Piper PA-28-236 DAKOTA, Pilot Operating Handbook

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PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION SECTION 7
PA-28-236, DAKOTA DESCRIPTION & OPERATION
ISSUED: MAY 4, 1990 REPORT: VB-910
7-27b
NOTE
The warning light will not blink if the ELT
is activated by an incident that also results in
severance of the airplane’s power supply lines.
Should the ELT be activated inadvertently it can be reset by either
positioning the remote switch to the ON position for two seconds, and then
relocating it to the ARM position, or by setting the switch on the ELT to OFF
and then back to ARM.
In the event the transmitter is activated by an impact, it can be turned
off by moving the ELT switch OFF. Normal operation can then be restored
by resetting the switch to ARM. It may also be turned off and reset by
positioning the remote switch to the ON position for two seconds, and then to
the ARM position.
The transmitter can be activated manually at any time by placing either
the remote switch or the ELT switch to the ON position.
The ELT should be checked during postflight to make certain the unit
has not been activated. Check by selecting 121.50 MHz on an operating
receiver. If a downward sweeping audio tone is heard the ELT may have
been activated. Set the remote switch to ON. If there is no change in the
volume of the signal, your airplane’s ELT is probably transmitting. Setting
the remote switch back to ARM will automatically reset the ELT and should
stop the signal being received on 121.50 MHz.