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🌊 All About SART (Don’t Ignore This!) 🚨 In a maritime emergency, seconds can save lives — and that’s where the Radar Search and Rescue Transponder (SART) becomes your silent guardian at sea. ⚓ 🧭 How It Works When a radar signal from a ship or aircraft hits a SART, it instantly replies — showing 12 bright dots on the rescuer’s radar, spaced 0.6 NM apart. As rescuers get closer, the dots turn into arcs and circles, guiding them right to you. 🔋 Battery Life: Up to 96 hours of continuous operati