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PLB

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PLBPersonal Locator Beacon (see SARBE)
PLBPhospholamban (cardiac calcium regulation)
PLBProductivity Linked Bonus
PLBProcessor Local Bus (high-performance, on-chip bus)
PLBPursed Lip Breathing
PLBFox Pro Library
PLBPipelined Burst
PLBProcessor Local Bus
PLBPayload Bay
PLBProgrammable Logic Block (basic blocks of a field programmable gate array)
PLBPolabian (linguistics)
PLBPassenger Loading Bridge (airport)
PLBProfessional Licensing Board (various locations)
PLBPlattsburgh, NY, USA (Airport Code)
PLBProvider Level Adjustment (insurance)
PLBPower Line Broadband (FCC)
PLBPurchase and Leaseback (transaction)
PLBPosterior Lateral Branch (cardiology)
PLBPremier League Board (Ghana)
PLBParti Louvri BaryƩ (French: Open the Gate Party, Haiti)
PLBPrivacy and Legislation Branch (Office of the Government Chief Information Officer; Canada)
PLBPlanning and Lands Bureau (Hong Kong)
PLBPrivate Label Branch
PLBPipe Lay Barge
PLBPulse Length Limiting & Blanking
PLBPlanning and Landing Bureau (Hong Kong)
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Michael Smilenski, 56, activated a personal locator beacon that alerted the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fla., which alerted the sheriff's office.
The very first watch with a built-in personal locator beacon, the Breitling Emergency II could very well be your best friend in a plane crash.
Lastly, consider a Personal Locator Beacon that can bring rescuers to your location quickly and efficiently.
The newest of these devices to appear on the market, and the most critical to have in case of emergency, is a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), which became available for use in the continental U.S.
The new MicroFix from ACR Electronics is a personal locator beacon designed for emergency signaling for hunters and outdoorsmen.
It was someone out on the land who found the crash site and set off their personal locator beacon to alert the local RCMP detachment.
In severe pain and unable to move, Brower activated the experimental personal locator beacon (PLB) provided by the North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Department, which is conducting the experiment.
Investigators established a personal locator beacon on Bennett's satellite phone had been registered just before the final leg of their doomed journey.
Of course, a very good addition to any hunting vest is a small Personal Locator Beacon or SPOT device; when activated, these transmit your emergency status and GPS position to rescuers via satellite signal.
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