A personal locator beacon (PLB) 🚨 can save your life. This small, portable, and relatively inexpensive piece of equipment can make all the difference in an emergency at sea. Co-skipper of @officialrolexsydneyhobartrace contestant Disko Trooper Contender Sails⛵, Jules Hall, explains how they work. Always remember a PLB needs to be properly registered with AMSA to be fully effective. More about PLBs and distress beacons, including how to register them ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21wPsxI #AMSA #SafeSeas #S

We consider it's important to tell you about devices that save lives. The Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) have been shown to be useful in practice and saved many lives. Let's see how they work. PLB and EPIRB operate on the same principle: the transmitter located inside the sealed enclosure is activated and starts transmitting a digital signal at a frequency of 406 MHz. Activation can occur by force or as a result of contact with water. This si

Personal Locator Beacon Placement 🆘 PLB Placement✅ Make sure it’s tethered (via a separate line to your life jacket) as well as secured in a way that ensures the aerial will stay upright.✅ Test the setup up in a pool (without activating!) to ensure it’s secure and to familiarise yourself with how to activate it and deploy the aerial while it’s in that position (you may have to do it in the dark in an emergency).✅ Make sure your PLB battery hasn’t expired and it passes self-test in accordance in