Some people have a lot of confusion about the use of EPIRBs and PLBs and the mechanisms by which they work. Emergency beacons transmitting an SOS signal along with GPS coordinates became available in ...

Boaters operating offshore should seriously consider carrying additional equipment beyond the minimum federal requirements. This equipment should include appropriate communications gear, an emergency ...

No one wants to use a satellite distress beacon or other electronic emergency communications device, but prudent seamanship dictates having one or more on board in the event of a worst-case scenario.

McMurdo, a maker of emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), personal location beacons (PLBs), search-and-rescue transponders (SARTs) and other search-and-rescue devices, has announced ...

GME is the only Australian manufacturer of UHF CB radios and emergency beacon products and has been delivering industry-leading RF communication devices for over 60 years. When it comes to a personal ...

April 11, 2008 Boating, camping, four-wheel driving, hiking, off-road motorcycling, snowmobiling – they’re all fun to do, and they all carry considerably more risk if you’re on your own – break a leg, ...

Guidelines for mounting either a manually deployed EPIRB (Category II) or an automatically deployed EPIRB (Category I). The post Where to Install an EPIRB appeared first on Boating Mag.