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ALPINE, Colo. — Every time a Personal Locator Beacon goes off, a cascade of rescuers sets off to find who’s lost. But, in the past two weeks, four beacons have been false alarms. And, rescuers said, they’re all coming from the same device.
The four false alarms occurred on Dec. 14, 23, 24 and 28, all in the Berthoud Pass area between Winter Park and Jones Pass, said Paul Woodward, president of the Alpine Rescue Team.
The device is an ACR PLB-300 MicrOFix, according to Woodward.
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