Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) using the 406 MHz frequency transmit distress signals to rescue services globally, pinpointing the user's location via satellite. Modern PLBs offer features like GPS ...

ACR Electronics today announced that ResQLink , the world's smallest 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), is FCC approved and is now being shipped to dealers and is for sale to consumers in the U.S.

Recent search and rescue efforts on Mt Adams and Mt Hood bring attention for greater awareness of Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) use in the backcountry. PLB's are hand held devices that send a signal ...

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What is a personal locator beacon (PLB)? A personal locator beacon, or PLB, is a small device meant for use in an emergency that helps rescue teams find your exact location. When used, it sends an SOS ...

Colorado search-and-rescue officials have been chasing satellite SOS signals around the state, sometimes tracking them to thrift stores, landfills and other bizarre locations. Personal locator beacons ...

What would be the impact on public safety agencies if community members could purchase pocket-sized, wireless emergency systems to transmit calls for help to orbiting satellites with the user's ...

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Colorado hiker Aron Ralston had his arm trapped under an 800-pound boulder for five days in May before cutting off his limb and hiking out. Ralston was alone. No one knew where he was hiking. He was ...

A group of fishermen adrift in the remote Western Pacific made their recent rescue significantly easier because they carried a personal locator beacon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard search ...