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 ...

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.

A huge search operation has been launched after a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) was activated close to Snaefell. Isle of Man Coastguard has confirmed the coastguard helicopter, RNLI lifeboats and ...

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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 ...

Coastguard rescue teams and the RNLI say they're carrying out a search and rescue mission after a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) was activated.

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WATERBURY, Vt., -- Vermont announced a field exercise for the country's first Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) activation in early July. The exercise was supported by EMS Technologies' high-speed data ...

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 ...

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 ...