Topband: Fishing beacons redux

[Tom W8JI]

> These beacons are not frequency agile. As Mike points out, they are on a 
> schedule. The entire environment they are used in is pretty primitive.


While they probably are simple systems, that is absolutely not true for all 
systems. Some are complex, with synthesized transmitters and multi-tone HF 
receiver's in the buoy with a transmitter on the ship for control functions. 
I posted links earlier.