This was on Bill Pasternak's "Amateur Radio Newsline":

"New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management Hamilton
Office was recently called out to locate
interfering signals affecting emergency
frequencies. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has mo

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From the outset, New Zealand's Radio Spectrum
Management searchers kind of figured that they
were hunting for a wayward Emergency Locator
Transmitter. A helicopter had already traced the
signals, which were coming from a landfill
outside Paeroa. Now it was time for the dirty work to begin.

Using the latest global positioning technology
together with a negative gain antenna, an area of
interest on the far side of the landfill was
selected. After each grab by a back hoe digger,
the area was checked to ensure the transmitter
was still operational. On the fourth grab, the beacon was unearthed.

Markings on the outside indicated that it could
have been 20 years old. The on/off and test
control had been lost in the landfill. The Radio
Spectrum Management inspectors removed the
batteries to stop it from transmitting. All
agreed that it was another job well done by New
Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management in action.

In Auckland, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF
"

I bet YOURS won't transmit on 20 year old batteries.....(c;

Larry
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