Originally Posted by
wiggy
It's not that modern - FWIW RAF Seakings were DF'ing (somehow) onto VHF/UHF ELT signals as far back as the early 80s..
and it worked very well.
My goodness, did they really?
Following the RN Sea Kings in 1970, and the Wessex in the 1960's and the Whirlwind: Violet Picture was the DF display
As already stated, yes the CivSAR are all able to find you with your ELT
