Who knows how the RFDS emergency button works on your HF radio?

Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 03, 2004 at 13:03
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I'm putting together some info for publication in the RFDS Outback Traveller Club magazine on Comms and have just got myself a bit confused about how the Emergency button on the HF radio works. Does it automatically put you through to the correct frequency for the nearest base to your physical location? ie. using GPS or something? I've never had to use it so not 100% sure and need to do some research - without David here for my technical backup on these issues, I've checked both the RFDS and VKS websites and couldn't find the answer there. So, does anyone know EXACTLY how it works? eg. there are 3 frequencies for each base, so even if the transceiver knew how to locate which base was nearest your you, how would the emergency button select the best frequency automatically?

Any help appreciated - as document has to go today... Thanks, Michelle
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