[rescue] ham gear

[Brian Dunbar]

On Nov 28, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Steve Sandau wrote:
>> Wes Will wrote:
>>
>>>> The US Navy dropped it recently.
>>>>
>>>> Guess how you communicate through the hull or a bulkhead in an
>>>> emergency?
>>>>
>>>> I guess you don't.
>>>
>>>
>>> with your palm pilot ??  beam me up, man....
>>>
>>
>>
>> Considering some of the stuff that sailors do with palm pilots  
>> now, that
>> may very well be...
>
> I still fail to see what method one would use to transmit data  
> through a
> bulkhead using a Palm Pilot.


You can use it to beat on the bulkhead.  One whack for 'I'm okay'.  
Multiple whacks means "Compartment is flooding ... get me OUT".


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