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Boaties and those enjoying the great outdoors might never be heard if they set off their old rescue beacons.
The 121.5MHz and 243MHz emergency locator beacons can send out a signal for as long as their batteries last but the chances of their being heard are remote, says National Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokesman Nigel Clifford.
The old beacons have not been monitored by satellites since the beginning of last month but if they are activated there is a remote chance they could be picked up by a passing aircraft, he said.
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 The Rescue Co-ordination Centre New Zealand is crediting an emergency locator beacon fitted with GPS for the quick rescue of an injured tramper yesterday.
The woman suffered a hip injury while on a group tramp near Shute's Hut on the Gentle Annie track, about 60km west of Napier.
She was rescued from the rugged terrain within 90 minutes, thanks to the GPS-equipped emergency locator beacon she was carrying.
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 On 27th Dec, in the middle of the night, we helped save a hunter in a life threatening situation and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The system works!
Sjoerd Bakker from Christchurch rented a 406 GPS Personal Locator Beacon from us, 406 Beacon Hire, to hunt the Kelly Range near Arthur’s Pass. Sjoerd followed a Thar to the top of the range then couldn’t find the track. Knowing where he wanted to go he tried to go around the range but slipped down through the scrub. At times he could see the track but couldn’t get back up to it. He tried the creek bed and at times floated on his pack in the river. Cold, wet and trapped in a steep sided ravine of 7 Mile Creek he couldn’t get out of, Sjoerd wrapped himself in two survival blankets and set off the locator beacon sometime after 4pm.
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