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Radar Ranging is an Activity of a RADAR system to measure range of a particular object from the RADAR's own location the object can be aircrafts, ships or other objects like buildings.
Usually Ranging is done by means of transmitting a pulse and receive echoes from it where the range is measured from time differences(or Delay) between departure and arrival of pulse , this ranging method is called as "Pulse Delay Ranging"
Other ranging method is Doppler based ranging where range is measured by means of Doppler effect
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What is difference between pulse radar and CW radar?
CW or continuous-wave radar cannot determine range due to the lack of a listening period where the radar signal is silent. Pulse radar has a silent listening period (hence the name pulse radar). Therefore it can determine the range of the object causing the return by counting the elapsed time between transmission and receipt of the echo. The above is not quite correct, Continuous Wave Radar and Pulsed Radar differ by there relationship between the Pulse Width (tau) and the scene size (Swath). CW Radar's determine range by Frequency Modulation (FM) ranging this means that they ramp the RF frequency within the pulse during the transmission and are known as FMCW Radar. Pulsed Radar on the other hand use the pulse timing but can also use the FM Ranging trick to enhanced there signal to noise and reduce there probability of interference or detection/interception. CW radar can deduce range by delaying the transmit signal and mixing it with the receive such that it becomes a homodyne receiver and in such cases it is usual to ramp the RF and perhaps use two aerials rather then just one with a duplexer switch like in a Pulse radar system. Edit- hmm i feel the above answer is bit too complex... i don't think typical person would go as far as concerning FM or Pulse Delay Ranging here's my Answer DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PULSE AND CW RADAR Basis -Transmission Pulse RADAR puts delay between transmitting and receiving periods so the time between transmitted pulse and received pulse is different While CW RADAR, Transmit continuously -Antennas Pulse RADAR may use same antenna for Receiving and Transmitting , when transmitting the receiver is "blanked" and while Receiving the receiver is Activated and transmitter is blanked .. this is done by a device called "Duplexer" CW RADAR typically used 2 Antennas, one for transmit another one to Receive since there are no delay to receive as what usually seen in pulse RADAR -Ranging technique Pulse RADAR may use "Pulse Delay Ranging" to provide Range measurements , Frequency Modulation Ranging may also possible , especially for pulse RADAR that transmit many pulses and have very shot time to "listen" example is FMICW (Frequency Modulated Interrupted Continuous Wave RADAR) While CW RADAR provides Range by means of Doppler based Ranging (FM Ranging)
What is the meaning of Radar?
Radar systems usually use wavelengths and are associated with digital signal processing. They consist of a transmitter, antenna receiver, switch, data recorder, processor, and display. Radar systems are used to track things including weather.
RADAR or radar?
The original usage was RADAR since it is an acronym (RAdio Detection And Ranging) and people encountering it in written form may have thought it a typographical error were it not capitalized.But now that radar has left the realm of esoteric physics and technology and entered the common man's vocabulary, it is usually seen in its lower-case form. At this time upper or lower-case usage depends on the preference of the user.
What is a radar mast?
A radar mast is a high platform to mount a radar antenna such as the radar has an unobstructed view.
What is theDifference between acquisition radar and guidance radar?
In a Military contact Acquisition Radar normally refers to the Search Mode Radar used to scan and track targets before being "target tracked". In this context the "target tracking radar" is used for track and perhaps illuminating a target. If this radar is being used to guide an weapon to the target it is referred to as a guidance radar. However Guidance radar can also exist in the missile seekers.
What is the abbreviation for radar detecting and ranging?
Radar is the acronym for Radio detecting and ranging.
What are radar and sonar acronyms?
RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging
What figure of speech is RADAR?
RADAR is an acronym for radio detection and ranging.
Radar is an acronym of?
Radio Detection And Ranging
Radar Is Short For?
Radio Detection And Ranging
What does the acronym RADAR stand for?
RAdio Detecting And Ranging
What is radar full form?
RAdio Detection And Ranging
What acronym is radar?
Radio Detection And Ranging
What is Abreveation of radar?
radio detection and ranging
What is the difference between Radio detection and ranging and Radio detection and ranging satellite?
The Difference is that Radar Satellites are just a more advanced version of Radar.
What is a palindrome for a method of tracking ships and planes?
That is radar, which is short for radio direction and ranging.
Longform of RADAR?
Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging.
