Scots glen SOS picked up in USA
 

http://tinyurl.com/4jyk5n


A distress signal sent by a Danish hill walker from a Scottish glen was
picked up in Texas, before being relayed back to Highlands police.

The rescue in Glen Etive, near Fort William, was sparked by an emergency
beacon the size of a TV remote control.

Neils Vinter, who felt unwell, sent a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)
text, which was picked up 4,000 miles away.

Scots glen SOS picked up in USA
 

Molesworth wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/4jyk5n


A distress signal sent by a Danish hill walker from a Scottish glen was
picked up in Texas, before being relayed back to Highlands police.

The rescue in Glen Etive, near Fort William, was sparked by an emergency
beacon the size of a TV remote control.

Neils Vinter, who felt unwell, sent a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)
text, which was picked up 4,000 miles away.


A bit misleading, the signal was first picked up by a GEOS satellite,
then relayed to the company's emergency response centre, which happens
to be in Texas...

Cheers
Marty

Scots glen SOS picked up in USA
 

In article ,
"Roger Long" wrote:

"Martin Baxter" wrote

A bit misleading, the signal was first picked up by a GEOS satellite, then
relayed to the company's emergency response centre, which happens to be in
Texas...

This sounds like the SPOT unit we were talking about here a couple days ago.

Which is why I posted it - thought the same thing..

--
Molesworth

Scots glen SOS picked up in USA
 

On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:29:33 -0500, Molesworth
wrote:

A distress signal sent by a Danish hill walker from a Scottish glen was
picked up in Texas, before being relayed back to Highlands police.

That's nothing: my cell phone worked all the way from San Diego to
Oahu. Magic of some kind. in the ships radio shack, is my guess.

Casady