1. 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

2. 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