Beacons are manufactured, marketed and sold competitively by several different companies through a variety of vendor chains.
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What is a Cospas-Sarsat Beacon?
A Cospas-Sarsat beacon, also called a distress radio beacon or emergency beacon, is a radio transmitter that can be activated in a life-threatening emergency to summon assistance from government authorities.
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How to Test your 406 MHz Cospas-Sarsat Beacon?
Activating a 406 MHz beacon for even a very short time will generate a Cospas-Sarsat distress alert message that will be relayed to Search and Rescue Services for their immediate action.
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What is the IBRD?
Beacon owners can directly register a beacon, when the beacon’s country code corresponds to that of an Administration that allows registration on the IBR ; and search and rescue services can easily upload or retrieve beacon registration information.