GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) - PART 1: RADAR TRANSPONDER - MARINE SEARCH AND RESCUE (SART) - OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, METHODS OF TESTING AND REQUIRED TEST RESULTS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Performance requirements
3.1 General
3.2 Operational
3.3 Battery
3.4 Environment (temperature)
3.5 Antenna height
3.6 Antenna characteristics
3.7 Range performance
4 Labelling
5 Technical characteristics
5.1 Frequency
5.2 Polarisation
5.3 Sweep rate
5.4 Response signal
5.5 Form of sweep (sawtooth)
5.6 Pulse emission
5.7 E.i.r.p.
5.8 Effective receiver sensitivity
5.9 Duration of operation
5.10 Temperature range:
5.11 Recovery time following excitation
5.12 Effective antenna height
5.13 Delay between receipt of radar signal and start
of transmission
5.14 Antenna vertical beamwidth
5.15 Antenna azimuthal beamwidth
6 Methods of testing and required test results
6.1 General
6.2 Operational requirements
6.3 Battery capacity
6.3.1 Method of measurement
6.3.2 Results required
6.4 Environment (temperature)
6.4.1 Dry heat cycle
6.4.2 Low temperature cycle
6.5 Antenna height
6.6 Antenna characteristics
6.6.1 Azimuthal and vertical beamwidths
6.6.2 Polarisation
6.7 Range performance
6.7.1 Method of measurement
6.7.2 Results required
6.7.3 Alternative method of measurement
6.7.4 Results required
6.8 Labelling
6.9 Technical characteristics
6.9.1 General
6.9.2 Functional test signals
6.9.3 Receiver sensitivity
6.9.4 Sweep characteristics
6.9.5 Radiated power
6.9.6 Antenna characteristics
6.9.7 Recovery time following excitation
6.9.8 Delay - Receipt of radar interrogation and
SART transmission
6.9.9 Receiver front end protection
Specifies the performance standards and type testing of marine radar transponders used in search and rescue operations at sea (SART), as required by Regulation 6.2.2 of Chapter III, and 7.1.3 and 8.3.1 of Chapter IV of the 1988 amendments to the 1974 International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), and which is associated with IEC 60936 (Shipborne radar) and IEC 60945 (General requirements).
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 80 |
