>121.5 MHz is the aircraft band emergency frequency. Most aircraft monitor >121.5 and your range would be LOS. > >cya Since this frequency is monitored by satellites passing overhead, the line-of-sight range is quite effective. Line of sight overhead reaches well out past the fringes of the solar system and beyond. Actually, the weak point of the system is not range but time. An orbit takes roughly 90 minutes, so depending upon where the satellite is, it can be up to 90 minutes before your beacon is detected. After that, it takes another pass to confirm it (there are LOTS of false signals) and get Search & Rescue activated. So you will be in trouble for at least a couple of hours before you can hope for help to respond, and it can easily be much longer. Ira Adams ************************************************************ I don't do .INI, .BAT, .CFG, or .SYS files. I don't assign apps to files. I don't configure peripherals or networks before using them. I don't manage IRQs and DMA channels, either. My computer works for me, not the other way around. I have a Macintosh. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 03 1998 - 09:42:03 PST
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