Interference from HF Radar

Abstract

Interference to communication reception near an HF radar is dependent on many factors. It is shown that the most important of these that can be controlled is the pulse shape of the radar. Under optimum conditions, acceptable reception should be possible with frequency separation as little as 21 kHz from the proposed radar. At separations up to 450 kHz, only occasional interference problems are expected. Measurements with the NRL HF research radar indicate that the radar is undetectable beyond 200 kHz from the radar frequency. The radar peak power was 1.83 MW, a 270-microsec pulse essentially cosine squared was employed, and the receiver was at a distance of 16.22 km across the Chesapeake Bay.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 1970
Accession Number
AD0508626

Entities

People

  • Burton N. Navid
  • Frank E. Boyd

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Antennas
  • Bays
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Coast Guard
  • Dipole Antennas
  • Dipoles
  • Ecology
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Peak Power
  • Radar Signals
  • Radio Communications
  • Transmitters

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.