The Essential Components of Radar

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Sailing School app https://apps.apple.com/app/sailing-sc... • https://skippercheck.net/ • Radar systems comprise three basic components: • A transmitter and a receiver unit, also called a transceiver, an antenna, also known as a scanner, and a display unit. • In many radar units the transceiver is located in the scanner. • Radar signals travel along the line of sight . • Therefore the detection of targets depends on the height of the radar scanner and the height of the target. • Marine radars operate either on the X-band frequency (9000 MHz), or on the S-band frequency (3000 MHz). • A shorter wavelength allows the use of smaller antennas, therefore on most small boats the radar used are in the X-band frequency. • However, S-band radar has an advantage - it can penetrate precipitation to a better degree, and therefore can detect targets which may be obscured in heavy rainfall.

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