13.5 Radar installations
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13.5 Radar installations

  13.5.1 Craft shall be provided with at least one azimuth-stabilized radar operating on 9 GHz.

  13.5.2 Craft of 500 gross tonnage and upwards or craft certified to carry more than 450 passengers shall also be provided with a 3 GHz radar or, where considered appropriate by the Administration, a second 9 GHz radar or, other means to determine and display the range and bearing of other surface craft, obstructions, buoys, shorelines and navigational marks to assist in navigation and in collision avoidance, which are functionally independent of those referred to in 13.5.1.

  13.5.3 At least one radar shall be provided with facilities for an ARPA or ATA suitable for the motion and speed of the craft.

  13.5.4 Adequate communication facilities shall be provided between the radar observer and the person in immediate charge of the craft.

  13.5.5 Each radar installation provided shall be suitable for the intended craft speed, motion characteristics and commonly encountered environmental conditions.

  13.5.6 Each radar installation shall be mounted so as to be as free as practicable from vibration.

Parent topic: Chapter 13 - Shipborne navigational systems and equipment and voyage data recorders
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