26/04/2024

Low Cost 406 and AIS Portable Beacon Tester Released

The team at WTE are pleased to announce the release of the WTE-BT-01 portable 406 and AIS beacon tester.  The WTE-BT-01 helps meet vessel testing requirements outlined by SOLAS and IMO circulars 1039 and 1040 for EPIRBs and PLBs, SARTs. 

Key benefits of the product include:

• Simple single button test operation to confirm all operating aspects of 406 and AIS rescue beacons 
• Long battery life
• Automatic report generation
• Monitoring feature for search and rescue use 
• Competitively priced.

The WTE-BT-01 is supplied in a waterproof impact resistant case.

WTE-BT-01 EPIRB and PLB Portable Tester

Automatic Report Generation

All test results are stored on the unit, and can be downloaded at anytime and viewed by connection to a PC, or USB direct connection to a smart phone.

All aspects of a 406 EPIRB or PLB operation can be examined, including transmission power and frequency.  121.5 or 243MHz homing signals are also examined.

Trusted and Used Around the World

The WTE-BT-01 builds on a decade of successful 406 and AIS product developments, now used for many applications such as:

• search and rescue beacon monitoring
• man overboard systems
• drone and UAV surveillance
• regulatory compliance 
• precision piloting systems

Full specification, operation and ordering information is available through wtemarine.com