APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING EMERGENCY RADIO BEACONS IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT

This report documents the first phase in the development of Emergency Radio Beacons (ERBs) for the marine environment. This first phase consisted of testing and analyzing existing Radio Beacons in order to propare performance specifications for ERBs and associated DF/Homers. This study answered the questions: Are existing Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) applicable in a marine environment. If they are not applicable what changes are required. Are there any technical limitations. What type of DF/Homing equipment should be used. Appendices A and B contain the initial performance specifications for the ERBs and DF/Homers. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Operations Research, Incorporated

  1400 Spring Street
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20910

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Feinberg, E
  • Pieper, A
  • Prisekin, C
  • Selz, G
• Publication Date: 1975-4-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication; Emergency radio equipment; Radio beacons; Safety; Search and rescue operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Safety communications
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128222
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-110-75 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-43019-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1975 12:00AM