Coast Guard limits monitoring to certain EPIRBS

Beginning February 1st, the Coast Guard and other search-and-rescue personnel will only monitor and receive distress alert broadcasts using digital 406 megahertz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons, or EPIRBs.

Erik Wander, KMXT – Kodiak

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