ARTEX PRODUCTS / ACR ELECTRONICS, INC.
DESCRIPTION, OPERATION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
ARTEX ELT 4000S
Y1-03-0364 Rev E
Company Confidential
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List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions
ACTIVATION
Activation refers to a Survival (S) ELT that has been commanded to
transmit, either manually or by water activation, but may not be
transmitting on one or more frequencies.
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
–
The general and permanent rules
published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and
agencies of the Federal Government. Title 14, “Aeronautics and
Space”, contains the FARs.
CIRCULAR
CONNECTOR
Round connectors
–
connector for low voltage/current signals and
electrical currents.
COSPAS-SARSAT
The international search and rescue consortium that governs the
international satellite-based search and rescue distress alert
detection and information distribution system. For a complete
description, go to the official web site for the International COSPAS-
SARSAT Program,
http://www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/
ELT
Emergency Locator Transmitter
–
ELTs are installed on aircraft and
used to send emergency signals to the SAR satellite system. The
word “Beacon” is associated with these devices.
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
–
The United States government
agency for aircraft safety and regulation.
FAR
Federal Aviation Regulations
–
the rules and regulations governing
the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, repair and
alteration of aircraft in the United States.
FORM 337
FAA Form 337 is required when a major repair and/or major
alteration is performed on an aircraft. Refer to FAR, Part 43,
Appendix A and the definitions of Major Repair/Alteration contained
in FAR, Part 1, for guidance.
GEO ORBIT
A Geostationary Orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous
equatorial orbit, is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786
kilometers above the Earth’s equator a
nd following the direction of
the Earth’s rotation.
