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Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Engineering Handbook

Updated April 25, 2008

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New for May 2008! Thanks to several alert Microwaves101 fans (Steve, Kerry, Matthew, Randall, Joe to name a few...) we have our own copy of the Navy's Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Handbook. This is a public domain document originally released in 1997, free for everyone, and now it's conveniently located here at Microwaves101.com for the rest of time!

Here's the entire handbook all zipped up if you want it.

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Below we have each chapter posted separately in pdf format. Let us know if we've botched any of the links!

Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Handbook

0.0 Cover
1.0 ABBREVIATIONS and ACRONYMS

FUNDAMENTALS

2.1 Constants, Conversions, and Characters
2.2 Mathematical Notation
2.3 Frequency Spectrum
2.4 Decibel (dB)
2.5 Duty Cycle
2.6 Doppler Shift
2.7 Electronic Formulas
2.8 Missile and Electronic Equipment Designations
2.9 Radar Horizon / Line of Sight
2.10 Propagation Time / Resolution
2.11 Modulation
2.12 Transforms / Wavelets

ANTENNAS

3.1 Antenna Introduction / Basics
3.2 Polarization
3.3 Radiation Patterns
3.4 Frequency / Phase Effects of Antennas
3.5 Antenna Near Field
3.6 Radiation Hazards (Electromagnetic)

RADAR EQUATIONS

4.1 Field Intensity and Power Density
4.2 Power Density
4.3 One-Way Radar Equation / RF Propagation
4.4 Two-Way Radar Equation (Monostatic)
4.5 Alternate Two-way Radar Equation
4.6 Two-way Radar Equation (Bistatic)
4.7 Jamming to Signal (J/S) Ratio - Constant Power (Saturated) Jamming
4.8 Burn-Through / Crossover Range
4.9 Support Jamming
4.10 Jamming to Signal (J/S) Ratio - Constant Gain (Linear) Jamming
4.11 Radar Cross Section (RCS)
4.12 Emission Control (EMCON)

RADAR AND RECEIVER CHARACTERISTICS & TEST

5.1 RF Atmospheric Absorption / Ducting
5.2 Receiver Sensitivity and Noise
5.3 Receiver Types and Characteristics
5.4 Radar Modes
5.5 General Radar Display Types
5.6 IFF - Identification - Friend or Foe
5.7 Receiver Tests
5.8 Signal Sorting and Direction Finding

MICROWAVE / RF COMPONENTS

6.1 Microwave Waveguides and Coaxial Cable
6.2 Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) / Reflection Coefficient / Return Loss / Mismatch Loss
6.3 Microwave Coaxial Connectors
6.4 Power Dividers and Directional Couplers
6.5 Attenuators / Filters / DC Blocks
6.6 Terminations / Dummy Loads
6.7 Circulators and Diplexers
6.8 Mixers and Frequency Discriminators
6.9 Detectors
6.10 Microwave Measurements

ELECTRO-OPTICS AND IR

7.1 Electro-Optics and IR
7.2 Laser Safety

AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS CONSIDERATIONS

8.1 Free Fall / Aircraft Drag
8.2 Mach Number and Airspeed versus Altitude
8.3 Maneuverability
8.4 EMP / Aircraft Dimensions

DATA TRANSFER BUSSES

9.1 Data Busses
9.2 RS-232 Interface
9.3 RS-422 Balanced Voltage Interface
9.4 RS-485 Interface
9.5 IEEE-488 Interface Bus (HP-IB/GP-IB)
9.6 MIL-STD-1553 and 1773 Data Bus

10.0 GLOSSARY

 

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