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Beacon Testing

marine-pic.jpgTÜV SÜD Product Service is one of only five approved laboratories in the world that is authorised to perform search and rescue beacon testing on behalf of Cospas-Sarsat, the international distress alert and location system that uses satellites to detect and locate the signals of distress beacons.

We are authorised to undertake a range of distress beacon testing, such as emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) for aviation use, emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) for marine use,Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) and search and rescue transponders (SARTs).

Our UKAS accreditation (ref 0141) [ PDF 267 kB ] enables us to perform type approval work on a wide range of equipment operating at 406 MHz, 243 MHz and 121.5 MHz. We also undertake many other regulatory tests, addressing the various EU Directives (MED, R&TTE) and requirements of international bodies, such as Industry Canada, RTCM and FCC.

TÜV SÜD Product Service provides a full range of testing, certification, consulting and training solutions and has considerable marine experience in:

  1. Radio Testing
  2. Environmental Testing
  3. Certification
  1. EMC Testing
  2. Consulting

Download our Beacon Testing brochure here. [ PDF 1878 kB ]

 

Benefits of using TÜV SÜD Product Service for beacon testing

  • Our testing facility is equipped to undertake all your beacon compliance needs.
  • We provide accredited testing to a wide range of international standards, including Cospas-Sarsat.
  • You will receive a high standard of customer service and project management.

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Call now to see how we can help you on +44 (0)1489 558100 or email us on info@tuvps.co.uk

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