On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:52:20 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote:

A Lieberman wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:12:28 -0700, wrote:


Also, the 7700 squawk really wakes up the system to work in your behalf.
;-)


This is an understatement. 7700 will light up ATC systems.

But if you are already squawking and talking, what is the point of using
7700?

Matt,

In my case, I wasn't using flight following and was not talking to anybody.

I was moseying on down to L31 when the cylinder exhaust valve bit the dust.
I went to 121.5 and squawked 7700 simultaneously once I decided I had an
emergency in my hands so I could light up the ATC system just in case I had
to make an off airport landing.

Allen