What are Search and Rescue Radar Transponders (SARTs)?
The GMDSS installation on ships include one or more search and rescue radar transponders, devices which are used to locate survival craft or distressed vessels by creating a series of dots on a rescuing ship’s 3 cm radar display. The detection range between these devices and ships, dependent upon the height of the ship’s radar mast and the height of the SART, is normally less than about ten miles.
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- What are Search and Rescue Radar Transponders (SARTs)?
