Personal locator beacons (PLBs) and emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) are tools that most boaters hope they will never have to use, but they can literally save your life. Able to ...

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 ...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has approved a multi-year commitment with RFD Australia to purchase over 500 EPIRBs manufactured by U.S.-based ACR Electronics, Inc. RFD, a world ...

If you’re still lugging around the most common and least expensive type of Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons, which broadcast in the 121.5/243 MHz range, it’s time to replace them. These ...

Every year the Coast Guard makes thousands of phone calls to mariners, boat owners and emergency points of contact in response to receiving distress alerts from emergency position indicating radio ...

When you’re out in the bush or at sea and you’re lost or someone in your group has suffered life-threatening injuries and all of your other forms of communication – mobile phone, satellite phone – are ...