"personal" EPIRBs?

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Kula - 27 Nov 2006 04:39 GMT

I've been watching as the EPIRBs keep getting more sophisticated and
smaller. Now I see "personal" EPIRBs offered. These are small enough to
wear on your life vest. Since I kayak and sail small boats in the waters
off Oahu, I was thinking it might not be a bad idea to get one. Does anyone
have any experience with them?

kula

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Ron Lee - 27 Nov 2006 14:50 GMT

>I've been watching as the EPIRBs keep getting more sophisticated and
>smaller. Now I see "personal" EPIRBs offered. These are small enough to
>wear on your life vest. Since I kayak and sail small boats in the waters
>off Oahu, I was thinking it might not be a bad idea to get one. Does anyone
>have any experience with them?

I have a PLB (personal locator beacon) that is GPS capable. I use it
for flying in remote areas. I think it is McMurdo. No need to
activate it yet and hopefully never will.

Ron Lee

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dechucka - 28 Nov 2006 20:32 GMT

> I've been watching as the EPIRBs keep getting more sophisticated and
> smaller. Now I see "personal" EPIRBs offered. These are small enough to
> wear on your life vest. Since I kayak and sail small boats in the waters
> off Oahu, I was thinking it might not be a bad idea to get one. Does
> anyone
> have any experience with them?

I've hired them when hiking and blue water sailing, they're small and you
don't really notice them, I assume they work but hopefully never need to
find out.

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