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Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar
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Click here for the complete list of RF Cafe Quizzes. Note: Some material based on books have quoted passages.
The publisher was not kidding when he stated, "recognizing that people who have
an interest in airborne radars love airplanes, dispersed through the book are photos
and renderings of radar-bearing aircraft from all over the world." If for no other
reason, Stimson's book is a good one to leave on your desk or coffee table as a
way-cool picture book for your friends to peruse while visiting. Introduction
to Airborne Radar is in every sense a text designed to turn the electronics
neophyte who has a reasonable grasp of algebra and physics into a technician who
possesses a working knowledge of airborne radar (and radar in general) transmitter,
receiver, antenna, and processor systems. The authors teach from first principles
about antenna radiation, the decibel, frequency conversion, filtering, signal processing,
target acquisition and tracking, spread spectrum, Doppler shift, radar cross section,
electronic countermeasures,
Note: Some of these books are available as prizes in the monthly RF Cafe Giveaway; however, this one will likely remain in my possession for a long time..
1. What is another, more common name for a coherent radar system? a) Linear frequency radar b) Linear phase radar c) Pulse Doppler radar d) Constant amplitude radar
2. Match the following common radar frequency bands with their central frequencies.
3. In which direction(s) does(do) an antenna's sidelobe(s) exist? a) Front only b) Side only c) Back only d) All directions
4. What causes a grating lobe in an electronically scanned antenna? a) Spacing radiating elements at too great of a distance b) Spacing radiating elements at too small of a distance c) Too low radiated power d) Too high radiated power
5. What is the main advantage of a pulsed radar over a non-pulsed radar? a) Pulsed radar avoids transmitter leakage issues b) Pulsed radar allows higher power c) Pulsed radar is less expensive that non-pulsed radar d) Pulsed radar can be used on airborne platforms whereas non-pulsed cannot
6. What is radar cross-section (RCS)? a) Physical size of the radar unit b) Physical size of the radar antenna c) Effective size of the radar unit and antenna relative to a perfect radar system d) Effective area of the signal reflecting surface relative to a perfectly reflecting sphere of the same projected area
7. What is "chirping?" a) Linear amplitude modulation over the transmit time b) Linear frequency modulation over the transmit time c) Transmitting one under PAR d) Radar return of a flock of birds
8. Coherence in radar refers to which of the following? a) Time of the signal from one pulse to the next b) Frequency of the signal from one pulse to the next c) Amplitude of the signal from one pulse to the next d) Phase of the signal from one pulse to the next
9. What defines bins in a Doppler filter bank? a) Frequency bands b) Amplitude ranges c) Time segments d) Phase angles
10. What is the name for unwanted returns from the ground? a) Rubbish b) Clutter c) Specular ambiguity d) Frequency inversion
12. Which type of pulse repetition frequency (PRF) results in unambiguous range? a) High b) Medium c) Low d) All three
Need some help? Click here for the answers and explanations. Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, and Radio News were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.
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11. Match each
picture with what it represents.
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