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VANISHED (stolen?)- a new (and unique) 57' Beneteau
How about a simple burgler alarm.
"Jim" wrote in message ink.net... How about an EPIRB with a remote? Larry W4CSC wrote: Sorta wants to make ya hook those blasting caps to the starter solenoid, doesn't it? Of course, we COULD hide an APRS-GPS 50 watt 2 meter ham rig aboard in an inconspicuous place leaving it running 24/7 with its burst transmissions on the national APRS frequency linked to the internet..... Then, it would be a matter of accessing: http://www.wulfden.org/APRSQuery.shtml and entering the ham callsign into the query page to see if any of the thousands of APRS-equipped hams and their nodes had heard its lat/long beacon. Try entering out station out at the Charleston Weather Bureau Office into the callsign box: Enter WX4CHS It'll bring up a map that will place the transmitter within 3 meters of its exact location on many maps, right online. Any ham's APRS transmitter is THAT easy to find, right on the net. A moving mobile even tells you his course and speed...(c; Click on "Click here to find nearby stations" for the last 240 hours during daylight hours to see if any of the mobiles are moving around. They'll track on the map displays in near-realtime if they are..... I'd be easy to find this Beneteau if it had a couple hundred dollars in ham equipment socked away under a drawer......any place in the country.....or maybe the world. On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:56:52 GMT, wrote: FYI, sadly: The Sailnet Beneteau and Catalina Lists have been abuzz with perplexed postings from and consoling advice to the owner of a brand new Beneteau 57, the only one so far delivered in the U.S., just purchased last week, and which, during commissioning, vanished from the dealer's dock [sic!]. It is said that the Coast Guard, the insurer, and other police agenies, and marinas have been alerted and are of course looking but so far to no avail. For more besides the cited List postings, see www.yachtsalvage.com/Listings/57Beneteau03.html |