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The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992
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- 1992 No. 3
- SCHEDULE 4
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2. Weekly
(a)The reserve radiotelegraph transmitter shall be tested at least once every seven days using the main antenna and, if provided, the reserve antenna.
(b)The radiotelegraph alarm signal keying device shall be tested at least once every seven days using a transmitter set to low power, tuned to a frequency other than the radiotelegaph distress frequency and connected to a suitable artificial antenna.
(c)The radiotelephone alarm signal generating device shall be tested at least once every seven days using the means provided in accordance with regulation 30(7)(a).
(d)Motor life-boat fixed radiotelegraph installations and portable radio equipment for survival craft shall be tested at least once every seven days using suitable artificial antennas.
(e)Batteries forming part of a motor life-boat fixed radiotelegraph installation and survival craft portable radio equipment shall be tested weekly and, where appropriate, brought up to the fully charged condition. Where non-rechargeable batteries are provided in survival craft portable radio equipment as a source of energy, the expiry date of the batteries shall be checked and the batteries replaced when necessary.
(f)Batteries forming part of a two-way radiotelephone apparatus for survival craft shall be tested weekly and, where appropriate, brought up to the fully charged condition. Where non-rechargeable batteries are provided as a source of energy the batteries shall be checked and replaced if necessary.
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