Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 19:28
Not quite, the signal goes to the Cospas-Sarsat satellite and then to the nearest ground station. The people responsible for that part of the world will then organize the rescue response.
Canberra will probably be notified that a
beacon registered here has been deployed and asked for rego details, but thats about where their input will end.
Other considerations are:
Using your
beacon overseas
Beacons are detected world-wide by the global satellite system, Cospas-Sarsat, and are detected from anywhere on the Earth’s surface if they are deployed correctly.
It is recommended you contact your chosen airline for guidance on carrying distress beacons as every airline and airport have differing requirements.
Please also note that some countries consider Personal Locator
Beacon (PLB) carriage and activation illegal on land. Refer to the Cospas-Sarsat website for the appropriate SPOC (search and rescue or SAR point of contact) for the country you are travelling to and contact them to confirm you are legally allowed to use your
beacon.
It is worth noting that the search and rescue response in each country will vary due to different levels of SAR resources and capability. It is recommended that you check locally the sort of SAR response you can expect. This will also depend on the weather conditions at the time the search and rescue is being conducted e.g. day, night, visibility (low cloud, fog, snow), high winds etc.
The rescue coordination centre of the country where the
beacon is detected will coordinate the search and rescue response, not Australia. AMSA Search and Rescue will only provide the registration details, if known, and any other information it gathers from emergency contacts. AMSA will request information on the progress of the search and rescue.
https://beacons.amsa.gov.au/activation/
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905422