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The "radar gun" is not the same as position-finding radar. Using microwaves (or a pulsed laser), it determines the speed of an object by measuring the change in the frequency of the waves when they are reflected back toward the gun.
In this application it is useful to think of light as a series of waves. Radar then is radio frequency waves sent out from the radar gun to the vehicle under consideration. These waves travel at a set speed that is constant, nothing can change how fast they go, but the distance the waves are from each other can be varied. This spacing of the radio waves is referred to as the frequency.
The closer the waves are to each other, then more of them can travel past a certain point in a given second. The farther apart the waves are, the number passing a certain point in any given second will be lower. Frequency then is a measurement of number of waves per second passing a certain point. Usually we don't consider unit-less values in such measurements so frequency is just considered to be (/second), (per second), or Hertz.
When a radio wave strikes a car it is reflected back the way it came, back to the radar gun where there is a coil that can detect them. If the radar gun were fired at a stationary wall the frequency of the waves coming back would be exactly the same as the frequency of the waves going out, and the instrumentation of the gun would interpret this as a stationary object.
If the wall was moving towards the gun however, then, in the time between the successive radio waves striking the wall, the wall moved a little bit closer to the gun. This makes the second radio wave get reflected sooner and the second wave travels back to the gun closer to the first wave then when the two of them left the gun. This is an increase in frequency. The radio waves are still traveling at the same speed (the speed is always constant, can't vary) but they are closer to each other, more concentrated.
The instrumentation in the radar gun detects this change in frequency and uses it to calculate the speed of the approaching wall. It works the same way to determine the speed of a car.
Ladarius Brekke
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radar
What is the palindrome for an instrument used to determine speed?
Radar.
What type of scientis twould use a Doppler radar and why?
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What palindromes are used for invisible rays for tracking objects?
radar
Invisible rays used for tracking objects?
yes , ( the radar gun )
What is the palindrome for-instrument-used-to-determine-speed?
radar
What is the palindrome for an instrument used to determine speed?
Radar.
When was RADAR first used to clock pitching speed?
RADAR was first used to clock pitching speed in 1972. Earl Weaver was the first person to use the RADAR gun to determine speed in baseball.
Air craft detecting device?
Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircrafts.
How is radar used to determine the speed of a car?
A beam of electromagnetic waves is bounced off the car
What are the functions of a radar?
To detect, track, and sometimes identify objects via the emission of radio waves. Speed radar (like those used by police) can detect nearby objects and calculate their speed. Weather radar can detect the location of clouds and rain. Air traffic radar can detect and track unidentified flying objects. With the help a monopulse secondary surveillance radar, the radar system can identify the individual planes. Higher technology radars can detect and identify distant small objects with great precision.
How do you use a Radar?
That depends on the particular radar system. A simple speed radar used by law enforcement can simply be held and pointed at a target to determine the speed of the target. A more complex system like an air traffic control radar system would have display consoles for the radar operator to view the data.
What instrument is used for speed?
radar
What is invisible rays used for tracking objects?
radar
What type of scientis twould use a Doppler radar and why?
The Doppler radar used in weather forecasting measures the direction and speed, or velocity, of objects such as drops of precipitation. This is called the Doppler Effect and is used to determine whether movement in the atmosphere is horizontally toward or away from the radar, which aides in weather forecasting. The radar was named for J. Christian Doppler, an Austrian physicist, who was the first to articulate the reason an approaching train's whistle will sound higher than the whistle as the train moves away.
How are radio waves used to detect objects in space?
radar
What palindromes are used for invisible rays for tracking objects?
radar
