by Trim » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:16 pm
Oddly enough, without having any previous direction on which should be used when and just trying to figure it out, I guessed that high PRF should be used close in and medium should be used at higher ranges. My thinking was that PRF basically determines the space between the pulses. If a high PRF is used, the spaces will be shorter and at longer ranges a pulse might start before the previous one makes it back to the antenna which would likely confuse the radar. I wouldn't think closing speed would have too much to do with it. But, like I said, that is what I came up just trying to think through it logically without any real education on the subject.
Oddly enough, without having any previous direction on which should be used when and just trying to figure it out, I guessed that high PRF should be used close in and medium should be used at higher ranges. My thinking was that PRF basically determines the space between the pulses. If a high PRF is used, the spaces will be shorter and at longer ranges a pulse might start before the previous one makes it back to the antenna which would likely confuse the radar. I wouldn't think closing speed would have too much to do with it. But, like I said, that is what I came up just trying to think through it logically without any real education on the subject.
