Design of a Repeater-Jammer Experiment for a Monopulse Radar.

Abstract

A current problem of interest in the Electronic Counter-Measures field is the deception of monopulse type radars. The operational evaluation of any deception device requires that some preliminary work be accomplished in order to establish what electronic devices are most suitable for the job and what specific parameters these devices must meet. This paper investigates the feasibility of installing a monopulse deception repeater on board a steel-hulled ship, the RV ACANIA. The specific parameters investigated are the peak power required for deception and the electronic gain required of the repeater loops. Prior to calculation of these parameters it was necessary to determine the radar cross section of the ship test platform and to measure the antenna isolation to insure its adequacy to prevent destructive feedback of the repeater loops. Successful completion of these experiments enabled one to specify that a traveling wave tube amplifier with a power output of 60 dBM and a gain of 53 dB would be an appropriate device for the loop amplifiers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018309

Entities

People

  • Michael Joseph Duncan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Deception
  • Feedback
  • Jammers
  • Monopulse Radar
  • Peak Power
  • Platforms
  • Power
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Repeater Jammers
  • Repeaters
  • Traveling Wave Tubes
  • Traveling Waves

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics