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400MHz SATELLITE EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon JQE-3A

400MHz SATELLITE EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon JQE-3A
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400MHz SATELLITE EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon JQE-3A - 1

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon Designed in compliance with the carriage requirements for the (iMI)SS The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) developed by International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a global maritime communi- cations system using the latest digital and satellite communication technologies in order to improve the safety of life and ships at sea. The COSPAS/SARSAT search and rescue (SAR) system constitutes a key part of the GMDSS. It provides an automatic distress monitoring service on emergency frequencies, including the 406MHz frequency transmitted from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon The 406MHz satellite EPIRB, when it is thrown into water from a vessel or automatically released from the bracket in distress, automatically emits the 406MHz emergency signal, which the COSPAS/SARSAT satellite receives and relays to a Local User's Terminal (LUT) on 1.5GHz. The LUT decodes the signal information including the location of the EPIRB and transmits it to a Rescue Co-ordination Center (RCC) for quick start of SAR operations by aircraft and vessels. The JQE-3A is a float-free compact type EPIRB designed to emit the 406MHz emergency signal and the 121.5MHz homing signal in accordance with IMO/CCIR and COSPAS/SARSAT regu-

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400MHz SATELLITE EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon JQE-3A - 2

• The emergency transmission on 406MHz includes a digitally encoded message containing the ship's identity and nationality, thereby enabling an RCC to quickly catch the distress information. The ship's location can be determined with an accuracy of 2 to • The JQE-3A incorporates a 121.5MHz emergency transmitter to emit a homing signal to the search and rescue aircraft in the immediate vicinity of the ship in distress. • The JQE-3A is automatically released from the float-free release bracket under water pressure at a depth of less than 4 meters to float to the surface for continuous...

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