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Award-Winning Ocean Signal rescueME PLB3 Personal Locator Beacon is Launched to Market
Ocean Signal has announced that its DAME Award winning rescueME PLB3 personal locator beacon is approved for sale and available in the UK and throughout Europe.
A range of boaters, sailors and cruisers, racing, fishing, watersport and outdoor enthusiasts, will now be able to significantly enhance their chances of rapid rescue in a Man Overboard (MOB) emergency by carrying the PLB3 – a next generation device combining multiple levels of integrated signal technology within a personal locator beacon for the first time.
Deliveries of the rescueME PLB3 are now underway to Ocean Signal’s network of dealers and distributors across Europe.
Ocean Signal’s PLB3 unites two different key systems to provide a survivor with the best chance of quickly alerting others to a distress situation – benefiting from the global response capabilities of the Cospas-Sarsat rescue services, while also using AIS technology to indicate an MOB position to nearby vessels for immediate aid.
Designed for installation within a life jacket for semi-automatic activation upon inflation, the Ocean Signal PLB3 integrates GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning, 406 MHz, 121.5 MHz signals and AIS transmission, as well as the new Galileo Return Link Service (RLS) technology, to deliver a comprehensive and complete communication link to emergency services, even if the survivor is incapacitated.
Ocean Signal has also introduced Near Field Communications (NFC) into the rescueME PLB3, unleashing a new way for beacon owners to monitor their beacons, review self-test results, view GNSS test locations, and monitor beacon performance and maintenance.
The Ocean Signal AIS personal locator beacon features more built-in local aids to location in the form of the 121 MHz homing signal, plus visible and infrared strobe lights, which will be operational to guide assistance directly to the location, particularly during night, or other low visibility rescues.
The SSP (ex-VAT) of the new Ocean Signal rescueME PLB3 is £475.94.
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Notes for editors:
- Product images, specification sheets and more information are available here: PLB3 - Dropbox
- The Ocean Signal rescueME PLB3 was judged the Overall DAME award at METSTRADE 2022.
For further information, please contact:
Mikele D’Arcangelo
Ocean Signal / ACR Electronics
Tel: +1 954 862 2115
E-mail: mikele.darcangelo@acrartex.com
Jules Riegal
Saltwater Stone
Tel: +44 (0)1202 669244
j.riegal@saltwater-stone.com
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About Ocean Signal
Communication and safety at sea specialist Ocean Signal™ is driven by its key commitment to saving lives. Setting the highest industry standard in technology innovation and quality of product, Ocean Signal is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of satellite and terrestrial emergency rescue beacons based upon VHF/UHF, AIS, DSC, GNSS and battery technologies. Its best-in-class range of survival products includes Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), Personal Locator Beacons (PLB), Man Overboard (MOB), Search and Rescue Transponders (SART), VHF radios, Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders, electronic distress flares and more. Ocean Signal products provide maritime, governmental and military, aviation, as well as outdoor users the confidence that their equipment will work to, and beyond, their expectations when it is required most. For more information, go to www.oceansignal.com.
Ocean Signal operates within the ACR Group of companies, which spans a portfolio of brands including ACR Electronics, ARTEX, Bivy, United Moulders Ltd (UML), SKYTRAC, Flight Data Systems, Latitude Technologies, NAL Research, and FreeFlight Systems. As a world leader in safety and survival technologies for over 65 years, ACR Electronics is the foremost development center for emergency beacons, manufacturing and supporting cutting-edge rescue beacons and survival equipment for the marine, aviation, outdoor and military markets. For more information go to www.ACRARTEX.com.
