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Volume 30
2018 CHAMPIONS Edition
Orolia
• Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner
• McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS EPIRB
• Best Search and Rescue Solution
• *Orolia is also a 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner
The McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS beacon, the world’s
first Automatic Identifica-
tion System (AIS), Emer-
gency Position-Indicating
Radio Beacons (EPIRB) has
Quadrotech™ technology,
encompassing four signal
frequencies to revolu-
tionize search and rescue
(SAR) capabilities world-
wide.
Smartfind G8 EPIRBs offer greater accuracy by receiving GNSS
(GPS), Glonass, Galillio, and are MEOSAR compatible to offer
accelerated rescue using the localized rescue power of AIS.
Only the SmartFind G8 AIS
EPIRB combines 406MHz,
121.5MHz, AIS and Globa- (Learn More about the McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS beacon.)
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS, including er location detection, improved data accuracy and
GPS) technologies to strengthen the full Alert, advanced tracking capabilities, to vastly improve
the likelihood of a speedy and successful rescue at
Locate, Track and Recover SAR process.
The dedicated 406MHz frequency signal Alerts pro-
fessional SAR organizations about ships, aircraft
and persons in distress.
sea.
Multiple GNSS receivers – GPS, GLONASS and Galil-
eo satellites – Locate and Track the distress signal,
while AIS and 121MHz frequencies support local
homing and Recovery.
This solution engages local neighboring vessels, as
well as professional SAR agency’s by delivering fast-
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