NBN EN 61097-1 : 2008

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
Introduction
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Performance requirements
3.1 General
3.2 Operational
3.3 Battery
3.4 Environment (temperature)
3.5 Antenna
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
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
6.4 Environment (temperature)
6.5 Antenna height
6.6 Antenna characteristics
6.7 Range performance
6.8 Labelling
6.9 Technical characteristics
Figure 1 - Possible test set-up
Annexes
A. Standards under consideration relating to Global
      maritime distress and safety system equipment
B. Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) Other international publications
quoted in this standard with the references of the
relevant European publications
National annex NA (informative) Committees responsible
National annex NB (informative) Cross-references

Describes the performance standards and type testing of marine radar transponders used in search and rescue operations at sea (SART).