Man gets knock on door after TV set emits distress signal

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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:07:05 -0400, Aardvark
wrote:

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That's just crazy! What the heck are they putting in TVs these days?

z

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zatatime wrote:
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:07:05 -0400, Aardvark
wrote:

Link
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71894
Shorterlink
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5F061F89


That's just crazy! What the heck are they putting in TVs these days?

It isn't just TVs. I'll let one of the local radioheads do the
technical explination, but basically, any thing electronic emits
some RFI. With bad parts, bad QA or parts failure, it can emit
enough RFI on the wrong frequencies to get a visit from CAP. That
is why you see FCC compliance stickers on most things electronic.

When I was in CAP, I tracked a 121.5 MHz signal to a fax machine,
and other people I knew found copiers, computers, arcade games and
a pizza oven in distress. None of these had the normal ELT `sweep`
signal, just a carrier signal. Unfortunately, real ELTs that are
damaged in the crash will sometimes just have a carrier only signal
as well, so it isn't possible to just ignore carrier only signals.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac

Awww... I was just going to post this one! But at least it gives us a new
excuse if one of our landings ever triggers the ELT. "No, no, no...", we
will claim, "That's not from my landings. I bet one of these guys in these
T-hangars just has a TV going somewhere!"


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Check out http://www.aerorfi.org/

I found out about this checking out noise on a approach control
frequency a couple of years ago. The FAA investigator told me of one of
his cases tracking down a signal blanking 121.5 in NW Arkansas. It
turned out to be the new vision screen at the University of Arkansas
football stadium, He told an interesting story of finding the problem
and correcting it.

Ross

No UoA jokes. That has nothing to do with the reply. GO Hogs!

Aardvark wrote:

Link
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71894
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http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5F061F89

zatatime opined

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:07:05 -0400, Aardvark
wrote:

Link
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71894
Shorterlink
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5F061F89


That's just crazy! What the heck are they putting in TVs these days?

It's what is on TV these days that is the problem...

-ash
Cthulhu for President!
Why vote for a lesser evil?

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:26:34 -0500, Ross Richardson
wrote:

Check out http://www.aerorfi.org/


Thanks for the link. I learned a whole bunch from the site.

z

zatatime wrote in
:

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:07:05 -0400, Aardvark
wrote:

Link
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71894
Shorterlink
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5F061F89


That's just crazy! What the heck are they putting in TVs these days?

z

Apparently, ELTs...