Questions about FCR Radars in DCS

[red_coreSix]

Should the length of the pulse be short enough the target of interest would generate an echo distinct from the ground return. Then it might be possible to keep only the part of the signal containing the first rise in power. As soon as the power decrease again your stop listening and therefore get rid of the ground.

 

The target return is rarely the first thing to be received by the radar. Plus this would obviously only let you detect one target at a time. A similar technique is used in STT though, especially for ECCM.

[Bacab]

The target return is rarely the first thing to be received by the radar. Plus this would obviously only let you detect one target at a time. A similar technique is used in STT though, especially for ECCM.

The more I think about my proposition the more I found it stupid. Indeed it's of no use even in the perfect case because it doesn't prevent the radar from seeing the ground when there is no target of interest.

[Eihort]

That's almost Automatic Gain Control but not quite, probably what Red_Core was hinting at.