SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004

• Abstract:

  Restrictions concerning accessories and additional functions limiting the overall safety in the use of an avalanche rescue transceiver. In order to ensure the safe use of avalanche rescue transceivers in the future, the implementation of certain functions additional to the standard receive and transmit operation must be prohibited.

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2004
• ICS: 13.200 - Accident and disaster control
• ICS: 33.060.20 - Receiving and transmitting equipment
• ICS: 33.100.01 - Electromagnetic compatibility in general
• Technical Committee: RES - Radio equipment and systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Jul-2004
• Due Date: 01-Jul-2004
• Completion Date: 01-Jul-2004
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
  OJ Ref: DATUM UMIKA SKLICA 30.9.2019
• Directive:

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  TRRTP124 - Splošni akt o načrtu uporabe radijskih frekvenc (NURF-4)
• Mandate: M/284
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1 (2004-02) - Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Avalanche Beacons; Transmitter-receiver systems; Part 3: Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.3e of the R&TTE Directive

• Official Journal Project Relation: SIST EN 300 718-3:2001 - Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum matters (ERM); Avalanche Beacons; Transmitter-receiver systems; Part 3: Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.3e of the R&TTE Directive
• Effective Date: 24-Nov-2009

SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 is the Slovenian adoption of ETSI EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1, a harmonized European standard for avalanche beacons or avalanche rescue transceivers. It specifies the safety-related environmental and operational requirements for portable transmitter-receiver systems used to locate avalanche victims on 457 kHz, for manufacturers, test laboratories, and conformity assessors working under the R&TTE Directive.

What does SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 specify?

SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 covers avalanche beacons as portable radio systems for direct rescue in snowy, arctic, or similar areas. It is the part of the ETSI multi-part series that focuses on the essential requirements of article 3.3e of the R&TTE Directive, so it is about features that support safe rescue use.

The document is organized into:

• Scope
• References
• Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
• Environmental conformance requirement specifications
• Technical conformance requirement specifications
• Measurement uncertainties
• Annex A, the EN Requirements Table
• Annex B, the EN title in official languages

Annex	What it covers
Annex A	A normative EN Requirements Table used as a conformity checklist
Annex B	The EN title in the official languages

The standard points to EN 300 718-1 for most test methods and limit values, and it notes that other ENs may apply for other parts of the R&TTE essential requirements.

What are the key requirements of SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004?

SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 requires the equipment to survive environmental tests before other checks are run. In practice, this means a beacon has to be tested for drop, temperature, and immersion behavior while powered from its internal battery when electrical tests are involved.

Environmental performance

Clause 4 requires conformance testing for:

• drop test on a hard surface
• temperature tests
• immersion test

Each test uses the procedures and pass criteria from EN 300 718-1. For a buyer or engineer, this is the evidence that the beacon is intended to keep functioning after rough handling, cold exposure, and water contact.

Operational design

Clause 5.1.1 requires transmitter and receiver functions in one portable unit that can be attached to the user’s body. The unit must include the transmitter-receiver with antenna(s) and battery, a control unit with an on/off switch, and a means of showing received-signal information to the user. Extra functions are allowed only if they do not prevent the beacon from meeting the standard during normal combined operation.

Radio performance

Clause 5.2 covers the radio behavior that matters in a rescue scenario:

• maintaining the transmit mode
• battery check
• minimum output field strength (H-field)
• receiver sensitivity
• changes in the received signal

These items are defined, tested, and limited by reference to EN 300 718-1. In practice, this means the beacon must continue to transmit properly, allow battery status checking, emit a usable field strength, and receive weak signals reliably.

Measurement control

Clause 6 sets measurement uncertainty expectations for the test system and requires the uncertainty value to be included in the test report. This matters because conformity decisions depend on measured results being reliable enough to compare with the limits.

Static conformity checklist

Annex A lists the EN Requirements Table (EN-RT) and marks each requirement as mandatory. That makes it useful as a conformity checklist during design review, testing, or certification planning.

What terms does SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 define?

Environmental profile - the range of environmental conditions in which the equipment must still comply with the standard.

H-field - the magnetic component of the field, expressed as current per unit length in the document’s definitions.

R&TTE - Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment, the directive framework this standard is written for.

RF - Radio Frequency, used for radio-related measurements and requirements.

A1A - an ITU Radio Regulations emission class symbol used in the symbols list.

Who uses SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004?

Manufacturers of avalanche rescue transceivers use this standard when designing the product and selecting tests. Test laboratories use it to run environmental and radio conformance testing. Conformity assessment bodies and regulators use it as a harmonized EN for the R&TTE framework. Buyers, quality managers, and safety engineers use it to check whether a beacon is built for the intended rescue function and whether extra features could interfere with that function.

What changed in SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 from the previous edition?

The document history lists V1.1.1 as an earlier publication and V1.2.1 as the edition published in February 2004. The history entry does not state the detailed technical changes.

Which standards are used with SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004?

EN 300 718-1 provides the technical characteristics, test methods, and the detailed procedures and limit values that this part references throughout Clauses 4 to 6.

EN 300 718-2 is the companion harmonized EN for article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive, so it covers spectrum-related requirements alongside this article 3.3e part.

