Activating Your Beacon - ACR Electronics Cobham ResQLink PLB-375 Product Support Manual

4. Activating Your Beacon

Overview
Personal Locator Beacons are designed to be manually activated. They
are only to be activated when all other means of self-rescue have been
exhausted. When properly registered as required, the activation of the
beacon tells Search and Rescue who you are, where you are, and that
you are facing a life threatening situation.
How To Activate Your Beacon
To activate your beacon in a distress situation, follow these steps:
1. Unclip the antenna latch from the case and move
antenna into the upright position
2. Depress the ON/OFF button for 1 full second
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When Activated (First Minute):
To let you know the beacon has been activated, you will see the strobe
light flash once every second while the RED light will flash once every 3
seconds.
After the First Minute:
While transmitting your distress signal, the RED light and Strobe light
each will flash once every 3 seconds, alerting you that your beacon is
active.
When the Red light is replaced by the GREEN light, this indicates that
your beacon has successfully downloaded your GPS coordinates and is
transmitting them along with your 406 MHz Distress Signal.
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