Omnistatic high frequency surface wave radar Architecture and applications

This paper describes an “omnistatic” high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) that can use a single array of antennas on a single site or be deployed over two or more sites. The term omnistatic is used to indicate it can be deployed and operated as a conventional monostatic or bistatic HFSWR or over multiple sites implementing a “multistatic” configuration. The HFSWR´s architecture uses multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) techniques to provide some distinct advantages in operational performance and deployment flexibility. The paper also proposes and considers some applications for omnistatic HFSWRs using possible local deployment scenarios.