Thread: PLB prices going down

NZ registered beacon with its own internal GPS, ie Country coded for NZ and properly registered in NZ I would expect 30mins to 50 minutes or less from activation to action happening. By the time they ring the emergency contacts to check its a valid activation and sort a chopper closest.

If brought overseas and properly registered with the authorities in the counrty of purchase I reckon a couple of hours by the time they check the activation is valid, its location and pass it on to NZ SAR

Originally Posted by mikee

NZ registered beacon with its own internal GPS, ie Country coded for NZ and properly registered in NZ I would expect 30mins to 50 minutes or less from activation to action happening. By the time they ring the emergency contacts to check its a valid activation and sort a chopper closest.

If brought overseas and properly registered with the authorities in the counrty of purchase I reckon a couple of hours by the time they check the activation is valid, its location and pass it on to NZ SAR

And that's only if you have to wait for the gps. A lot of them get picked up by aircraft pilots having their ear drums rattled on the emergency band.