How Radar Works | Start Learning About EW Here

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The Ops Center By Mike Solyom

The Ops Center By Mike Solyom

Жыл бұрын

Radar is pretty ubiquitous nowadays, but how does it really work? There's a lot more to it than you think and this series is here to explain it. In this video we'll go over the basics of radar waves. It'll teach you everything you need to understand more advanced topics like finding range, speed, and low RCS targets.
In future videos we'll also delve into the shadowy world of EW. That's Electronic or Electromagnetic Warfare depending on you ask. But either way it concerns the same thing. I don't see a lot of discussion on it, mostly because it's confusing and some areas are off limits to the public. But there's a vast swathe that can be talked about in public and that's what we'll cover.
So I hope you'll join me on this journey which all starts with Radar 101.
For further learning on radar I recommend watching this lecture series:
• Introduction to Radar ...
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The presence of DOD Visual Information in this video does not constitute endorsement by the DOD or any of its departments. Any views expressed by the presenter are those of the presenter and do not represent the views of the DOD or any of its components.
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www.radartutorial.eu/07.waves...

Пікірлер: 75
@athr_blu
@athr_blu Жыл бұрын
It was a clear and nice explanation. Please do not stop/limit this series to mechanical pulse doppler radars. I would love to see a pesa/aesa series and if possible more advanced engineering focussed videos too if possible !
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom Жыл бұрын
Scanned arrays are on the list.
@SALTINBANK
@SALTINBANK 10 ай бұрын
And also SAR would be great
@georgen9755
@georgen9755 9 ай бұрын
what man ? U guys used red to stop jobs for faculty who had primary mail account with gmail .... Somebody opened gmail and .....to differentiate her mail from mine they guys used red and put an end of my job ........ Red for stop and local guys used blue lights for vehicles
@MrAcecom7
@MrAcecom7 27 күн бұрын
This is by far one of the most informative videos I have seen to date on radar operation. Great job!
@dominicestebanrice7460
@dominicestebanrice7460 22 күн бұрын
This is a masterclass in how to use KZbin to introduce a complex subject. Superb content!
@lwrcfng4497
@lwrcfng4497 Жыл бұрын
Mike. I absolutely love this content. I tried going through an old video by Whitehorse via KZbin for basics of High, medium and low PRF lessons. They were methodological and patience in their presentation. I might have walked away with a mere 30 to 40% of their lesson plan. I have also gone through several more articles (some from the Navy graduate level lecture notes/PowerPoints, some from other articles explaining PRF and RADAR basics). Your video here is the greatest so far. I look forward to it, and sincerely hope you will develop this RADAR education series further. So many thanks to this. Thank you!
@eugene2935
@eugene2935 Күн бұрын
Thank you. An excellent guide for beginners.
@deepakkiran5334
@deepakkiran5334 26 күн бұрын
Every sentence of this video spits out important information
@DarkShadow-jy5po
@DarkShadow-jy5po Жыл бұрын
Very well made video mate, from playing DCS for about 2 years now I knew how radars worked in practice but it is very interesting to know about the science behind it
@S3NTRY
@S3NTRY Жыл бұрын
A+ as always. Very keen to see this progress. Thanks again!
@samsmith6791
@samsmith6791 Жыл бұрын
You deserve more followers. Your channel is truly a reference for DCS. Keep up the good work!
@fisadev
@fisadev Жыл бұрын
Super useful video, looking forward to the next ones in the series. Thanks a lot for doing this!
@konturgestalter
@konturgestalter Жыл бұрын
ugh... that was one of the best videos on radar intro i have seen in a while....
@michaels.chupka9411
@michaels.chupka9411 Жыл бұрын
standing o again. your channel has become my go-to for information on the elements in dcs which I only slimly understand. hoping you get to reap the benefits of your work with increased subscriptions.
@kzrlgo
@kzrlgo 11 ай бұрын
Another great video. Thank you for this high quality content. You're an asset to the community.
@hmabboud
@hmabboud 11 ай бұрын
I wish everyone online would be as good as you explaining any topic :)
@Gausutu
@Gausutu Ай бұрын
