13
8.0
RECOMMNENDE
D SARF
INDER®
SEA
TRIAL
TEST
PROCEDURE
Each
SARf
inder
® i
s
t
aken
t
hrough
a se
ries
o
f
tests
before
it i
s
si
gned
o
ff
r
eady
for
despatch
: s
ystem
a
ccuracy,
si
gn
al
strength
check,
sys
tem
function
ch
eck/alarm
a
ctivation
.
These
t
ests
are
p
erformed
a
s
fo
llows:
1. I
n
h
ouse
t
es
t
on
si
mulator
to
si
mulate
d
ifferen
t
ranges
a
nd
t
ransmitted
p
ower.
2. O
utside
tes
t
ove
r
0.25
mile
with
100
m
W
PLB
fitted
t
o
lif
ejacke
t
worn
b
y
a t
echnician.
3. O
utside
t
es
t
ove
r 1 mil
e
wit
h
100mW
PLB
fitted
t
o
lif
ejac
ket
worn
b
y
a t
echnician.
4. O
utside
t
es
t
ove
r 2 mil
es
with
500mW
PLB
fitted
t
o
lif
ejac
ket
worn
b
y
a t
echnician.
It
is
recommended
that
a
“set”
tes
t
and
trainin
g
procedure,
at
se
a
is
carried
ou
t
at
regu
lar
intervals
to
familiarise
crew
members
with
t
he
p
arameters
o
f
y
ou
r
system
.
Se
a Tr
ial
R
ecommended
Procedure
1.
Ma
ke s
ure
t
he
P
LB
(Tes
t
frequency,
Gre
en
ca
se
)
is
fitt
ed
t
o
a
lifejacket
o
r
mar
ker b
uoy
and
a
weight
added
so
that
t
he
lifejacket/buoy
a
llows
t
he
antenna
to
b
e
p
ositioned
at
an
a
ngle
o
f
b
etween
45
degrees
t
o
90
degrees
.
This
will
gi
ve
t
he
preferred
angle
for
the
b
eacon
t
o
transm
it
at
op
timum p
ower.
Also
mak
e
sure t
he
b
atteries
a
re
in go
od
work
in
g o
rder.
2.
Switch
on
t
he
SARfinder®-
Press
a
nd
h
old
t
he
ON/OFF
button.
3.
Press
TONE
D
ETECT
(this
will
cance
l all b
ackground
n
oise).
4.
Sele
ct
FREQUENCY
to
match
t
he
fre
quency
of
t
he
t
es
t
beacon.
5.
Arm
t
he
PLB a
nd
t
hrow
t
he
lif
ejacket
overboard
(the
PLB
wi
ll a
uto-activate
a
f
ter 2
to
5
seconds
d
ependin
g o
n
t
he
mode
l).
Providin
g t
he
PLB
is
f
u
lly
submerged
en
ab
ling
the
wat
e
r
pins
mak
e
t
he
circu
it.
6.
When
a
n
SOS
Sign
al
is
r
eceived
t
he
MOB
alarms
will
t
rigge
r
and
the
L
EDs
o
n
the
d
isplay
will flash
on
a
nd
o
ff.
7.
Press
RESET
af
ter
the
alarm
h
as s
ounded
for
few
seconds,
this
will ca
nce
l t
he
a
larms
a
nd
p
u
t
the
SARf
inder®
into
trackin
g mod
e
.
You
r
un
it
will
now
be
gin
displayin
g
the
d
irection
o
f
t
he
SOS s
ignal,
it will t
ake
a fe
w
seconds
t
o
ca
lcula
te
the
b
earin
g co
rrectly.
Howeve
r
if
y
ou
a
re
t
oo
clo
se
t
he
Sa
rfinde
r
receive
r
may
b
e
s
wamped
a
nd
a little d
istance
may b
e
required.
8.
Bring
the
v
esse
l a
round
so
the
SOS
direction
ORANGE
LE
D is
ahead,
ch
e
ck
the
d
irection
b
earin
g in r
elation
t
o
PLB
. If th
e
bearin
g is u
nstable
p
ress
t
he
RESET
button
t
o
cle
ar
a
ny
b
earin
g error.
To
co
mpletely
r
ese
t
the
sys
tem
p
ress
t
he
TONE
DETECT
button
so
the
u
n
it
re-arms
a
nd
r
eactivates
when
a SOS s
ign
al
is
r
eceived
.
Then
p
ress
the
RESET
button
t
o
p
u
t
the
u
n
it
back
into
t
rackin
g
mode.
9.
Chec
k
the
Re
ceived
Si
gn
al
Strength
I
ndicato
r
(RS
SI) t
his
will
t
e
ll y
ou
t
he
a
pproximate
r
ange
o
f
t
he
PLB,
t
he
fu
rthe
r
away
you
mov
e
fro
m
t
he
PLB
the
f
ewe
r
green
ligh
ts
will il
luminate.
10.
Repeat
t
his
p
rocess
at
ranges
0.5 mil
e,
1
mile,
1.5 mil
es,
2 mil
es
a
nd
continue
un
til
you
l
ose
t
he
s
ignal
.
This
will a
llow
you
t
o
d
etermine
t
he
p
arameters
o
f
y
ou
r
system
;
this
wi
l
l v
ary
a
ccordin
g t
o
p
lacemen
t
of
t
he
antenn
a
and
we
athe
r
conditions.
11.
When
y
ou
a
re
r
eady
t
o
affe
ct
recovery
move
t
owards
t
he
targe
t
checkin
g t
he
RSSI. W
hen
the
t
arge
t
is
very
clo
se
all f
our
GREEN
RSS
I
LEDs
will
b
e
illu
minated.
12.
Slow
t
he
v
esse
l d
own
t
o
a co
uple
o
f
k
nots.
13.
The
a
head
b
earin
g
LE
D
is
ORANGE
to
in
d
icate y
ou
a
re
a
imin
g s
traight
t
owards
t
he
t
arget
14.
When
t
he
centra
l
RED
RSI
light
(the
h
ead
o
f
t
he
little re
d
m
an
in t
he
mid
dle
o
f
t
he
SARf
inde
r
logo
)
begins
to
f
lash
y
ou
will
b
e
within
a
ppro
x.
100-200m
o
f
t
he
target.
15.
Stee
r
around
and
p
ast
the
t
arget
by
15
°
(1
bearin
g
LED)
this
me
ans
y
ou
will n
o
t
collide
with
t
he
target
in
t
he
wat
er.
Prepare
y
ou
r
crew
for
recover
y
of
the
target.
16.
The
t
arge
t
LE
D o
n
t
he
relative
b
earin
g
display
will n
ow
mo
ve
q
uickly
a
round
t
he
d
isplay
a
s
t
he
v
esse
l
moves
a
longside
and
p
ast
the
t
arget.
Turn
t
he
v
esse
l b
ack
a
round
t
owards
t
he
t
arge
t
at
very
l
ow
speed.
17.
Recove
r
the
target
from
t
he
wate
r
and
sw
itch
o
ff
t
he
P
LB.
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