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Todd Pattist wrote:
(Skip Guimond) wrote:

I can assure you that
the ELT does make a big difference if it is functioning--especially in
the mountains.

How closely can one localize an ELT signal?
Todd Pattist - "WH" Ventus C

I was once doing a briefing with a US Army helicopter
squadron in Tenessee when this little old guy
with some weird handheld antenna walks in
and starts poking around. He didn't say anything,
and we watched him for a minute, and then
he stopped in front of a closet and asked
"can someone open this please." We opened it
and he pulled out an ELT that someone had
"dropped" into the closet.

I think the CAP ground crews can home in pretty good,
but the hard part is getting to the site of the
crash. Moral: crash near people.