[time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 better

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The idea wat that the radar should have been able to pick up a slow moving cruise missile running in ground hugging mode. The speeds were close enough to that of a BMW to make the auto a reasonable practice target.

Bob


On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Hal Murray wrote:

> 
> [vibration on crystals]
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>> One of the early ways they "discovered" the airborne radar / vibration issue
>> was when they found they could not pick up cars on the autobahn with the
>> radar in an F-16(?).   
> 
> That sounds backwards.  High speed would make a bigger Doppler which would be 
> farther from the background clutter that isn't moving.
> 
> The article had all the numbers.  I think they were interested in things as 
> slow as people walking.
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