AS/NZS 4869.2:2010

AS/NZS 4869.2:2010 STAND ALONE MARITIME SURVIVOR LOCATING SYSTEMS (MSLS) - OPERATING ON FREQUENCIES OTHER THAN 121.5 MHZ

PREFACE

CONTENTS

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE

1.2 APPLICATION

1.3 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS

1.3.1 Referenced document

1.3.2 Related documents

1.4 DEFINITIONS

1.4.1 Battery shelf life

1.4.2 Battery sub-assembly

1.4.3 Maritime Survivor Locating System transmitter (MSLS transmitter)

1.4.4 Maritime Survivor Locating System receiver (MSLS receiver)

1.4.5 Maritime Survivor Locating System locator (MSLS locator)

1.4.6 Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)

1.4.7 Radiation

1.4.8 Reference error ratio

1.4.9 Satellite Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

1.4.10 Selective-calling system

1.4.11 Spurious emission

1.4.12 Standard baseband test signals

1.4.13 Standard coded test signal (data): SCTS (data)

SECTION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 GENERAL

2.1.1 Basic construction requirements

2.1.2 Tethering arrangement

2.1.3 Equipment markings

2.1.4 Temperature range

2.2 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

2.2.1 Controls and indicators for Type A MSLS transmitters

2.2.2 Test function

2.2.3 Locating light

2.3 BATTERY REQUIREMENTS

2.3.1 Design

2.3.2 Replacement

2.4 CLIMATIC AND DURABILITY REQUIREMENT

2.5 DOCUMENTATION

2.5.1 General

2.5.2 Battery declaration

2.5.3 Battery information

SECTION 3 MSLS RADIOFREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS

3.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1.1 Nominal carrier frequency

3.1.2 Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver

3.1.3 Transmitter duty cycle

3.1.4 Adjustment mechanisms

3.1.5 Conditions of operation

3.1.6 Conditions of test

3.2 TYPE A MSLS TRANSMITTER REQUIREMENTS

3.2.1 General

3.2.2 Frequency error

3.2.3 Radiated signal field strength, power output and spurious emissions

3.2.4 Test facility indicator and radiation in test mode

3.2.5 Modulation characteristic

3.3 UNIQUE IDENTIFIER

3.4 MSLS RECEIVER REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE A AND TYPE B SYSTEMS

3.4.1 Reference sensitivity

3.4.2 Conducted interference test

3.5 MSLS LOCATOR REQUIRMENTS

3.5.1 Sensitivity

3.5.2 Directivity

3.5.3 Conducted interference test

APPENDIX A - CLIMATIC AND DURABILITY TESTS FOR MSLS TRANSMITTERS, RECEIVERS AND LOCATORS

A1 MSLS TRANSMITTERS

A1.1 Environmental

A1.2 Compass safe distance test

A2 MSLS RECEIVERS AND MSLS LOCATORS

A2.1 Environmental

A2.2 Compass safe distance test