Regarding PLB batteries going dead -- I don't think it matters, esp. if it has GPS capability. Basically the message would have gotten through and they'd have the location unless they had moved from that location.
-john
If the batteries are dead, how is a message going to get through?
Some people are fixated on beacons, second only to knives, probably neither would have be of use this time.
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