NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

NOAA 17 SARR Subsystem Summary

Component Description Status
121 RECEIVERSearch and Rescue Repeater 121.5MHz ReceiverBlue
121/243 ANTENNA121/243 receive antennaGreen
243 RECEIVERSearch and Rescue Repeater 243 receiverBlue
406 ANTENNA406 receive antennaGreen
406 RECEIVERSearch and Rescue Repeater 406MHz receiverGreen
PTCPower Temperature ConverterGreen
TRANSMITTERSearch and Rescue TransmitterGreen


Subsystem History:

Date Time Component Description
03/18/201313:04:00 Set attenuation on PDS A at 15dB
03/11/201313:00:00 Set attenuation on PDS A at 10dB
03/04/201313:00:00 Set attenuation on PDS A at 5dB
02/25/201313:00:00406 RECEIVERTurn off 406 Reciever
12/01/201112:00:30TRANSMITTEREnabled SARR TX A
11/30/201120:00:00TRANSMITTERDisabled SARR TX A
11/22/201110:00:00TRANSMITTEREnabled SARR TX A
11/22/201106:20:00TRANSMITTERDisabled SARR TX A
02/01/200912:00:00121 RECEIVERSARR 121 & 243 MHz receivers decommissioned per COSPAS-SARSAT international mandate.
02/01/200912:00:00243 RECEIVERSARR 121 & 243 MHz receivers decommissioned per COSPAS-SARSAT international mandate.
10/02/200216:10:00406 RECEIVERLAST P/L OV Test SARR 406 MhZ receivers changed from FIX GAIN (10 d/b) to AGC mode, A-SIDE
10/02/200214:30:00121 RECEIVERSARR 121.5 MhZ receivers changed from FIX GAIN (5 d/b) to AGC mode, A-SIDE
10/02/200214:30:00243 RECEIVERSARR 243 MhZ receivers changed from FIX GAIN (5 d/b) to AGC mode, A-SIDE
09/03/200220:10:00406 RECEIVERSARR 406 Mhz receivers changed to FIX GAIN (10 d/b) from AGC
09/03/200215:15:00121 RECEIVERSARR 121.5 Mhz receivers changed to FIX GAIN (5 d/b) from AGC
06/27/200222:48:00 SARR turned On""
06/24/200218:56:00121 RECEIVEROn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00243 RECEIVEROn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00406 RECEIVEROn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00121/243 ANTENNAOn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00406 ANTENNAOn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00TRANSMITTEROn Orbit
06/24/200218:56:00PTCOn Orbit