[FedCom] [MilCom] CAP 424 & 480, 148.15 Mhz FM

[Greg Brazil]

> All day long yesterday I had CAP 424&  in the afternoon CAP 480 tracking
> a 121.5 ELT. They were controlled by Oakland or Oakley base.
> 480 at about 4:45 PM PDST said he lost the signal, his last two bearing
> to the signal were: lat / long&  bearings to the signal were 39 23 73
> (N) x 121 19 12 (W) at 270º and 39 10 37 (N) x 121 07 67 (W) at xx0º.
>
> Got out of the car right after that, so no more info until this morning.
>
> This morning on KTVU Channel 2 Fox they reported  78 year old Budge
> Brown was the pilot taking off form South Lake Tahoe, NV to Tracy, Ca
> has been missing since Wed.  He has made this trip 100's of times.
>
> One 480 report, he was over an airport&  the runway was covered in snow,
> control told him to try to contact the airport on 123.1.
>
> Budge Brown owns Cleavage Creek Wine and donates lost of money to breast
> cancer.
>
> Greg (SF Bay Area)