This part of IEC 61993 spécifies the performance requirements, technical characteristics, operational requirements, methods of testing and required test results for shipborne automatic transponder system installations using VHF digital selective calling (DSC) techniques and is associated with IEC 60945. When a requirement in this standard is différent from IEC 60945, the requirement in this standard shall take precedence. The shipborne transponder installation is intended to assist in the efficient opération of ship- reporting systems and vessel traffic services (VTS) by enabling operators to identify, poll and automatically locate and track ships when they are approaching, entering and sailing within the limits of a ship-reporting system. The system may also be used for the identification of ships by a ship and ships by aircraft. A description of the system is given in annex C. This standard incorporâtes the technical characteristics included in ITU-R Recommendation M.825 for transponder systems using DSC and the technical characteristics included in ITU-R Recommendation M.489 for VHF radiotéléphone equipment; incorporâtes the technical characteristics of DSC equipment and the operational procedures for its use contained in Recommendations ITU-R M.493 and ITU-R M.541; incorporâtes applicable parts of the performance standards of IMO Résolution A.803 for shipborne VHF radio installations; takes account of IMO Resolution A.694 for general requirements; and conforms with the International Télécommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations where applicable. This standard for a transponder system is not intended to meet the requirements for a universal automatic identification system (AIS) , as detailed in IMO Resolution MSC.74 (69) annex 3. All text in this standard whose meaning complies with that in the normative references, namely IMO Resolution A.803 (19) and ITU-R Recommendations M.825, M.489, M.493 and M.541 is followed by a reference to the source (number of IMO Resolution or ITU-R Recommendation and paragraph number) in brackets.

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