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McMurdo FastFind 220: personal beacon for adventure lovers

For travelers, climbers and other adventurers McMurdo Inc (Orolia Corporation) offers a personal McMurdo FastFind lighthouse 220, designed to alert search and rescue services and quick search for victims on land and at sea.

McMurdo FastFind 220: персональный маяк для любителей приключений

Weight device 152 activation gram transmits a unique identifier and location data at an emergency frequency of 406 MHz to the international search and rescue network Cospas-Sarsat. The internal GPS receiver determines the coordinates accurate to 62 m. In the search area, rescuers are guided by the signal of the transmitter built into the beacon 121,5 MHz and SOS flashing LED. Up to six years lithium-ion battery life in storage, when activated, the device works at least 24 hours.

AT 2016 US Coast Guard purchases from McMurdo 16000 FastFind devices 220 PLB. In the same year, the US Army suggested that McMurdo develop a version of the beacon according to military specifications for use in a unified rescue system for military personnel (Army Personnel Recovery Support System).

According to Military.com, in April 2018 year, a contract was signed at a cost 34 million US dollars for supply 40000 emergency beacons with increased accuracy and the ability to open and secure signal transmission (in training and combat modes). Full characteristics of the military version are not disclosed.

                          
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