Ocean Signal RescueMe EPIRB3, User Manual

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OWNER DETAILS
Name
Vessel
CONTACT
Tel.
Email
BEACON REGISTRATION
!
It is the owner’s responsibility to register
this beacon with the appropriate National
Authority before operation.
Documentation is provided within the packaging with
information regarding registration with the relevant
body to comply with the required configuration of the
beacon.
ATTACH YOUR BEACON DETAILS HERE
Category 2
406MHz EPIRB
(With AIS and RLS)
IN CASE OF EMERGENC Y
USE ONLY IN SITUA TIONS OF GRAVE AND IMMINENT D ANGER
MANUAL ACTIV ATION
NOTE: Remove the rubber lany ard c over and tie the lany ard t o the life r aft or your per son
to pr event l oss. DO NO T tie to a v essel in that is in danger of sinking.
NOTE: Once r emoved fr om the brack et the EPIRB3 will automatic ally activ ate when plac ed
in the water . To deactiv ate r emove fr om the water .
6. Specifications
406MHz Transmitter
Transmit Power (EIRP) 12W
Frequency 406.031 MHz ±1KHz
Modulation Phase ±1.1 Radians (16K0G1D)
Encoding Biphase L
Rate 400 bps
AIS Transmitter
Transmit Power (EIRP) 1Watt±3dB
Frequency 161.975/162.025MHz ±500Hz
Baud rate 9600baud
Synchronisation UTC
Messages Message 1 (Position), Message 14 (Status)
Repetition interval 8 messages/minute
Message 14 sent twice every 4 minutes
121.5MHz Transmitter
Transmit Power (PERP) 50mW±3dB
Frequency 121.5 MHz
Modulation Duty Cycle >35%
Modulation Factor 0.85 to1.00
Frequency Stability ±50ppm
Duty Cycle >98%
Strobe and Night Vision Lights
Light Type High Intensity LED & Infrared (IR)
Light Colour White and IR
Average Intensity Visible >1 candela
Average Intensity Night Vision Light 15mW/sr
Flash Rate 24 per minute (nom.)
Battery
Type Lithium Iron Disulphide (LiFeS2)
Operating Time >48Hours @ -20°C
Battery Replacement Period 10 years
GNSS Receiver
Satellite Channels 72 acquisition
Sensitivity -167dBm
Cold Start / Re-acquisition -148dBm / -160dBm
GNSS Antenna Microstrip Patch
General
Dimensions of EPIRB (Inc. antenna) 410mm x 90mm x 101mm
(16.1 x 3.5 x 3.9 in.)
Weight (EPIRB Only) 422grams (0.92lbs)
IEC60945 Category Portable
Operating Temperature Class 2 -20C to +55C
Storage Temperature Class 2 -30C to +70C
Waterproof (EPIRB) 10m depth for 1 hour
Expected Life (EPIRB and Bracket) In excess of 10 years
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Full y ext end the antenna
Break off the t ab
Pres s the button
1
Remove fr om the brack et
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Lift the flap
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1. ABOUT Y OUR AIS EPIRB
1.1 COSP AS/SARSAT Sys tem
The basic Cospas-Sarsat c oncept is illus trat ed in the
adjacent figur e. The System is c omposed of:
• distr ess r adio beacons (EL Ts f or aviation
use, EPIRBs for maritime use, and PLBs f or
personal use) which tr ansmit signals during
distr ess situations
• instruments on boar d satellit es in geosta -
tionary and low-altitude Earth orbits which
detect the signals tr ansmitted by dis tres s
radio beac ons
• ground r eceiving s tations, r eferr ed to as Loc al Users T erminals (LUT s), which rec eive and
proc ess the sat ellite do wnlink signal to gener ate dis tres s alerts
• Mission Contr ol Center s (MCCs) which rec eive al erts produc ed by LUT s and forwar d them to
Rescue Coordination Cent ers (RCCs), Sear ch and Rescue Points Of Cont acts (SPOCs) or other
MCCs
The Cospas-Sarsat Sys tem includes tw o types of satellit es:
• satellit es in low-altitude Earth orbit (LEO) which f orm the LEOSAR System
• satellit es in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) which f orm the GEOSAR System
The future Cospas-Sar sat System will include a ne w type of satellit e in the medium-altitude Earth
orbit (MEO) which will form the MEOSAR Sys tem.
1.2 Return Link Service
The Galileo Return Link Servic e (RLS) is a free-of-char ge global servic e availabl e to Cospas-Sar sat
RLS compatibl e beacons. The ne w functionality, curr ently off ered uniquel y by Galileo, enabl es a
communic ation link that relays Return Link Mes sages (RLM) back to the originating beac on through
the Galileo Navigation Signal in Spac e.
The RLS featur e is an indication on the EPIRB3 that c onfirms to the User that the dis tres s signal from
the EPIRB3 has been loc alised by the Cospas-Sarsat sys tem and is being sent t o the SAR authorities.
It does NOT mean that a sear ch and rescue mis sion has been launched, but only c onfirms that the
distr ess al ert has been rec eived by the Cospas-Sar sat system and is being r outed t o the appropriat e
SAR agencies. The RLS aims to send an ackno wledgment t o the beacon within 30 minut es foll owing
activation (the r esponse may not be rec eived by the beac on for signific antly l onger). RLS is an optional
function and may not be permitted in all c ountries. The full RLS specification c an be found her e:
https://gsc-europa.eu/sit es/default/fil es/sites/all/fil es/Galileo-SAR-SDD.pdf
1.3 AIS System
AIS systems oper ate on VHF r adio bands and transc eiver s are fitt ed to all c ommercial shipping and an
ever gr owing number of r ecreational v essels gl obally. On activ ation an AIS EPIRB devic e will activat e
an alarm on all AIS equipped ves sels within VHF range al erting them to the f act that a person is in the
water needing as sistanc e. Often it is a v essel in the cl ose
vicinity of an incident that is able t o react and eff ect a
rescue quick er than the emergency servic es.
Emergency servic e craft ar e fitted with AIS r eceiv ers
allowing them t o pinpoint a casualty in the wat er more
precisel y than any other system. Emer gency service cr aft
are fitt ed with AIS rec eiver s allowing them t o pinpoint
a casualty in the wat er more pr ecisely than any other
system.
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