Description
We provide Personal Locator Beacons at a low price. For rental devices we require a € 75,- security deposit and identification before shipping out. Please select the shipping date from Rotterdam and the latest date the equipment will be back with WorldSat with some allowance for postal service delays.
Man Over Board AIS locator beacon
The estimated survival time in four degree Celsius seawater is about fifteen minutes. Thus it is essential to get a man over board (MOB) back aboard as quick is possible. Even with small waves it becomes hard to see a MOB from a ship after only 2-3 waves. A personal life beacon transmits your location to any ship that may help – so you can be picked up a.s.a.p.
For rental purposes we provide you with a Kannad Marine Safelink R10 AIS Life-Beacon:
- Transmits your location for 24 hours via the maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) through marine VHF radio
- Is automatically activated when your life-vest inflates
- Shows up in the plotter / navigation computer screen of any surrounding ships
- Marine VHF radio (AIS) gives an approximate reach of 5 nautical miles / 9 km
- The R10 was tested in practice by WorldSat staff during an Atlantic crossing – found it to work well 😉
R10 comes with:
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- Installation materials (clips onto life-vest tube)
- Protection cover
Please note:
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- An AIS life beacon does not transmit your location though satellite, but through marine VHF radio – an ‘satellite PLB’ does this, though in many situations emergency services will be too late and nearby ships cannot locate ‘satellite PLB’s’
- The AIS life beacon shows up in the plotter / navigation computer screen of any surrounding ships
- For non-MOB emergency’s (sinking of the ship, etc.) a ship should be equipped with a satellite EPIRB
