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[接上页] (d) Motor lifeboat fixed radiotelegraph installations and portable radio equipment for survival craft shall be tested at least once every 7 days using suitable artificial antennae. (e) Batteries forming part of a motor lifeboat 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. 3. Monthly (a) Motor lifeboat fixed radiotelephone installations and portable radio equipment for survival craft shall be tested at least once a month using an antenna provided with the installation or equipment. In the case of motor lifeboat fixed radiotelegraph installations, the test shall, where practicable, be carried out with the lifeboat floating in the sea. (b) Batteries providing a source of energy for any part of the radio installation shall be tested at least once a month by means of a hydrometer where practicable, or, where a hydrometer cannot be used, by a suitable load test. A check shall also be made of the security of the battery and its connections and the condition of the battery and its compartment. 4. Annually Survival craft emergency position-indicating radio beacons shall be inspected, tested and, if necessary, have their source of energy replaced at least once every 12 months : provided that the interval may be extended to a maximum of 17 months to permit the inspection to take place concurrently with a radio survey. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AP Sched 3 RADIO LOG-RADIOTELEPHONE SHIP [regulation 21(2)] PART A The radio log-book, the form of which is at Part B below, is compiled in two sections which shall be completed in accordance with the following- Section A-Particulars of the radiotelephone operators on board. Section B-Diary of the radio service. Every radiotelephone operator shall, when keeping radio watch, enter in the radio log- (a) the name of the radiotelephone operator and the times at which the watch commences and ends; (b) the times at which radio watch is for any reason discontinued, together with the reason and the time at which radio watch is resumed; (c) a summary of communications exchanged between the ship station and coast stations or other ship stations, including the serial numbers and the dates of any messages passed; (d) a summary of all communications relating to distress, urgency and safety traffic; (e) a record of all incidents connected with the radio service, including the radiotelephone installation and the VHF radiotelephone installations, which occur during the watch and appear to be of importance to safety of life at sea; (f) details of the test |