Originally Posted By: Mdore
I'd like to know this too. I thought the SA-10 would be a monopulse radar, but I don't understand how you can manually track a target using a monopulse radar.

I'm confused.


It has a phase modulated monopulse radar, with 3 antenna groups.
(FA-110, FA-130, FA-140)


While the analogue, single target tracking monopulse sets are precisely keeping the target in the center of the pencil beam, the digitally aimed pencil beam is following in steps rather than continuously tracking.
Here the monopulse method is used to decide, where the target is located from the center of the beam.


Last edited by Hpasp; 01/26/14 05:04 PM.

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