I’m glad she’s safe. While I’m sure there are lessons learned it sounds like a lot of things went right.

The story brought up a question in my mind — she reported having been aware of the search helicopters but that they couldn’t see her. If she had had a signal mirror (in the daytime) or a powerful flashlight (at night) that could have made a difference, but that isn’t my question.

I carry a handheld VHF/UHF amateur radio transceiver when I’m almost anywhere out of my house. Would SAR aircraft be listening on ham radio calling frequencies? Or the Marine VHF calling frequency * ?


* - It is illegal to use a ham radio to transmit on Marine VHF frequencies, except in a bona fide emergency. This situation would certainly count.