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.

ACR's ResQLink Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) was recently selected as the product of choice by the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to keep their lifeboat crews safe. Chosen because of ...

In addition to giving a life link in rescues, this new PLB also gives reassuring feedback to the user by proving it’s registering GPS position and by reporting battery power. New test functions allow ...

A wilderness rescue device designed as a “just in case” safety lifeline has developed into a recurrent nuisance for search and rescue teams near Berthoud Pass. A string of eight false alarms in the ...

The Alpine Rescue Team is looking for a person repeatedly sending out false alarms from a personal locator beacon near Berthoud Pass. The signal from the same ACR PLB-300 Microfix was beamed in an ...

I an experienced outdoorsman but I now deaf w/bad balance. I still love to explore Sierra rivers for fishing and swimming and can't always get wife/kids/buddies to get up that early. I would love to ...