[at-l] Personal Emer. Locator Beacon.

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Oh and I meant to include this ill tempered rant from a Canadian guide on
PLBs which have been in use in Canada for a longer period:

http://www.equipped.com/travel_safe_smart_plb.htm

Except for the forest fire incident I can see most of his points. People
have died on rivers during big fires tho.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

> This page is from NOAA.  Anyone interested in Personal Emer.
> Locator Beacons
> and why they are being widely used might be interested in this page.  Note
> that is was released 7/1/03.  Also, if you go looking, some places call
> locator beacons by slightly different names -- apparently depending on who
> uses them and what they are used for.  The best search phrase
> would probably
> be "locator beacon".  but I doubt most of us would want to carry a large
> beacon meant for a large tanker ship or airliner.
> William, The Library Turtle
>
> http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2003/jul03/noaa03084.html
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