Thread: PLB recommendations

Originally Posted by Rn-85

Any thoughts on the one which is setup for Aus?

Assuming the beacon is to be primarily used in the New Zealand search region, an NZ coded beacon is a more streamlined process for RCC (Wellington). They'll receive your distress directly and already hold your registration details rather than another regional provider.
All 406 beacons work globally, an overseas beacon & registration is just an unnecessary step when they can so easily be correctly coded to, and registered here.

Originally Posted by Moutere

Assuming the beacon is to be primarily used in the New Zealand search region, an NZ coded beacon is a more streamlined process for RCC (Wellington). They'll receive your distress directly and already hold your registration details rather than another regional provider.
All 406 beacons work globally, an overseas beacon & registration is just an unnecessary step when they can so easily be correctly coded to, and registered here.

Edit to add, it’s more clunky to register an Australian coded PLB correctly with AMSAR but with NZ contact details. For example you can’t input a NZ phone numbers into their online form. About all you used to be able to do was note your details in the comments section at the bottom of the page. My situation was a beacon used in Australasia/Pacific for work and recreationally here in NZ.