PRESENTATION
COMMUNICATION GMDSS
EQUIPMENT
SEARCH AND RESCUE
TRANSPONDER (SART)
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
A SEARCH AND RESCUE RADAR TRANSPONDER (SART) IS THE MAIN
MEANS IN THE GMDSS FOR LOCATING SHIPS IN DISTRESS OR THEIR SURVIVAL
CRAFT.
THE SART OPERATES IN THE 9.2 GHz FREQUENCY BAND AND
GENERATES A SERIES OF RESPONSE SIGNALS ON BEING INTERROGATED BY ANY
ORDINARY X- BAND RADAR .
Uses of SART
To locate a survival craft
To locate a distressed vessel by creating a
series of dots on the radar or rescuing ship.
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE
(SART)
A SART WILL ONLY RESPOND TO 9 GHZ X-BAND RADAR. IT WILL NOT VISIBLE ON
S-BAND OR OTHER RADAR.
THE RADAR – SART MAY BE TRIGGERED BY ANY X-BAND RADAR WITH IN A
RANGE OF APPROX 8 NM(15 KMs).
Once activated the SART detects the radar signal of the search craft and sends a
series of response pulses to the radar display.
First SART activation detect in radar, the SART first will release a radar pulse
frequently within 0.4 Micro second and it will change the frequency of pulses to
7.5 Micro Second o radar.
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE
(SART)
The transmitted pulses will form 12 dots in the rescue ship radar with in
the area of 8-9 NM.
This process will continue for a total of 12 complete cycles in the radar
as reduction in distance from SART. The distance between the each dot is
1.2KM.
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE
(SART)
When the rescue ship reach with in 1 NM
distance the 12 dots will become 2 arcs and
this arc will become half circle when it will
reach more close.
SART HELPS TO MAKES SAR OPERATION VERY EFFICIENTLY AT
NIGHT, IN BAD WEATHER OR IN THE POOR VISIBILITY.
PARTS OF SART
Antenna
Pull Tab Lock
Activati
on
Switch Pull Tab
Ring
Control and Battery Housing
Hanging Lanyard
Lanyard Spool
Telescopic Pole
Rotate bottom cap to
release lanyard and
telescopic pole
SART
FREQ - 9.2-9.5 GHZ
POWER O/P - 400mWATT
RESPONSE - 0.5 MICRO SEC
ANTENNA - OMNI DIRECTIONAL
POLARISATION - HORIZONTAL
STANDBY MODE- 96 HRS MINIMUM
REPLY MODE - 08 HRS CONTINUOUS WHILE
BEING INTERROGATED BY AN X-BAND RADAR WITH
PRF OF 1 KHZ
BATTERY LIFE - 05 YEARS
TO ACHIEVE THE MAX USEFUL RANGE (05-07 NM) THE
SART MUST BE MOUNTED AT LEAST 3.3 FT (01 MTR)
ABOVE SEA LEVEL. INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE
SART WILL INCREASE THE RANGE
EPIRB
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE (406 MHZ EPIRB)
THE 406 MHZ SATELLITE EPIRBS TRANSMIT A 5 W RADIO
FREQUENCY (RF) BURST OF APPROXIMATELY 0.5 SECOND
DURATION EVERY 50 SECONDS. IMPROVED FREQUENCY STABILITY
ENSURES IMPROVED LOCATION ACCURACY, WHILE THE HIGH PEAK
POWER INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF DETECTION.
AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE 406 MHZ EPIRBS IS THE
INCLUSION OF A DIGITALLY ENCODED MESSAGE, WHICH PROVIDE
INFORMATION OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE UNIT IN
DISTRESS, IDENTIFICATION OF THE VESSEL OR AIRCRAFT.
THE EPIRB GIVES AN IMMEDIATE ALARM WHEN ACTIVATED,
TRANSMITTING THE ID OF THE SHIP IN DISTRESS.
FOR PERIODIC TESTING A TEST FUNCTION IS
IMPLEMENTED. DURING THE TEST CYCLE, THE EPIRB DOES A SELF
TEST ON THE TRANSMITTERS AND ON THE BATTERY STATUS. NO
EMERGENCY SIGNAL IS TRANSMITTED DURING THE SELF TEST.
EPIRB
- FREQ - 406 MHZ
- POWER O/P - 05 WATT
- FREQ HOMING - 121.5 MHZ
- POWER O/P - 25 mWATT
- GPS - 12 CHANNEL PARALLEL RX
- BATTERY LIFE - 48 HRS MIN (OPERATING)
- SHELF LIFE - 05 YEARS
- ANTENNA - HELICAL
- BATTERY IS TO BE REPLACED EVERY AFTER 05
YEARS OR AFTER USE IN AN EMERGENCY
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