Electronics (ELEC)
Department of Electronics
Faculty of Engineering
ELEC 4600 [0.5 credit]
Radar and Navigation
Radar: operation, minimum detectable signal, propagation effects. Surveillance Radars: Moving Target indicator and Pulse Doppler operation. Radio Navigation: pulsed and CW operation. Operational systems: Loran C., VOR/DME, TACAN, Global Positioning system. Inertial Navigation. Navigation Co-ordinate Systems. Techniques for determining best estimates of position.Prerequisite: fourth-year status in Engineering or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.
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