Saw this on ACR's site:

"If you use it...we'll replace it, Free of Charge. Simply submit your story, send us back your used beacon so we can have it mounted on our Wall of Fame and we'll send you a brand new beacon of equal or greater value."

Nice!

The ACR site has this user report where a solo hiker used his PLB to call for help after getting snowed in. I noticed something interesting in the associated SAR report that caught my eye:

"The Tulare County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team requested Kern County's assistance in locating the hiker. He had been activating his portable locator beacon every hour since Friday night."

I thought the accepted practice was to turn on the PLB and leave it on, not cycle it. Thoughts?