Hi The idea wat that the radar should have been able to pick up a slow moving cruise missile running in ground hugging mode. The speeds were close enough to that of a BMW to make the auto a reasonable practice target.
Bob On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > [vibration on crystals] > >> One of the early ways they "discovered" the airborne radar / vibration issue >> was when they found they could not pick up cars on the autobahn with the >> radar in an F-16(?). > > That sounds backwards. High speed would make a bigger Doppler which would be > farther from the background clutter that isn't moving. > > The article had all the numbers. I think they were interested in things as > slow as people walking. > > > -- > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
