Personal locator beacons and personal emergency locator transmitters.

Survival Aviation offers a variety of the most popular Personal Locator Beacons / Portable Emergency Locator Transmitters. We have the cheapest prices on the internet for Personal Locator Beacons. These PLBs are similar in function to an aviation ELT. The beacons are very light, simple to operate, and are perfect to take flying, hiking, boating, biking, hunting, etc.. They are also great to include in a survival kit. In the event of an emergency, the 406 MHz beacons can be use to pinpoint a persons location anywhere on the planet using the Cospas/Sarsat satellite system. When activated, (just like an ELT) a PLB transmits a digitally coded signal on the 406MHz frequency. This signal is received by a Cospas/Sarsat satellite and relayed to a ground station. The ground station calculates the PLB location and transmits the information to the US Mission Control Center. The USMCC recognizes these specially coded beacons as PLBs and transmits a distress message directly to the nearest Rescue Coordination Center.

Accidents happen every day in the air, on the water, and in the outdoors. If your aircraft goes down, who will find you? If you fall out of a tree stand, break a leg during a hike, or roll over on an ATV, who will find you? If your boat sinks, a man goes overboard, or your boat becomes incapacitated, who will find you? An everyday accident instantly can become a life threatening situation, and rescues may take days or weeks if you're not prepared. Why wait days being stranded in the outdoors hoping someone will find you? Put the power in the palm of your hand with a 406 MHz GPS Personal Locator Beacon. Now you can turn that life threatening situation into a successful rescue story.

If you can't rescue yourself, your only hope for survival will be the ability to access outside assistance. In such a situation, an easy-to-use and reliable signaling device, such as the personal locator beacon, is indispensable. All you have to do is flip a switch. Personal locator beacons have saved the lives of hundeds of people in the United States alone. For all your outdoor adventures, be sure to take a personal survival kit to accompany your PLB. Personal locator beacons are required by law to be registered with NOAA at www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov. Please see our PLB Information page to get more information.

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