Tracking radar system

摘要

A tracking radar system which includes a variable frequency oscillator for supplying to a vertical antenna array an oscillation frequency which is changed for each of a number of pulses transmitted from the antenna array. The antenna array transmits an electric wave toward a target at a low altitude and receives an echo from the target. An electronic computer estimates an elevation angle of the target from the echo received by the antenna array according to array aperture sampling technique for each pulse. An averaging circuit averages those estimated elevation angles of the target to provide its elevation angle. Alternatively, the oscillation frequency may change for each of finite time intervals.