In the last two weeks a personal locator beacon has sent Colorado’s Alpine Rescue Team into a frenzy only to be deactivated once they commence their search. The ACR PLB-300 MicrOFix is an older model that doesn’t include a GPS locator, so the searchers only know that someone’s has set one off within a 12-mile radius. Since the person keeps turning the beacon on-and-off, they speculate that the user might think the PLB is an avalanche beacon or they simply don’t understand that it’s calling the Air Force every time they flip it on. There’s also the possibility that it’s malfunctioning, which is why the Alpine Rescue Team wants to talk to the guy who keeps turning it on. They say he’s not in trouble; they just don’t want to keep scrambling up the mountain every time it goes off.

Thanks Jerrod

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