Explain about SART? Location of it? Functioning? Any indications where SART is kept?

 Explain about SART? Location of it? Functioning? Any indications where SART is kept?

As per SOLAS min 2 no required onboard.

-SART has been made of Fiber reinforced plastic which can bear the prolonged sunlight and stays

unaffected by the sea water or oil.

-It is capable of self-floating free of survival craft.

-International ORANGE in color.

-SART is mounted in a mounting bracket which in turn is fixed to the bulkhead of ship.

-The SART operates in the 9GHz frequency band (i.e. 9.2 to 9.5 GHz) and generates a series of response signals on being interrogated by any ordinary 9 GHz ship borne 3-cm X-band radar or suitable airborne radar.

-SARTs can be either portable for use on board ship or carrying to survival craft and/or permanently installed in the survival craft

-The SART is  activated manually so that it will thereafter respond when interrogated.

-When activated in a distress situation, a SART responds to radar interrogation by transmitting a signal which generates a line of 12 blips code on a radar screen outward from the sart position along its line of bearing.

-Displayed on the Radar-Plan Position Indicator (PPI), the spacing between each pair of dots will be 0.6 nautical mile.

-As the search craft approach as to within about 1 nautical mile of the SART, the blip dots will change into wide arcs, and even become complete circles as the SART is closed and become continually triggered.

-This is useful warning to the search craft to slow down.

-This distinctive and unique radar signal is easily recognized and is therefore much easier to spot than

a signal echo such as from a radar reflector.

-The SART also provides a visual or audible indication of its correct operation and will also inform

survivors when it is interrogated by radar.

-An audible beep will sound every 2 seconds when the SART is interrogated by a radar and every 12 seconds when no radar in sight.

-The SART should have sufficient battery capacity to operate in the standby condition for 96 hours followed by a minimum 8 hours of transmission while being interrogated by radar.

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