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June E Beacon
Welcome to the June edition of McMurdo's E-beacon newsletter. Stories of our products from around the world, including shipping yachting and aviation are here, along with reports on McMurdo's Davis weather stations. We welcome your feedback and stories too.
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FastFind wins Best-On-Test Category in PLB line-up
Practical Boat Owner, Britains’ biggest selling yachting magazine, has voted the McMurdo FastFind Plus PLB (Personal Location Beacon) Best On Test in a line up of PLBs and EPIRBs.
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Scottish Fishing expedition showcases new McMurdo Aberdeen office
Europe’s leading commercial fishing exhibition, held annually in Glasgow, Scotland, was a great success for McMurdo as the industry greeted the news of McMurdo’s new Scottish office warmly.
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Increase in PLB demand at Aero Expo
Following McMurdo’s announcement that the CAA have now accepted PLBs (Personal Location Beacons) as an alternative to the standard ELTs, as safety distress beacons to be carried on light aircraft, sales of McMurdo’s FastFind PLB have soared.
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Cereal growers and sprayers get regular weather updates with Davis!
More and more farmers are being pushed towards ‘precision farming’, and, their agronomists (the scientists who advise them) are using detailed weather data to fulfil their tasks efficiently. This was the message being received at the recent Cereals 2007 show, when McMurdo, the UK’s exclusive distributor of Davis Weather stations, displayed the range of weather stations, sensors and accessories.
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Utah pilot wins PLB
Steve Gunn of Cedar City, Utah is the lucky winner of a McMurdo FastFind Plus PLB with GPS. Steve was chosen from some 70,000 readers of ‘Flying’, one of the world’s leading general aviation titles.
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International interest in McMurdo at Norshipping
Leading European shipping show, Nor-Shipping, held in Oslo, was both hotter (with temperatures reaching 30 degrees during set up!) and busier than anticipated.
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Rescue Congress views McMurdo
Three hundred of the world’s leading bodies that operate rescue services throughout the world gathered at the first World Maritime Rescue Congress, in Gothenburg, which drew to a close on June 8th. Products like McMurdo’s distress beacons and Navtex safety communications systems play a key role in supporting rescue operations, and the show was a valuable opportunity for the McMurdo range to be seen by so many key influencers.
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PBO Editor sets sail with McMurdo
Sarah Norbury, Editor of the highest circulation UK yachting magazine, Practical Boat Owner, has set sail on her yacht for a cruise to Europe, with a ‘greater than ever’ safety consciousness.
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See the Yaks Flying Display this summer
The Yakovlevs Flying Team is sponsored by McMurdo, and their pilots are equipped with McMurdo FastFind PLBs. The Yaks are the premier four aircraft formation and aerobatic team in the United Kingdom with over 280 displays in front of 6 million people to date.
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Accident Watchdog advises MOB system use following boat death
Fish Update.com has reported that the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has advised salmon farming company Mainstream Scotland to supply all its crewmen with man overboard notification devices (similar to McMurdo’s MOB Guardian), following the tragic death of one of its employees in Shetland.
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PLB holder in Baltic lifejackets.
As the general acceptance of personal PLB usage is growing, more and more clothing and safety equipment manufacturers are designing their products to accommodate them. The latest is the Baltic Lifejacket, manufactured in Sweden and one of the world’s leading brands.
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