Originally Posted By: ireckon
Regarding the mirror, I'm not skilled enough to do SOS. My skill level is at being able to hit the target. My goal would be to shine a constant reflection. In this particular scenario (tired, capsized boat, hanging on for dear life), performing SOS with a mirror would be even farther beyond my capabilities.


Any signal in sequences of three should be recognized as a distress signal, whether it's a flash, light, whistle, flags, etc.

SOS is just three shorts, three longs, three short: · · · — — — · · · of anything.

A constant reflection may be seen as just that, a reflection not a signal.
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