Remoak, you speak some very wise words, I'll be sure to always read your posts in the future.
Threeblader - I apologise, that probably didn't sound as I intended it to. I wondered if you were a "new pilot" and had been taught something about the 406 beacon that I didn't know. In the military we're taught about the beacons with the GPS high-accuracy and I didn't realise there were other that weren't so accurate.
I totally concur with
Hughesy (and a couple of others) who recommend reading the accident reports. I read every single one of them and I'm sure as ****e it's saved my bacon on more than one occassion.