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2. International Cospas-Sarsat Programme - Wikipedia

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   In the early 2000s (in 2003 in the USA) a new type of distress beacon, the personal locator beacon (PLB), became available [43] for use by individuals who cannot contact emergency services through normal telephone-originated services, such as 1-1-2 or 9-1-1. Typically PLBs are used by people engaged in recreational activities in remote areas ...

3. Mountain Locator Unit - Wikipedia

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   A Mountain Locator Unit or MLU was a radio transmitter for use by mountain climbers as an emergency locator beacon when the wearer needs rescue.. The MLUs were simple radio beacons, and thus required search and rescuers to use traditional radio direction finding (RDF or DF) equipment to obtain a bearing, but not a precise location, to the beacon.

4. Emergency locator beacon - Wikipedia

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   An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue. Various types of emergency locator beacons are carried by aircraft, ships, vehicles, hikers and cross-country skiers.

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6. SPOT Satellite Messenger - Wikipedia

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   In February 2023, Kurt Knutsson of CyberGuy Report at Fox News included Spot X in a review of "the 5 best" personal locator beacons (PLB). [ 7 ] As of 2019, SPOT has successfully helped initiate more than 6,000 rescues in 100 countries.

7. I tried Walmart's $15 AirTag alternative, the Onn Item ... - AOL

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   Apple AirTags are the best-known trackers out there and a decent deal at $29, but there's a much cheaper option: The Onn Item Locator for $15, available exclusively from Walmart. Feature-wise, it ...

8. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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   Overview diagram of COSPAS-SARSAT communication system used to detect and locate ELTs, EPIRBs, and PLBs First generation EPIRB emergency locator beacons. An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in need of ...

9. Radio beacon - Wikipedia

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   PLBs (personal locator beacons) are for personal use and are intended to indicate a person in distress who is away from normal emergency response capabilities (i.e. 911) The basic purpose of distress radio beacons is to rescue people within the so-called "golden day" (the first 24 hours following a traumatic event), when the majority of ...