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A police spokesperson said they received a report that a personal locator beacon had been activated,
A demo “accident” used the Galileo Return Link (RLS) Cospas-Sarsat beacon to stage a rescue of 200 passengers from a stricken cruise ship.
The Coast Guard was alerted to the boat after it received an emergency alert from a 406MHz Personal Locator Beacon.
A Coast Guard aircrew rescued a man from a disabled vessel 150 miles west of Sitka within 15 minutes of receiving the alert from the EPIRB.
SKYTRAC and ACR Electronics, Inc. have signed an agreement with Embraer to provide ADT and ELT-DT technology.
A sailor shares a unique description of the experience of capsizing a previous boat and being rescued from the North Sea.
An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, or EPIRB, alerted the Coast Guard of the emergency on Monday morning.
There was no phone signal, but she was discovered by another walker who had a distress beacon that was linked by satellite.
406 MHz beacon owners should update their beacon information to ensure emergency responders have the information they need.
