Only if it is GPS capable
I'm sure he's referring to the new 406.025 beacons
The 406MHz unit once registered will inform RCC whom the EPIRB, ELT or PLB belongs to and provide an accuracy of less than one square mile versus 1200 square miles.
Quoted from the supplier's website.
Condolences to his family and the NP Aeroclub, this is just awful.
