EPIRB used by the Aggressor Fleet (was Re: which diver are you ?)

Lee Bell wrote:
> Reef Fish wrote:
>
> > ? But you're dealing with Mr. Ding-Dong, the chief Head-in-the-sand
> > ? (well, actually some dark orifice that's not sandy) resident of
> > ? rec.scuba who specializes in ARGUING with whatever topic you care
> > ? to name -- ESPECIALLY when he has no knowledge or experience about
> > ? them, such as dive computers, dive physics, dive physiology, etc.
>
> And yet, unlike Bob, I keep getting the answers right. Imagine that.

That IS hard to imagine. Was that why out of the DOZENS and DOZENS
of DIVING topics, from diving physics, dive computers, buoyancy
control, diving physiology, dive locations, and EVERY topic Lee
had ever chosen to tangle with me, he was ALWAYS wrong -- not a
single exception!

That's why Lee had to dig REALLY DEEP in his hole to come up with
the EPIRB topic which he thought he was right (Lee also has a
very bad (and selective) memory, and he is always quick-on-the-
draw in sticking foot in his mouth):

>
> I wonder if Bob has figured out what an EPIRB is yet.

I happened to have MY post from February 20, 2001, in which
Ding-Dong's MISTAKEN assertion about EPIRB was corrected by me:

Lee>Just so you might know a little more in the future, ACR makes
Lee>406 megahertz EPIRBs, which also broadcast on a homing frequency
Lee>of 121.5 megahertz. Prices vary a bit, but are generally close
Lee>to $1,000 U.S. per unit.

RF> WRONG! That's because you know only about two models neither of
RF> which is likely to be the one used by the Aggressor to be given
RF> to each DIVER.

On February 23, 2001 Lee was STILL in the fog about what EPIRB was
going to be used by the Aggressor on the Tahiti Aggressor.

Lee> The Mini 300 appears to be the unit the Aggressor Fleet has.


Meanwhile, I had PHONED and talked to Wayne Hasson, CEO of the
Aggressor Fleet (and he knew me well since we first met and dived
together on the Cayman Aggressor in 1990) and asked Wayne what
EPIRB was going to be used, what other boats it might be used
after its introduction on the Tahiti Aggressor, etc.

When in doubt about ANYTHING pertaining to the Aggressor Fleet,
I always asked Wayne about it (and learn from the horse's mouth
so to speak). The Aggressor's EPIRB was no exception, especially
because Lee generated so much heat about it in Lee's arguments
based on Lee's misinformation!


All of this was POSTED on the Scuba-SE discussion LIST, where
Lee has been known for quite a while now as DING-DONG, a name
bestowed on him by the most knowledgeable diver and GENTLEMAN
on that LIST, and said diver was siding with me against Lee
on every step of the EPIRB discussion when all of us were
seeking information to determine what EPIRB was going to be
used by the Aggressor.


Lee, in his characteristic self, after having ERRED and flamed
others when he was the one who erred, and after *I* found the
correct answer from Wayne Hasson, who happened to be LIVING
in Ft. Lauderdale at the time, and so was the supplier of the
EPIRB units that were going to be used, Lee wasted NO TIME at
all to palm himself off as the knowledgeable person, by posting
the UPDATED/CORRECT fact

on March 18, 2001 to uk.rec.scuba:

>ACR, a company located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
>currently makes a 121.5 MHz EPIRB certified to 200 fsw that
>sells for $200 U.S. It and a directional locater unit are
>already in use by the Aggressor fleet.

Less than a month before March 18, 2001, Lee was claiming:

Lee (2/20/01)> 406 megahertz EPIRBs, costing $1,000

Lee (2/23/01)> The Mini 300 appears to be the unit the
Aggressor Fleet has.


Lee (7/12/05)> I wonder if Bob has figured out what an EPIRB is yet.

Why should Bob be able to figure out what an EPIRB is, if he
only talked to Wayne Hasson (the person who chose the EPIRB to
use on the Aggressors) shortly after February 20, 2001, when
Lee Bell didn't even KNOW the existence of mini-EPIRBS.

Why should Bob know anything about what EPIRB is used by the
Aggressor Fleet? He only DIVED with the EPIRB on the Tahiti
Aggressor in 2002, the year the Tahiti Aggressor started its
operation diving the Tuamotu group of French Polynesian islands.

-- Bob.