Product Details
Fastfind 220 Personal Beacon Locator with GPS by McMurdo®. Small and Light Personal Location Beacon (PLB). McMurdo FastFind 220 - The World's first Galileo-enabled PLB. The FastFind 220 PLB is a lifesaving distress beacon with buoyancy pouch included, designed for marine enthusiasts and adventurers. It packs advanced technology into a simple, lightweight, palm sized unit. Using the dedicated 406MHz frequency, the FastFind 220 transmits your unique ID and precise GPS location to the global network of search and rescue satellites. Within minutes rescuers are alerted to your situation, and receive regular position updates. Finally, emergency services can home in on your beacon's 121.5MHz transmission to find you. Explore the world with peace of mind. If you find yourself in a remote area without any other form of communication, activating your FastFind 220 will summon emergency assistance.
Specifications
| Standards: COSPAS-SARSAT T.001/T.007 class2, RTCM SC110 STD 11010.2, ETSI EN 302-152-1, AS/NZS 4280.2, NSS-PLB06 |
| Sealing depth: Immersion to 30ft > 5mins |
| Operating temperature: -4 to +131ºF |
| Storage temperature: -22 to +158ºF |
| Altitude: 40,000ft |
| Buoyancy: Category 2, will not float (optional buoyancy pouch available) |
| Battery type: Lithium Manganese |
| Transmit duration: > 35 hours @ 50ºF, > 24 hours @ -4ºF |
| Battery life (storage): 6 years |
| Battery replacement: Service center |
| Battery Use: Logged by microprocessor |
| Frequency: 406.037MHz (alert) / 121.5MHz (homer) |
| Power: > 5W (alert) / > 50mW (homer) nominal |
| Unique ID Number: Factory or dealer programmed |
| GPS Type: 50 channel, ceramic patch antenna |
| Size (D x W x L): 34 x 47 x 106mm (1.34 x 1.85 x 4.17in) |
| Weight: 5.4oz |
| Indicator Light: High brightness LED signal light |
| SOS flash light: Morse code SOS flash pattern, 30 operations |
| Activation: Manual, three stage |
| Self-test: Tests transmitters, battery and light |
| Standard Compass Safe Distance: 3ft |
Features
- Floats with buoyancy pouch
- GPS
- Waterproof to 30ft
- No subscription
- SOS morse LED flashlight
- Safe-stow antenna
- 406/121.5MHz PLB
- Easy to operate
- No subscription needed
- High brightness LED SOS light
- Minimum 24hr continuous operation
- 6 year battery storage life
- Self test facility with battery use indicator
- Supplied with flotation pouch
A Personal Location Beacon (PLB) is a personal safety device designed to alert search and rescue services and allow them to quickly locate you in the event of an emergency, on land or sea. When activated it transmits a coded message on the 406 MHz distress frequency which is monitored by the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system. The alert is then relayed via an earth station to the nearest Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC). As the satellites are in a polar orbit they offer true global coverage – with a PLB you can summon help wherever you are on the planet, no matter how remote.
A PLB uses an internal GPS/GNSS receiver to pinpoint your location to within 62m. Once in the area, rescue services are then able to pinpoint your precise location using the inbuilt 121.5Mhz homing transmitter.
Unlike EPIRBs which are registered to a specific vessel and must be re-registered if moved to a different boat, a PLB is registered to a person and so can be carried with you wherever you are - at sea, hiking, mountaineering or in any remote location or situation where you may require rescue. PLBs are subscription-free devices, so have no cost of ownership after the initial purchase.
The McMurdo FastFind 220 is small and light enough for you to carry on your person at all times. Using advanced technology, the FastFind 220 transmits a unique ID and your current GPS co-ordinates via the Cospas-Sarsat global search and rescue satellite network, alerting the rescue services within minutes. Once within the area, the search and rescue services can quickly home in on your location using the unit's 121.5Mhz homing beacon and flashing LED SOS light.
The compact McMurdo FastFind 220 is quick and easy to activate, with a safe stow antenna which automatically deploys when the unit is activated. The battery enables it to operate continuously for a minimum of 24 hours. Waterproof to a depth of 10m, the FastFind 220 is also supplied with a flotation pouch, for easy retrieval.
McMurdo® leads the world in the design and manufacture of emergency beacons, tracking and monitoring solutions and navigation infrastructure systems for use on land and at sea. The company was first established in 1937 and entered the marine safety market with a wide range of marine safety lights during World War 2. Employing the latest state of the art technologies, McMurdo’s world class products and solutions are used by numerous organizations, such as the US Coastguard and the Royal Navy as well as commercial and leisure users around the globe.