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What is SART or Search and Rescue Radar Transponder?

June 24, 2016
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  • It is use to locate the ship in distress or their survivors.
  • Installed on easy accessible position
  • It operates in 9 GHz frequency band.
  • Any X-Band (3 cm) radar within the range of 10 miles may trigger SART .It generates line of 20 blips on radar outward from its position along line of bearing on PPI.
  • At 1 mile Blips dot change into wide arcs and as approaches more near Blips dot change into complete circles.
  • Battery capacity in stand-by condition = 96 hours and when transmission interrogated with radar = 8 hours
  • Operating temperature = -20°C to +55°C
How radar functions when SART is detected?

The following settings of Radar are changed as:

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