Can anyone tell me how effective are, roughly speaking, various S band radars, being used in surface wave propagation modes? If you have info for other bands, that's welcome too.
Is it correct to assume that those wavelengths, with proper hardware and software, can be used for decent OTH purposes, sending creeping waves over the sea surface in excess of 100 km and still getting a decent return?
TPS 828/755 radar, for example, is (as far as im informed) a l band radar used, among things, exactly in that mode. It's used for coastal maritime surveillance and it is publicized with OTH capabilites. It has its ship borne counterpart which is also publicized with OTH capabilites.
So, just how useful would their surface wave propagation surveillance mode be useful for a lone ship in the open waters? Would it be safe to say that the ship could discover various targets in excess of 100 km around itself, even though the regular radar horizon is much less? How about 200 km? What are the limitations of l band when it comes to such usage over such distances? How precise would the info be? Are we talking about one meter errors or errors in excess of several kilometers? Also, what kind of radar resolution could one get at, say, 100 km, using such surveillance?
Is it correct to assume that those wavelengths, with proper hardware and software, can be used for decent OTH purposes, sending creeping waves over the sea surface in excess of 100 km and still getting a decent return?
TPS 828/755 radar, for example, is (as far as im informed) a l band radar used, among things, exactly in that mode. It's used for coastal maritime surveillance and it is publicized with OTH capabilites. It has its ship borne counterpart which is also publicized with OTH capabilites.
So, just how useful would their surface wave propagation surveillance mode be useful for a lone ship in the open waters? Would it be safe to say that the ship could discover various targets in excess of 100 km around itself, even though the regular radar horizon is much less? How about 200 km? What are the limitations of l band when it comes to such usage over such distances? How precise would the info be? Are we talking about one meter errors or errors in excess of several kilometers? Also, what kind of radar resolution could one get at, say, 100 km, using such surveillance?