A V.H.F. multifrequency and multipolarization radar: preliminary results

Author

Brousseau, C. ; Guiot, B. ; Launay, G. ; Bourdillon, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. Radiocommun., Rennes I Univ., France

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 May 1996

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

231

Abstract

We present a new affordable VHF multifrequency and multipolarization radar called MOSAR, a system for the analysis of target resonances (Maquette Orientee pour un Systeme d´Analyse de Resonances). This project deals with aircraft radar cross section measurements in the low VHF frequency band (20-100 MHz). At first, we present the basic principles of this project. We give some reasons for the technical choices and then we describe the radar system (including antenna, receiver and transmitter). In the second part, we present and discuss preliminary results we have obtained. Several RCS measurements with two simultaneously transmitted frequencies, in the low VHF frequency band are presented

Keywords

aircraft; antenna phased arrays; radar antennas; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar receivers; radar target recognition; radar transmitters; 20 to 100 MHz; MOSAR; Maquette Orientee pour un Systeme d´Analyse de Resonances; RCS measurements; aircraft radar cross section measurements; low VHF range; multifrequency radar; multipolarization radar; radar system; target resonances; Antenna arrays; Frequency; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar tracking; Receiving antennas; Space vector pulse width modulation; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3145-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1996.510685

Filename

510685