Marty, I haven't read much on the post loss radio transmissions but I did go to the page you had set up for them. Do we have dates for the rest of the post loss traffic?
I plan to add the
best documented post-loss messages Any Day Now. The day I created
the timeline page, I just picked a few items to get started as a "proof of concept." I spent several hours learning how to hack the javascript so that I could show the days of the week (Sun .. Sat) associated with the dates. If you don't see those, try refreshing the page in your browser. I hadn't actually transferred my hack to the live page until just now. :'(
I know there were lots more than what you have listed. The post loss signals listed on the page make no sense to me as they are all on or after July 7 which if I am not mistaken is the day the navy overflew the island. If the plane was still intact enough to transmit during low tide, I'm sure it would have shown on the reef during high tide when overflown.
A report published on July 7th cannot be about an event taking place on the 7th. That's why I'd like to get back to the original sources for the AP and other wire-service stories.
Of course, late reports of post-loss messages are also suspect because of the limited fuel left on board the aircraft. But the point of this exercise, such as it is, is to cast a wide net. If junk comes in, it will just have to be sorted out--but it belongs on the timeline if it's in the newspapers. Even if all late messages are hoaxes or misinterpretations, the existence of such reports would give evidence about how many mistakes were made in such reports.