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		mbubb on May 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a White Mountains trek turned into a survival ... Great idea - I have never used one. There was a recent 'This American Life" podcast where the marine version of this saved a family on a sinking vessel in the middle of the Pacific. I bring a tiny dual band ham radio (Baofeng uv5r) plus antenna. At 4 Watts it might not be powerful enough - though

brandur on May 24, 2014 [–]

Known as an "EPIRB" [1]. That was a great episode on the Kaufmans [2]; definitely worth the listen.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_radiobeacon

[2] http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/525

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