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Personal Locator Beacons – EPIRBS For Your Lifejacket

By On September 15, 2010

gCaptain has long been a fan of the idea behind SPOT’s personal locator devices but gCaptain readers have pointed out a major concern, a SPOT it is not a PLB [...]

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EPIRB, GPIRB, ELT, PLB… What’s The Difference?

By On December 20, 2008

In the following video we discus the various types of Position Indicating Radio Beacons. We explore the diffrences between an EPIRB, GPIRB, ELT and the increasingly less expensive PLB’s . [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide | Spot Messenger Package – $60 Off

By On October 21, 2008

The gCaptain SPOT Messenger Contest is now closed and the units are in the mail but for those looking to get a unit of their own West Marine has a [...]

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SPOT Messenger Contest – The Results Are In!

By On October 8, 2008

We are excited to announce the winners of our SPOT Messenger Contest. They have been chosen randomly from our list of comment contributors during the contest period. Overall a very [...]

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Spot Messenger’s Secret Bunker – Houston TX

By On October 2, 2008

Panbo brings us a peek inside the secret underground bunker of SPOT Messenger. They write; My PMY March column about SPOT is now online, and you’ll see that I gave [...]

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