A pulse radar is used to detect a target with an area of 10 m2 located at a distance of 120 km. If you know that the frequency used is 35 GHz and the sensitivity of the receiver is at the maximum available range (-105 dB) and the antenna gain is 34 dB. The minimum value of the transmitted power of the radar signal is

A pulse radar is used to detect a target with an area of 10 m2 located at a distance of 120 km. If you know that the frequency used is 35 GHz and the sensitivity of the receiver is at the maximum available range (-105 dB) and the antenna gain is 34 dB. The minimum value of the transmitted power of the radar signal is

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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