EPIRBs and Personal Locater Beacons
Posted on February 2, 2010
Filed under About Kayaks, How to Kayak, Kayaking Guides and tagged emergency gps beacon, EPIRBS, fiberglass sea kayak, how to use a vhf radio, kayak repair, kayaking, kayaks, personal locater beacons, Sea Kayaking
Above: A SPOT beacon (a far more expensive but superior alternative is a PLB), WetNotes waterproof notebook and handheld orienteering compass. Each is useful to the more adventuresome kayaker.In this gloss of EPIRBs (CG EPIRBs.mp3), a couple of petty officers from the Coast Guard discuss EPIRBs.Key to an EPIRB (and to a personal locater beacon, more appropriate, smaller and cheaper for a sea
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