GME MT620GR PLB / ELT - GPS Personal Locator Beacon - NEW 2026

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Description

The all-new Australian Made 406MHz GPS Personal Locator Beacon from GME.

The MT620GR PLB, with integrated return link and mobile app, is the ideal compact safety companion for all outdoor and marine adventure enthusiasts.

The MT620GR is an advanced Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) designed to alert Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities to life-threatening emergencies.

Featuring Return Link Service (RLS/RLM), which confirms your distress signal has reached a rescue coordination center (RCC), it provides critical reassurance in an emergency.

Enhanced by GNSS for precise global positioning and a 121.5 MHz homing signal, it ensures efficient SAR operations.

Unlike other devices, a PLB has no ongoing costs after purchase.

Approved for worldwide COSPAS-SARSAT operation, the MT620GR delivers reliable distress alerting globally.

A companion mobile app monitors the beacon’s operational status. With a 7-year battery life and a 6-year warranty, it offers dependable performance and peace of mind.

Since launching its first EPIRB in 1979, GME has been a trusted leader in emergency beacons. The MT620GR upholds this legacy, delivering proven safety for adventurers worldwide.

Perfect addition to your aviation or marine excursions.

Key Features

Return Link Service (RLS)
GME Accusat Connect App (Android and iPhone)
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology
Integrated GNSS Receiver
IP68 Ingress Protection
No ongoing costs or subscriptions
Cospas-Sarsat Certified (Class 2) for worldwide operation
Inherently Buoyant
121.5 MHz Homing Transmitter
Easily Deployed in an Emergency
Compact & Lightweight Design
7 Year Battery Life
6 Year Warranty

GME MT620GR - Premium Carry Case sold separately.

This Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) is GME’s most compact and lightweight design ever, complementing our market-leading range of Emergency Beacon products.

The MT620GR is a super-compact, lightweight PLB, offering an impressive 7-year battery life and a 6-year warranty. Featuring a ‘Non-Hazmat’ battery pack for ease of transport, the MT610G ensures you remain safe and connected, wherever life takes you.

The MT620GR has been designed, engineered, and manufactured in Australia, to provide the outdoor adventurer or lone worker with a GPS PLB solution that is compact, easy-to-use, and affordable.

Featuring an integrated 72 channel GPS receiver, zero warm-up time, high-intensity LEDs, IP68 Ingress Protection, and an inherently buoyant design, the compact size of the MT620GR has not compromised the safety features included.

The MT620GR is designed to meet and exceed the latest international standards and is Cospas-Sarsat Class 2 certified.

GME is the only Australian manufacturer of emergency beacons and has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing EPIRBs and PLBs for over 30 years. In that time our beacons have been used to save hundreds of lives around the world.

The MT620GR offers enhanced peace of mind for bushwalkers, 4WDers, remote workers, and aviators alike.

https://www.gme.net.au/app/uploads/MT620GR_TechSheet.pdf

In the box
  • GPS Personal Locator Beacon (MT620GR)
  • Safety Lanyard
  • Instruction Manual
  • Quick-start Guide

Modes of Operation

  • Activated: UHF (406) and VHF (homer) complete with high intensity light
  • Self-test: Comprehensive internal diagnostics with visual operator feedback. UHF test message (inverted synchronisation compatible with portable beacon testers)
  • GPS Self-test: Comprehensive diagnostics of GPS circuitry and real-time position acquisition test with visual operator feedback

Operation

  • Activation: 2-step activation process
  • Duration: In excess of 24 hours at -20deg C. Longer at higher ambient temperatures
  • Transmission: 121.5MHz and 406MHz
  • Delay: 50 seconds (+/- 2.5 sec) to deactivate prior to distress transmission
  • Warm up: None required
  • VHF: 121.5MHz, 50mW ±3 dB, swept tone AM (analogue)
  • UHF: 406.03 MHz, 5 W ± 2 dB, PSK (digital)
  • Light: > 20 flashes/minute High intensity white LED

COSPAS-SARSAT

  • Certification: Certified to C/S T.001 (Class 2) requirements
  • Operation protocol: Supports standard location and national location operation protocols
  • Repetition period: 50 seconds mean, digitally generated randomization

Battery

  • Useful battery life: 7 years**
  • Replacement method: By service centre or factory only. Not user replaceable
  • Battery configuration: 2 electronically isolated batteries, each consisting of 2 cells type CR123A

Physical Specs

  • Operating: -20 to +55deg C
  • Storage: -30 to +70deg C
  • Weight: 160g ± 2g
  • Compass safe distance: 1 m (3.3 ft)
  • Dimensions (H x W x D): 88 x 66 x 36mm
  • Buoyant: Will float in fresh/salt water. (RTCM Cat 1)
  • Waterproof: IP68 (10m of salt-water for 1h)
  • Materials: High visibility yellow chassis with translucent cap. UV stabilised highimpact plastic chassis with energy absorption over-moulded bumpers

GPS / Galileo Receiver

  • Type: Ultra-high sensitivity GPS L1C/A, Galileo E1B/C
  • Channels: 72-channel, GPS/GALILEO Search Engine
  • Antenna: Ceramic patch antenna
  • Acquisition: Cold start 30 seconds typical. Hot start 1 second typical

Others

  • Transport: Meets UN requirements for transport as non-hazardous cargo onboard passenger aircrafts
  • Antenna: SUS631 hardened stainless steel

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