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.

New Year’s Eve is a time of celebration and remembrance. Three years ago, on December 31, 2019, as the new year was being rung in across the lower 48 states, a tragedy was playing out in icy Alaskan ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

ACR Electronics, Inc., shares a milestone registration update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) database which recently hit a record number of 500,000 registered 406 MHz ...

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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 ...