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FCC 80.273
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 80.273 Technical requirements for radar equipment.
(a) Radar installations on board ships that are required by the Safety
Convention or the U.S. Coast Guard to be equipped with radar must comply
with the documents referenced in the following paragraphs of this section.
These documents contain specifications, standards and general requirements
applicable to shipboard radar equipment and shipboard radar installations.
For purposes of this part the specifications, standards and general
requirements stated in these documents are mandatory irrespective of
discretionary language. The standards listed in this section are
incorporated by reference. The Director of the Federal Register approves
this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51. Copies of these standards can be inspected at the Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC (Reference
Information Center) or at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call
202–741–6030, or go to
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
ations.html . The IMO standards can be purchased from International Maritime
Organization (IMO), Publications, International Maritime Organization, 4
Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom; telephone 011 44 71 735
7611. IEC publications can be purchased from the International
Electrotechnical Commission, 3 Rue de Varembe, CH–1211 Geneva 20,
Switzerland, or from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
through its NSSN operation ( www.nssn.org ), at Customer Service, American
National Standards Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036,
telephone (212) 642–4900. ITU documents can be purchased from the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, CH–1211
Geneva 20, Switzerland ( www.itu.int. )
(b) Radar installed on or after March 25, 2008 on ships of 300 tons gross
tonnage and upwards, and radar installed on a ship after March 25, 2008, and
certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard under the IMO Code for the Safety of
High Speed Craft (Resolution MSC.36(63), May 20, 1994, with Supplement
(2002) must comply with:
(1) IMO Resolution MSC.64(67), “Adoption of New and Amended Performance
Standards,” Annex 4, “Recommendation on performance standards for radar
equipment,” adopted on 4 December 1996;
(2) The emission limits contained in ITU Radio Regulations, Appendices
Edition of 2004, Appendix 3 (Rev. WRC–03), “Tables of maximum permitted
power levels for spurious or spurious domain emissions,” Section
II—“Spurious domain emission limits for transmitters installed after 1
January 2003 and for all transmitters after 1 January 2012,” including Annex
1; and
(3) ITU–R M.1177–3, “Techniques for measurement of unwanted emissions of
radar systems,” including Annexes 1 and 2 and all appendices, 2003.
(c) For any ship of 10,000 tons gross tonnage and upwards or that is
otherwise required to be equipped with two radar systems, each of the two
radar systems must be capable of operating independently and must comply
with the specifications, standards and general requirements set forth on
paragraph (b) of this section. One of the systems must provide a display
with an effective diameter of not less than 340 millimeters (13.4 inches),
(16-inch cathode ray tube). The other system must provide a display with an
effective diameter of not less than 250 millimeters (9.8 inches), (12-inch
cathode ray tube).
(d) Radar installed before March 25, 2008 must meet and be maintained to
comply with the Commission's regulations in effect for the equipment on the
date of its installation.
[ 73 FR 4483 , Jan. 25, 2008]
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