Canada Approves New PLB
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Adding a new level of assurance and instant information for outdoorsmen and boaters alike, a breakthrough Digital Display has been introduced to Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) technology with the debut of the innovative SARLink™ View and AquaLink™ View 406 GPS PLB from ACR Electronics, Inc.
The Digital Display, which allows the user to see all of the beacon's operational activities, visually provides GPS LAT/LON, operating instructions, usage tips, transmission bursts as well as battery power. The Digital Display also makes self-testing simple and easily understood by visually walking the user through the self-test process step by step. An ACR exclusive, the Digital Display will allow the user to test GPS functionality up to 60 times over the life of the battery.
When mated with ACR's new 406Link.com, www.406Link.com, subscription-based satellite self test service, the SARLink™ View (designed for land use) and the AquaLink™ View (designed for marine use) will also give users the ability to send non-distress messages via text/e-mail to family and friends, letting them know that all is OK.
Housed inside the unit, the Digital Display cannot be touched, bumped, pierced or otherwise damaged by an external force unless the entire PLB is destroyed. The PLB uses an LED type of display to ensure that it is visible when below freezing and in direct sunlight, therefore it does not suffer from the problems associated with LCD displays.
The waterproof SARLink™ View and self buoyant AquaLink™ View provides three levels of integrated emergency signal technology-GPS positioning, a powerful 406 MHz satellite detectable signal and 121.5 MHz homing capability. The beacons broadcast a unique registered distress signal that not only tells rescuers where the sender is, but who they are. Onboard GPS can fix the sender's position to within 100 meters and then utilizes a powerful 406 MHz signal to relay the distress call to orbiting satellites. As local Search and Rescue is deployed, a separate homing signal and integrated LED strobe light guide rescuers to the sender's exact position.
A PLB is a satellite-signaling device of last resort, for use when all other means of self-rescue have been exhausted and where the situation is deemed to be grave and imminent, and the loss of life, limb, eyesight or valuable property will occur without assistance. All beacons must be registered. There are no monthly service fees required for 406 MHz beacons.
Suggested MSPR for the SARLink™ View is $599.00.
About ACR Electronics, Inc.
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About Cobham plc
Cobham plc is an international company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced aerospace and defense systems for land, sea, air and space. The company has four divisions that collectively specialize in the provision of components, subsystems and services that keep people safe, improve communications and enhance the capability of aerospace and defense platforms.
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