What are carriage requirements of Radar as per SOLAS?

ARPA – To be incorporated in one Radar equipment on ships of 10000 GT and over. The second unit must incorporate ATA if not ARPA.

Summary of minimum Radar requirements:

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Automatic Tracking Aid (ATA) :-

ATA equipment enables manual acquisition and automatic tracking and display of at least 10 targets.

Electronic Plotting Aid (EPA):-

 EPA equipment enables electronic plotting of at least 10 targets, but without automatic tracking.

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