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Personal Locator Beacon Placement 🆘 PLB Placement✅ Make sure it’s tethered (via a separate line to your life jacket) as well as secured in a way that ensures the aerial will stay upright.✅ Test the setup up in a pool (without activating!) to ensure it’s secure and to familiarise yourself with how to activate it and deploy the aerial while it’s in that position (you may have to do it in the dark in an emergency).✅ Make sure your PLB battery hasn’t expired and it passes self-test in accordance in