Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) test in Zion NP

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Re: Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) test in Zion NP

Post by polar »

dpage wrote: After reading outdoor gear lab's review of PLB which include the Spot, InReach, and ACR, I'm confused as to how the first 2 don't count as PLB.
I'm going to pull a TallGrass and refer you to this Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency ... .28PLBs.29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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