McMurdo Fast Find 200/210 PLB Personal Location Beacon

Get found with the McMurdo Fast Find PLB Personal Location Beacon.

The McMurdo Fast Find PLB Personal Location Beacon is the most compact, waterproof and versatile 406 MHz emergency location beacon available on the market today.

Professional rescue bodies and government agencies such as the US Coast Guard and NOAA recommend carrying a 406 MHz beacon - so put a Fast Find in your pocket before you leave home.

There are two models in the McMurdo Fast Find PLB range, the 200 and the 210.

The 210 has integral 50-channel GPS for additional pinpoint location, further speeding up time of location.

Fast Find is a potential life saver, it will slip into the smallest pocket or back pack compartment.

The user can set off in the most remote locations around the world, on land, at sea or in the air, and be confident of being able to contact the world’s professional search and rescue services directly if they are unlucky enough to encounter life threatening situations.

The Fast Find complies with tough federal and international standards. It operates on the global COSPAS SARSAT 406 MHz search and rescue satellite communication system, which is supported by international government search and rescue authorities around the world, so a call for help will be acted upon and fast. The Fast Find is subscription free and does not rely on commercial call centres.

All Fast Find models transmit two signals simultaneously, one to the subscription free global 406 MHz satellite system. The other (121.5 MHz) is a homing signal designed to speed up the local recovery response process. Once activated, Fast Find’s signals will continue to transmit for at least 24 hours, at a powerful 5 watt output, the 406 MHz transmission ensures that a call for help gets through whatever the conditions.

Fast Find also includes a unique SOS LED flash light facility which is manually activated to further assist in speeding up the users recovery during night time rescues.

Fast Find will operate in temperatures down to -20°C and its integral battery has a user storage life of 5 years, so there’s no need for constant battery changes and re-charging. There’s nothing else to pay - no subscriptions, no network or call charges!

Like many other search and rescue agencies around the world, US Coastguard aircraft and ships have long been familiar with McMurdo’s range of emergency location beacons and have the technology to home in on Fast Find’s signals fast.

Fast Find must be registered with NOAA by the user at the time of purchase. This enables the Search and Rescue authorities, through the unique coded characteristics of the transmitted signal, to identify the owner of the Fast Find and further important information such as next of kin and contact details which can be vital to speeding up the necessary rescue response by the authorities.

• Weight: 5.3 oz (150 g)
• Dimensions (D x W x L): 1.34 x 1.85 x 4.17 inches (34 x 47 x 106 mm)