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SAIT motor lifeboat station DSCI1972

SAIT Electronics

transceiver UGF 192

sts "Rotterdam" PHEG

motorlifeboat radiostation

using

radio telegraphy, radio telephony

 

transmitting on the

emergency frequencies 2182 kHz 8364 kHz 500 kHz

 

Built-in dummy antenne for transmitter tests

 

manual key,

telephone handset

autokeyer for telephony alarmsignal and telegraphy alarmsignal,

 

MF and IF HF receiver,

 

power unit

 

SOLAS

Regulation 14

Radio apparatus and searchlights in motor lifeboats

 

(a)

(i) Where the total number of persons on board a passenger ship engaged on international voyages which are not short international voyages, a ship employed as a whale factory ship, a ship employed as a fish processing or canning factory ship or a ship engaged in the carriage of persons employed in the whaling, fish processing or canning industries, is more than 199 but less than 1,500,

a radiotelegraph apparatus complying with the requirements set out in this Regulation and in Regulation 13 of Chapter IV shall be fitted in at least one of the motor lifeboats required under Regulation 8 of this Chapter to be carried in that ship.

(ii) Where the total number of persons on board such a ship is 1,500 or more, such a radiotelegraph apparatus shall be fitted in every motor lifeboat required under Regulation 8 of this Chapter to be carried in that ship.

 

(b) The radio apparatus shall be installed in a cabin large enough to accommodate both the

equipment and the person using it.

 

(c) The arrangements shall be such that the efficient operation of the transmitter and receiver shall not be interfered with by the engine while it is running, whether a battery is on charge or not.

 

(d) The radio battery shall not be used to supply power to any engine starting motor or ignition system.

 

(e) The motor lifeboat engine shall be fitted with a dynamo for recharging the radio battery, and for other services.

 

(f) A searchlight shall be fitted in each motor lifeboat required to be carried under paragraph (a) of

Regulation 8 of this Chapter in passenger ships and under paragraph (c) of that Regulation in ships

employed as whale factory ships, fish processing or canning factory ships and ships engaged in the

carriage of persons employed in the whaling, fish processing or canning industries.

 

(g) The searchlight shall include a lamp of at least 80 watts, an efficient reflector and a source of

power which will give effective illumination of a light-coloured object having a width of about 18

metres (60 feet) at a distance of 180 metres (200 yards) for a total period of six hours and shall be

capable of working for at least three hours continuously.

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Taken on May 27, 2008