ITR04EX

Key features

• Reliable Frequency Agile Racon in accordance with IALA and IMO specifications
• Low cost of ownership and power consumption
• Designed to work in conjunction with the Navaid Central Control Panel (NCCP) concept
• Built-in self test and self calibration capabilities ensuring low unattended service
• Possibility to activate the side lobe suppression (SLS on X and S band) function and choose duty operation cycles (Orga service engineer only)
• Measures and answers each detected ship’s radar pulse (except for the wake-up pulse) and answers simultaneous to several radars

Standards/Certification

• Complies with IALA recommendation; R-101 Marine Radar Beacons (racons), 2nd Edition – Dec. 2004
• Complies with IMO resolution; A.615(15) Radar beacons and transponders, Nov. 1987
• Complies with ITU-R recommendation; M.824-2 Technical parameters for radar beacons, Annex 1
• Cenelec EN 50014, EN 50018,
  EN 50019, EN 60079-0, EN 60079-1 and EN 60079-7
• KEMA 06ATEX0018; Ex II 2G Ex de llB T6,

Physical characteristics

• Dimensions (L x W x H):
  379 x 268 x 856mm
• Weight: 30kg
• Degree of protection: IP66
• Operating temperature range: –20°C to +40°C
• Material housing: stainless steel 316 and impact resistant synthetic antenna dome fitted with anti bird spike to prevent bird fouling
• Material junction box: glass-reinforced polyester

Electrical characteristics

• Operating Voltage: 10 to 32Vdc
• Power consumption: Max. 15W peak
• Stand-by current:
  Max. 20mA @ 12Vdc (with X and S bands in operation)
• Listening current:
  Max. 100mA @ 12Vdc (with X and S bands in operation)
• Operating current:
  Max. 1300mA @ 12Vdc (with X and S bands in operation)

Performance characteristics

• Frequency range: X band (9,300-9,500MHz) / S band (2,900-3,100MHz)
• Reception: X and S bands independently
• Detected pulse widths:
  50 to 2,000nsec
• Receiver sensitivity: -40dBm,
  X band (adjustable) / -35dBm, S band (adjustable)
• Response delay: 670nsec and <700nsec typical
• Transmission: X and S bands
• Frequency response accuracy:
  +/- 1.5MHz if pulse with >200ns +/- 3.5 MHz if pulse with <200nsec
• Side Lobe Suppression: Independent in X and S bands
• Transmission power: 1.0W minimum, X band / 1.0W minimum, S band
• Code answers: Programmable, 15 letters of Morse code in compliance with IMO A.530(13)
• Answer duration: Selected by user (6 to 60microsec)
• Duty cycles: Programmable, active from 0 to 60sec, idle from 0 to 60sec

System design, control and monitoring

• All parameters are factory preset, with re-programming of the internal software in order to make future upgrades possible (Orga service engineer only)
• Default parameters: Serial link RS-232 for programming and maintenance (Orga service engineer only)
• Output logical: 3-state digital output, open collector X-band fault, S-band fault, power supply fault
• Logical input: beacon inhibition for VTS (Vessel Traffic Service)
• Antenna polarization: Horizontal and vertical polarization in S band / Vertical in X band
• Antenna gain (pan): +/- 2dB in X band and S band over 360°
• Antenna gain (tilt): +/- 3dB in X band and S band over 15°