"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:ryGke.62$5b.7@trndny03...
Seems quite understandable to me. They wanted him to use
121.5, which is SOP. It turned out there was an ELT sounding
in that area. Not only would you not know that until you
dialed in the frequency [...]

One would expect that the folks asking the pilot of the C150 to use 121.5
should be actually *listening* to that frequency.

Just because it's "SOP" doesn't excuse their request. It is also "SOP" to
be ready to communicate to the other aircraft on the frequency.

Pete