ETR 028 is used for calculating and interpreting measurement uncertainties.

ITU Radio Regulations provide the emission-class symbol referenced in the definitions.

Directive 1999/5/EC and Commission Decision 2001/148/EC provide the regulatory basis for the harmonized standard.

What does the SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004 document contain?

The document contains a short set of environmental tests, a smaller set of operational and radio conformance requirements, and a clause on measurement uncertainty. It also includes the EN Requirements Table in Annex A, which is meant to be copied and completed during conformity assessment. The structure is practical: test the enclosure and environmental robustness first, then verify transmit/receive behavior, then record uncertainty in the test report.

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.77(Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Avalanche Beacons; Transmitter-receiver systems; Part 3: Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.3e of the R&TTE Directive33.100.01Elektromagnetna združljivost na splošnoElectromagnetic compatibility in general33.060.20Sprejemna in oddajna opremaReceiving and transmitting equipment13.200NDWDVWURIAccident and disaster controlICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 300 718-3 Version 1.2.1SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004en01-julij-2004SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004SLOVENSKI
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Contents Intellectual Property Rights.4 Foreword.4 Introduction.5 1 Scope.7 2 References.7 3 Definitions, abbreviations and symbols.8 3.1 Definitions.8 3.2 Abbreviations.8 3.3 Symbols.8 4 Environmental conformance requirement specifications.8 4.1 General.8 4.1.1 Environmental profile.8 4.2 Drop test on hard surface.8 4.2.1 Conformance.8 4.2.2 Requirements.8 4.3 Temperature tests.9 4.3.1 Conformance.9 4.3.2 Requirements.9 4.4 Immersion test.9 4.4.1 Conformance.9 4.4.2 Requirements.9 5 Technical conformance requirements specifications.9 5.1 General.9 5.1.1 Operational Requirements.9 5.2 Conformance requirements.10 5.2.1 Maintaining the transmit mode.10 5.2.2 Battery check.10 5.2.3 Minimum output field strength (H-field).10 5.2.3.1 Definition.10 5.2.3.2 Conformance.10 5.2.3.3 Limit.10 5.2.4 Receiver sensitivity.10 5.2.4.1 Definition.10 5.2.4.2 Conformance.10 5.2.4.3 Limit.10 5.2.5 Changes in the received signal.10 5.2.5.1 Definition.10 5.2.5.2 Limit.10 6 Measurement uncertainties.11 Annex A (normative): The EN Requirements Table (EN-RT).12 Annex B (informative): The EN title in the official languages.13 History.14
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Intellectual Property Rights IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp). Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document. Foreword This Candidate Harmonized European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM). The present document is part 3 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Avalanche Beacons; Transmitter-receiver systems, as identified below: Part 1: "Technical characteristics and test methods"; Part 2: "Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive"; Part 3: "Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.3e of the R&TTE Directive". The present document has been produced by ETSI in response to a mandate from the European Commission issued under Council Directive 98/34/EC (as amended) laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations. The present document is intended to become a Harmonized Standard, the reference of which will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities referencing the Directive 1999/5/EC [1] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity ("the R&TTE Directive"). The present document implements requirements laid down in Commission Decision 2001/148/EC [8].
National transposition dates Date of adoption of this EN: 6 February 2004 Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 May 2004 Date of latest publication of new National Standard or endorsement of this EN (dop/e):
30 November 2004 Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 30 November 2005
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Introduction The present document is part of a set of standards designed to fit in a modular structure to cover all radio and telecommunications terminal equipment under the R&TTE Directive [1]. Each standard is a module in the structure. The modular structure is shown in figure 1.
- If needed, new standards for human exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, - if needed, new standards for acoustic safety Use of spectrum * If needed Scoped by equipment class or type Scoped by frequency and/or equipment type Disability* Privacy* Fraud* No harm to the network* Emergency* Interworking via
the network* Interworking with the network Non-radio Radio (RE) Non-TTE TTE 3.1b 3.2 3.3c 3.3b 3.3a 3.3d 3.3e 3.3f Radio Product EMC EN 301 489 multi-part EMC standard Generic and product standards also notified under EMC Directive Standards also notified under LV Directive 3.1a New radio harmonized standards Spectrum EMC Safety
Figure 1: Modular structure for the various standards used under the R&TTE Directive SIST EN 300 718-3 V1.2.1:2004

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The left hand edge of the figure shows the different clauses of article 3 of the Directive.
For article 3.3 various horizontal boxes are shown. Dotted lines indicate that at the time of publication of the present document essential requirements in these areas have to be adopted by the Commission. If such essential requirements are adopted, and as far and as long as they are applicable, they will justify individual standards whose scope is likely to be specified by function or interface type. The vertical boxes show the standards under article 3.2 for the use of the radio spectrum by radio equipment. The scopes of these standards are specified either by frequency (normally in the case where frequency bands are harmonized) or by radio equipment type. For article 3.1b the diagram shows EN 301 489, the multi-part product EMC standard for radio used under the EMC Directive [2].
For article 3.1a the diagram shows the existing safety standards currently used under the LV Directive [3] and new standards cover
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