Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Exam 1 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics (not an exhaustive list) Everything covered up to and including extended targets and altimeters, and monopulse concepts (i.e., does not include coherent integration, incoherent integration, pulse compression, …) Analog-to-digital converter, sampling concepts, dynamic range Airborne radar, imaging radar, swath width, data rate Antennas, beamwidth, directivity, gain, effective area Doppler frequency shift and radial velocity Pulse repetition frequency, ambiguous range, Nyquist Radar concepts Radar range equation & SNR Radar geometry (including bistatic configurations) Range resolution (slant vs. ground) Resolution & accuracy System dynamic range (instantaneous vs. sensitivity time control (STC)) Terminology, variables, units

Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Exam 1 information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Specific topics (not an exhaustive list) Radar terminology and concepts Antenna concepts; Target/radar motion issues Solid angles; PRF issues; Dynamic range Far-field operation Airborne radar PRF selection, ground range resolution, echo duration, round-trip time of flight Application of the radar range equation SNR vs. range, monostatic, bistatic Exam involves 8 questions requiring calculations plus several 4 questions requiring short answers (words, not numbers) and 15 multiple choice questions