McMaster IPIX Radar Specifications

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Key Features

Transmitter Specifications

Type Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier
Frequency 9.39 GHz (fixed)
8.9 to 9.4 GHz (agile)
Peak power 8 KW
Pulse Length 20 ns to 5000 ns (real)
5000 ns (expanded)
32 ns (compressed)
PRF 0 to 20 KHz
Polarization Linear, H or V
Pulse-to-pulse switchable

Receiver Specifications

Number 2
Outputs Linear, I and Q
Signal H or V
Fixed or agile
BW 5.5 MHz (Gaussian)
50 MHz (chirp)
100 MHz
Noise figure 1.2 dB
Minimum range 150 m typ.
Sensitivity 10 dBZ at 150 Km
-35 dBZ at 10 km vert cloud profile

Antenna Specifications

Type Linear dual-polarized
Parabolic reflector
Center fed
Size 2.4 m
Beamwidth 1.1 degrees
Gain 45.7 dB
Isolation 30 dB (X-pol)
Rotation Elev. over azm.
0 to 10 RPM (azm.)

Data Acquisition System

Sample rate 0 to 50 MHz
Outputs Linear, I and Q
Quantization 8 or 10 bits - up to 16 bit effective with H/W decimation
Sample gating Range, azimuth, elevation
Capacity 64 Msamples

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