by Polaris RDF Admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NC — Dehydrated, exhausted and lost in the dark in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, a male hiker in his sixties activated his personal locator beacon (PLB) on the night of June 11, 2019 and hoped for the best. Within minutes, the...
by Polaris RDF Admin | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Why 121.5 MHz Will Always Be Needed The 121.5 MHz frequency for alerting to the Cospas-Sarsat satellites was phased out completely on the 1st of February in 2009. The decision to do this was approved in February 1999 with a 10-year phase-out period. ...
