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RADAR Operator Instruction

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Exploded RADAR Unit

Types of Radar Guns

Relative Motion

Johann Christian Doppler

Born: November 29,1803 in Salzburg, AustriaDied: March 17,1853 in Venice

Doppler Effect

Doppler Effect

Doppler Effect

REFLECTED

REFRACTED

ABSORBED

Doppler Effect• RADAR sensitivity: target

composition

FIXEDTRANSMITTER

TRANSMITTER

TRANSMITTER

Doppler Effect

VEHICLEMPHX-BANDK-BANDKA-BAND15101525405531.41573144717851256172772360720108018002880396010351510301545257541205665

Doppler Effect• FREQUENCY SHIFT

CONTAINS 80% OF THE POWER

Operational Area

• MAIN LOBE

Operational Area

RADAR

Operational Area

RADAR

60

TARGET

LEAD VEH.

RADAR

Operational Area• Relative motion is decreasing

RADAR

Operational Area

• Relative motion is decreasing

Cosine Error

Radar 50

49

43

25 0

Radar 50

43

Cosine Error

Beam Widths

X - BAND

K - BAND

KA - BAND

Shadowing

Target Identification

• WHICH ONE WILL REFLECT MORE?

FLAT VERTICAL SURFACES

IRREGULAR SURFACES

• ANGLED OR CURVED SURFACES

Target Identification

RADAR 1X

4.1X

250 FEET 500 FEET

1 WATT

.25 WATTS

Inverse Square Rule