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First anniversary of 121.5 MHz satellite switch off
01 February 2010
1 February 2010 was the one year anniversary of the cessation of satellite processing of 121.5 MHz distress beacons. Registration numbers peaked at nearly 10,000 a month in February 2009 and at that time a backlog of thousands of registrations existed. 77,627 beacons have been registered in the last year. In January 2010, 4854 beacons were registered, with about 62% of these being done via the online registration system.
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