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FCC 80.273
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 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/ib
r_locations.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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