Subj : Morse Code To : TOM WALKER From : DAVE OLDRIDGE Date : Sat Sep 09 2000 10:56 am TW> AB> TW> I believe also there is an Emergency Locator Beacon system that is TW> AB> > Satelite based. TW> AB> Sounds like GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress Signalling System?) that TW> AB> I read about a few years back. TW> I thin kthat is the one I am Thinking about. And Ironicly as I hear it the TW> Russian Sat's that cound pick up the same signals worked Better then the ones TW> put up by the United States. I dunno about that. They are pretty simple birds really. The original research was done by a couple of VE3's working with one of the OSCAR birds and their cars. --- þ MM 1.1 #0357 þ Door: Something a cat wants to be on the other side of. * Origin: FONiX Info Systems * Berkshire UK * +44 1344 641625 (2:252/171) .