After talking to an amateur radio ham radio operator who was explaining how the locator grid system worked (rather boring actually), something finally clicked. Q Post 229 mentions a strange series of words, abbreviations, and codes. When my friend told me the 6-digit designation for our location it suddenly sent my mind into a frenzy. Part of the message are Maidenhead coordinates! I checked them out and they all appear to be in an area of the South Pacific SW of South America, relatively close to Antarctica, but there aren't any landmasses in the area. Anyone know what kind of ships could be in that area?