This is a question for the PLB experts on here. If I were to attach a SOLAS marked/approved zenon strobe light to the belt of a lifejacket and also attached a PLB to the webbing, should one find oneself adrift at sea is the flashing circuitry likely to render the GPS receiver within a PLB non-functional?
I am aware that many lifejackets have a small lithium powered flashing incandescent bulb, but my questions related specifically to strobes. Yes, one might be unlikely to end up in the water but if the strobe unknowingly prevented rescue this would be a disaster! Thanks.