I read that Toshiba is giving the guy a new set and they are taking the troubled one away to check it out. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Hoyt's TV wrote: > I'd certainly want to know what was in there to generate 121.5. It almost > makes you think some agency might have been tracking that particular TV or > something. I bet he could find a local TV shop that would like to take it > apart to look inside. > > I'm surprised they didn't confiscate the thing. Maybe when the right agent > hears about it, they will come back for it. > > > Russ Hoyt > Hoyt's TV > Exeter, NH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "becyn" <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:18 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: intersting off topic > > > >>Hmmmm, >>Now how did THAT happen??????? >>Did big brother put the wrong type of transmitter in his set? Makes one >>wonder... >> >>Jim McVey >>McVey Alltronix >>327 Broadway >>Newburgh N.Y. 12550 >> >>Factory authorized >>service for over 20 >>major brands. >>845 561 8383 >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Thomas Woodward" <thomas.woodward@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:06 PM >>Subject: [TechAssist] intersting off topic >> >> >> >>> Flat-screen TV emits international distress signal >>> >>> >>> Search and rescue operation leads to apartment >>> >>>Monday, October 18, 2004 Posted: 7:15 PM EDT (2315 GMT) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba >>>Corporation flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal >>>picked up by a satellite, leading a search and rescue operation to his >>>apartment in Corvallis, Oregon, 70 miles south of Portland. >>> >>>The signal from Chris van Rossmann's TV was routed by satellite to the >>>Air Force Rescue Center at Langley Air Base in Virginia. >>> >>>On October 2, the 20 year-old college student was visited at his >>>apartment in the small university town by a contingent of local police, >>>civil air patrol and search and rescue personnel. >>> >>>"They'd never seen signal come that strong from a home appliance," said >>>van Rossmann. "They were quite surprised. I think we all were." >>> >>>Authorities had expected to find a boat or small plane with a >>>malfunctioning transponder, the usual culprit in such incidents, >>>emitting the 121.5 MHz frequency of the distress signal used >>>internationally. >>> >>>Van Rossmann said he was told to keep his TV off to avoid paying a >>>$10,000 fine for "willingly broadcasting a false distress signal." >>> >>>Toshiba contacted Rossmann and offered to provide him with a replacement >>>set for free, he said. >>> >>>-- >>>Thomas S. Woodward >>>Multimedia Networks Manager >>>Master tech 09165 >>> >>>Simmons College >>>300 The Fenway >>>Boston Ma. 02115 >>>617-521-2764 >>>617-893-9226 (Cell) >>>mailto:woodwart@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>--- >> >>>Lost Password: >>>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Email Archives: >>>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > >>Lost Password: >>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Email Archives: >>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/