Originally Posted by
HeavyMetallist
The fruitless blathering really doesn't matter - all that matters is what the real experts who are searching for this aircraft know, not how satisfied random individuals and self-appointed experts posting on the internet are. The purpose of ULBs is to help locate the recorders once you've got within within a few kilometres of them, not to narrow down the crash site in the first place. If you're got near enough to hear a ULB then it really doesn't matter if it's coded or not.
Well in this case the ULB was heard yet it did
not allow anyone to locate the recorders then the ULB's died. So now the actual crash site is being questioned. Why not add a really simple low cost ID code to each pulse? It will cost pennies and resolve issues such as those being experienced now.