Locator Beacons, anybody????
There is a choice of 406 PLBs on the market, some are more expensive than others, but, why wouldn't you have one onboard with you? If you're in the UK come along to the GA sea survival conference at Teeside airport in April.
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Perhaps a dumb question, but are the PLBs you can source thru marine suppliers exactly the same as those from well known aviation suppliers? There seems to be quite a difference in price for what I assume is the same unit.
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Mostly, do a search for ACR ResQLink and McMurdo Max G, these will serve you well. Max G is 'midlife' now, but used by the UK MOD and the ACR is new, smaller and a very similar offering. Boat chandleries don't seem to put a 'scene tax' on items quite like Pilot shops. 
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The global distress system is all the same, so you may choose PLB from hiking or yachting the same as the same devices with an aviation sticker on it.
One thing to remember with PLB is - register it. And there the trouble may begin, as some countries do not allow personal beacons, but only devices connected to a certain plane/ship/whatsoever. If you live in one of these countries, other countries will agree to serve you and take your registration!
One thing to remember with PLB is - register it. And there the trouble may begin, as some countries do not allow personal beacons, but only devices connected to a certain plane/ship/whatsoever. If you live in one of these countries, other countries will agree to serve you and take your registration!
As F4B said, some countries will expect you to have an ELT fitted instead, this is I'm led to believe, quite common in Europe, where one rule is okay in the UK and frowned upon in say, Spain. Minefield!
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If I remember correctly, there was a stream in the EU cacophony to get a common agreement for all ELA1 EASA-reg aircraft to be allowed to carry PLB only in all of Europe, but I admit, I did not follow up whether it was ever passed.
When I was renting aircraft all over Europe, I got almost nuts on the crackbrained spectrum of regulations related to the issue and ended in buying a mobile ELT. Luckily a mobile ELT can be registered to person in the UK register, don't ask what you encounter when asking this in some other countries ...
When I was renting aircraft all over Europe, I got almost nuts on the crackbrained spectrum of regulations related to the issue and ended in buying a mobile ELT. Luckily a mobile ELT can be registered to person in the UK register, don't ask what you encounter when asking this in some other countries ...
