Bjornhall, the ELT should be picked up by D&D if you are in the air and by airborne aircraft once you are on the ground (or water). In the second case, pilots of aircraft hearing an ELT would normally report it to the ATC agency they are working who relay that to D&D. If that's the first notice that D&D have of it, they'll relay that information to the rescue coordination centre and a satellite fix on the ELT's location is the next step.
I'd also echo the advice on page 1 to select 7700 on the squawk, if you have the time.
Last edited by Il Duce; 10th October 2007 at 19:55.