[RFI] Digital TV Box Generates 121.5MHz Signal

[Cortland Richmond]

> [Original Message]
> From: kd4e <kd4e at verizon.net>
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> The RAF said a rogue signal from a digital television
> box which sparked a rescue mission was a "complete freak".
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> RAF spokesman Michael Mulford said: "Our Kinloss rescue
> centre picked up this beacon from one of five orbiting

DBS TV card hackers were causing similar problems in Canada a couple of
years ago. 

"According to an article in The Edmonton Sun, signals from pirated Bell
ExpressVu cards are suspected of causing interference which mimics aircraft
distress signals. According to Capt. Jean Houde of the Joint Rescue
Co-ordination Centre at CFB Trenton, the phantom  signals began to appear
in Montreal about..."
>From a post of March 13 2003 at 6:31 AM at 
http://members.sitegadgets.com/rayzor/new.html