§ Mr. Costainasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the short-range and long-range radio 232W stations around the coast which have in operation direction finding equipment.
§ Mr. OnslowNo Post Office coast radio stations now operate direction finding equipment because experience has shown that it is rarely of value for search and rescue purposes. Experiments are being conducted at selected coastguard stations to evaluate the use of direction finding equipment on the radiotelephone distress frequency.