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Introduction To Radar Technology

v1.0.0 / TOC / 01 feb 03 / greg goebel / public domain

* This document provides a quick introduction to radar concepts and terminology.

[1.0] Basic Principles Of Radar

• [1.1] RADIO WAVE FREQUENCY & WAVELENGTH
  
• [1.2] RADIO WAVE POLARIZATION, PHASE, INTERFERENCE, & PROPAGATION
  
• [1.3] RADIO SYSTEM BASICS
  
• [1.4] ANTENNA BASICS
  
• [1.5] A SIMPLE PULSE RADAR SYSTEM
  

[2.0] Practical Radar Systems

• [2.1] WORLD WAR II & IMPROVED PULSE RADAR SYSTEMS
  
• [2.2] IFF, RADAR BEACONS, & RADAR REFLECTORS
  
• [2.3] RADAR COUNTERMEASURES
  
• [2.4] POSTWAR RADAR DEVELOPMENTS
  
• [2.5] CONTINUOUS-WAVE DOPPLER / PULSE DOPPLER RADARS
  
• [2.6] PHASED-ARRAY / ACTIVE ARRAY RADARS
  
• [2.7] STEALTH
  
• [2.8] FRONTIERS OF RADAR TECHNOLOGY
  
• [2.9] COMMENTS, SOURCES, & REVISION HISTORY