Piper ARCHER III Pilot Operating Handbook page 252

SECTION7
DESCRIPTION & OPERATION
7.39 EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (continued)
If for any reason a test transmission is necessary,
the test transmission should be conducted only in
the first five minutes of any hour and limited to
three audio sweeps. If the tests must be made at
any other time, the tests should be coordinated
with the nearest FAA tower or flight service
station.
ARTEX ELT 1000 OPERATION
There is a three position switch (placarded ON ARM/OFF, and TEST) on
the ELT unjt. The switch is set to ARM/OFF when the ELT is installed at the
factory, and it should remain in that position whenever the unit is installed in
the airplane.
A remote switch (placarded ON ARM/OFF, and TEST) is located on the
copilot's instrument panel to allow the transmiller to he armed or turned on
from inside the cabin. The switch is normally in ARM /OFF position. Moving
the switch to ON will activate the transmitler. A warning light located above the
remote switch will alert you when ever tbe ELT is activated.
The Artex ELT 1000 (406 MHz) is equipped with a warning buzzer. This
warning buzzer, which receives power from the ELT itself, is mounted in the
tailcone. Whenever the ELT is activated the buzzer "beeps" periodically. The
time between pulses lengthens after 12 hours. The objective is to hear the buzzer
from outside the aircraft while the engine is not running.
Should the ELT be activated inadvertently it can be reset by either positioning
the cockpit remote switch or the local ELT box switch to ON then immediately
switching it to the ARM position. The ELT cannot be reset if either the cockpit
remote switch or t.he EL T local switch is in the ON position.
REPORT: VB-2749
7-64
PA-28-181, ARCHER ill
NOTE
ISSUED: December 22, 2017
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