarlier I found RhoTheta/Becker, but the only models I could find were aircraft mounts. As for the Tracker FTV, the only one I can find is a 121.5/243.0 version, so it's also "No test." It's listed as "No test" instead of pass or fail. The unit itself might be defective, but given that there are so few of them around, it's not worth trying to figure out if it works or not. The Pro-Find not only couldn't find the intermittent beacon, it couldn't find the control beacon with a continuous signal or a standard Pointer 6000 practice beacon. RhoTheta/Becker, blue box and cheesblock L-Pers, Mk4 Sniffer, no problems. I'm doing testing of a 406 MHz beacon with a proposed intermittent homing signal to see if existing DF units can locate it. MetOcean lists the Novatech DF-500N on its website and states a SAR version is available (click on Read More under technical specs): MetOcean bought Novatech from Cobham in 2010Ĭobham got rid of its emergency locator beacon businesses in 2012 (which included Seimac and ACR)Ĭobham got rid of its surveillance businesses, including Tracking and Locating, this yearĬobham Plc, a UK company, had sales of over 2 billion English pounds in 2015 Seimac, Orion and Novatech were merged to become Cobham Tracking and Locating in 2007 I didn't spend a lot of time looking into it, but it appears that Seimac and Novatech and MetOcean are all related companies.Yes, Seimac and Novatech were adopted siblings.Ĭobham acquired Novatech and Orion Electronics in 2003 QuoteInterestingly I found an outfit called MetOcean still manufacturing a similar device for buoy and other marine location that looks like the same case and a similar faceplate (inverse colors).
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