PRIMARY RADAR

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Primary radar systems receive reflections of their own transmitted signals as returned signals from the target. The reflected energy is used by the primary radar to determine the target information. Conventionally, the term primary is dropped when referring to primary radar systems as this is considered the normal method of radar operation. The exception to this convention comes when making a distinction between primary radar systems and secondary radar systems.
     There are a three major types of primary radar; monostatic, bi-static and multistatic radar

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  • Secondary Radar
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