Yet another of those wtf-type electronic equipment mishaps.
In Oregon, some college student's Toshiba flatscreen TV, probably through a bad capacitor or feedback loop, somehow emitted radio interference at 121.5 Mhz which happens to be the international distress signal. It got recieved by a satellite and routed to the Air Force in Virginia. I'm sure the search/rescue personnel were just as confused when they greeted him at his apartment.
Posted by hachu at October 19, 2004 04:08 PM