"Jeff Franks" wrote in message ...

as an ELT). The actor grabs the bright orange REAL ELT and commences to
hold it up to his mouth and say "Come in, Come in, Mayday, Mayday" (or some
such). At that point I stopped watching....to my wife's chagrin.

Voice transmission *is* a feature on plenty of ELTs, like say this one:

http://www.seaerospace.com/ameri/ak450.htm

Best,
-cwk.