XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
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   "gatt"  wrote in message   
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   | "NotMe"  wrote in message   
   | news:tr_dh.65$%A.18@newsfe05.lga...   
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   | > | They didn't know where to look because of weather.   
   | >   
   | > We carry a down aircraft locator beacon as well.  Never had to use it   
   | > ourselves but loaned it to a co work a few years back don't know if it   
   | > made   
   | > any real difference but his family was found within 2 hours of his   
   setting   
   | > it off.   
   |   
   | Good thing to have. An ELT is a brilliant idea so long as the batteries   
   | aren't installed until the device is needed, otherwise it could   
   accidentally   
   | trigger (or trigger in an accident.) The latter could be useful but the   
   last   
   | thing you want is a search and rescue helicopter dispatched 'cause you hit   
   a   
   | pothole...   
   |   
   | Most casual drivers such as the Kims probably wouldn't have one, because   
   | they cost several hundred dollars and they probably didn't anticipate that   
   | they'd be trekking through BF Oregon.   But it would have definately done   
   | the trick.   Not much different than the equipment that is standard on   
   | freight trucks, school buses, police cars, etc now, either.   
      
   Mine was left over from an old rag wing two seater I had when I was still in   
   school.  Wish I still had it but medical bills and all that.   
      
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