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  • Mayday! Mayday! British rescue sparked by faulty TV receiver

    01/15/2006 8:51:01 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 12 replies · 307+ views
    AFP ^ | Sun Jan 15, 10:02 AM ET
    LONDON (AFP) - A faulty digital television receiver has sparked a helicopter rescue mission after sending out a rogue distress signal, Britain's Royal Air Force has said. The "freeview" box -- which normally allows television viewers access to dozens of digital TV and radio channels via a standard, rooftop aerial -- sent out a signal identical to that for emergency beacons at sea. The SOS, beamed from Portsmouth, on England's south coast, was picked up by a satellite and sent to the RAF's Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Kinloss, northeast Scotland, in the early hours of January 5. Personnel then...