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Ocean Signal Starts Shipping New Advanced EPIRBs
Ocean Signal’s new fully-featured EPIRBs are approved and available to the market in the UK and throughout Europe.
Combining the power of the latest safety technologies, the next generation Ocean Signal rescueME EPIRB3 and SafeSea EPIRB3 Pro beacons are now shipping to Ocean Signal’s network of dealers and distributors across Europe.
The beacons significantly increase the speed of location and aid, enhancing the chance of rescue in an emergency for recreational and commercial users, whether cruising, fishing, working or sailing offshore.
The EPIRBs feature integrated AIS (Automatic Identification System), NFC (Near Field Communication) technology for use with the free Ocean Signal mobile app, and compatibility with Return Link Service (RLS) alerting. The slim, lightweight beacons, with 10-year battery life, also include GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning, 406 MHz Cospas-Sarsat distress signal with MEOSAR compatibility and 121.5 MHz local homing signal.
The EPIRB3 is available with a Category II manual release bracket. The EPIRB3 Pro comes with the Category I auto release, float-free bracket providing full IMO regulatory compliance for SOLAS vessels.
Carried by a vessel, an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) is traditionally activated in a life-threatening event, such as sinking, medical emergencies, collision and accidents, to transmit a 406 MHz distress signal via the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system to contact global rescue services.
The SSPs (ex-VAT) of the new Ocean Signal EPIRBs are: rescueME EPIRB3 (Category II): £677.34; SafeSea EPIRB3 Pro (Category I): £804.54
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Product images, specification sheets and more information are available here:
rescueME EPIRB3: EPIRB3 - Dropbox; SafeSea EPIRB3 Pro: EPIRB3 Pro - Dropbox
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.
