3.13 Operation

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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.64(67) - Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards - (Adopted on 4 December 1996) - Annex 4 - Recommendation on Performance Standards for Radar Equipment. LR Note: See also MSC.192(79) - 3 Radar - 3.13 Operation

3.13 Operation

3.13.1 Availability

After switching on from cold the equipment should become fully operational within 4 min.

A stand-by condition should be provided from which the equipment can be brought to an operational condition within 15 s.

3.13.2 Controls

Operational controls should be accessible and easy to identify and use. Controls should be identified and easy to operate.^footnote

The equipment should be capable of being switched on and off and operated from the master display position.

It should be possible to vary the brilliance of the fixed range rings and the variable range markers and electronic bearing lines and to remove them independently and completely from the display.

For radars with additional synthetic information (e.g. target identifiers, vectors, navigational information) means should be provided capable of removing this additional information from the screen.

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