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Originally Posted by simonb1612
if your radio is working you would think that the option to call for help would be a smart one
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And also a potentially dangerous one.
Radios aren't exclusive. Anybody who can reach that channel/frequency can listen in. The signal can also be used to track down positions.
While I don't doubt that if a crew was in distress they would be assisted in anyway possible, I don't think doing it via radio (unless all other forms of encrypted communications were disabled) would be how they did it.