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Police Radar

Police Radar

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Police radar is one of many radar systems that every reader may have had or may have an up-close and personal experience with. Police radar, when used by a properly trained operator, can be very accurate in determining a motorist's speed. When used by a poorly trained operator or within a political jurisdiction using radar as a means to raise revenue, however, an innocent motorist can be fined, get points on their driving record, and possibly lose both their driver's license and their automobile insurance. For this reason, it is important to understand not only the technology, but also the operational challenges.

Chapter Contents:

  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 The History of Technologies that Enabled Police Radar
  • 16.3 Review of Homodyne Radar Principles
  • 16.4 The First Police Radar
  • 16.5 The Cosine Error Caused by Improper Operation
  • 16.6 The Next-Generation S-band Radar
  • 16.7 The Move to X-band - 10 GHz
  • 16.8 A Second Method Used to Achieve the Ferro-Magnetic Circulator Function
  • 16.9 Moving Radar with Improved Detection Range Capability
  • 16.10 Moving-Mode Police Radar Operation
  • 16.11 Alternative Phase-Locked Loop Signal-Processing Approach
  • 16.12 The Move to K-band Frequencies
  • 16.13 Police Radar Moves to the Ka-band and Utilizes Digital Signal Processing
  • 16.14 Other Police Operating Modes Made Possible by DSP
  • 16.15 Summary
  • 16.16 References
  • 16.17 Further Reading

Inspec keywords: police; road vehicle radar

Other keywords: radar operational challenges; police radar; radar systems; political jurisdiction; radar technology; trained operator; motorist speed

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications

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