Here is the US retail store for the recently FCC approved PLB the Mcmurdo FastFind.
http://www.reveresupply.com/revere_2...fastfind.html#
Mcmurdo Fast find PLB is retailing for about $300 and smaller than the SPOT Messenger. It was not available prior to this incident, but other EPLB's were even though they cost around $600. Would have made short work of rescue efforts.
I am debating between this and the SPOT now. One nice thing about the SPOT is that you can send "OK" messeges. The nice thing about the "Fast Find is that there is no subscription fee.
Here is the link to "Equipped to Survive" article on the "Fastfind".
http://www.equipped.org/blog/?p=105