love how you handled this topic, very insightful!
@yappydawg8985
@yappydawg8985 Жыл бұрын
A very interesting start and I look forward to seeing what direction you take with this.
@jaynuck
@jaynuck Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the rest of this series!
@madrigo
@madrigo Жыл бұрын
Man what a great video. I started playing DCS short time ago and as any enginerd out there I started looking for sources to study the different systems. Radar was the first and wow your videos are excelent!! Watching part 3 right now, can't wait for more. Do you have books to suggest? or other sources? Do you plane to release more videos on the topic? 10/10 content, cheers!!!
@akuladon1488
@akuladon1488 4 ай бұрын
Best and the most detailed explanation i have ever seen Thank you for this video
@russellhall1756
@russellhall1756 Жыл бұрын
Very good video, looking forward to next in the series.
@maronius
@maronius Жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation, loved it!
@milman-by5038
@milman-by5038 Жыл бұрын
Great work, Mike! Thank You!!!
@Dimasterua
@Dimasterua Жыл бұрын
This looks like an awesome series! Can't wait for more :) You mentioned that PRF is going to be discussed is future videos - would you be able to touch on how the uncertainty principle affects those ranging calculations? I remember that this is primarily what dictates the use of MPRF vs HPRF but don't remember the exact explanation. Thanks for your videos, these are fantastic resources!
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom Жыл бұрын
Pulse radars will be the topic of the next video. Explaining ambiguity in a comment won't really do it justice. It will be explained in detail in that video. Doppler (aka frequency shifts) will be the third one. To really understand when to use MPRF vs HPRF you will want to see that video too. There's a tradeoff between the two. I want to make sure that's clearly detailed for everyone, because I haven't seen it really spelled out in other sources.
@RememberTheRegs
@RememberTheRegs 23 күн бұрын
What an excellent video! A clear and easy to follow presentation. I have learned so much. Thank you.
@haackhaack4217
@haackhaack4217 Жыл бұрын
Look forward to more on this series
@eduardoriquinho6750
@eduardoriquinho6750 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait for more!
@2serveand2protect
@2serveand2protect Ай бұрын
GOLD! Simple & brilliant. Thank You.
@RichardBejtlich
@RichardBejtlich Жыл бұрын
This is so great. I wish I had this video series in USAF intel school.
@devaguru4100
@devaguru4100 Ай бұрын
loved it😮,,, what a clear view of RADAR
@sloppydog4831
@sloppydog4831 Жыл бұрын
Great video! It shows that by the level of simulators we have today they can be used as educational tools as well.
@liamh9814
@liamh9814 11 ай бұрын
This is brilliant content, simply brilliant.
@antsku123
@antsku123 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it 👍
@rakibulhassanabir4229
@rakibulhassanabir4229 7 ай бұрын
Very good and philanthropist discussion.i would try to learn this topics by thinking and writing.
@madara_u_chiha
@madara_u_chiha 6 ай бұрын
Amazing explanation!
@bsastarfire250
@bsastarfire250 13 күн бұрын
Very good explanation.
@randomrlin9979
@randomrlin9979 Ай бұрын
Thank so much for the video. Thumbs up. 🙂
@LotAtc
@LotAtc Жыл бұрын
Great video ! 👍
@markfung5654
@markfung5654 4 ай бұрын
Thank you. You explained your subject matter so well.
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom 4 ай бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate the positive feedback.
@alexd5019
@alexd5019 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot ! What an explanation of how it works ! I still have a question : is there any modern radars that uses the ionosphere effect to spot on target that are behind the earth roundary surface ?
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of one using the ionosphere that way (though I do know low frequency radio operators like to use that trick to transmit farther). There are radar systems that use ground waves and the slight bending caused by gravity to get returns just beyond the horizon. So the LOS radar horizon isn't exactly the end of the line for radar. It can go a few miles past that point.
@vigneshsiva1580
@vigneshsiva1580 5 ай бұрын
The teaching is awesome sir, could you please guide in FMCW radars
@Rayo75
@Rayo75 Ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@irenemengouli590
@irenemengouli590 4 ай бұрын
I would love to see a deetailed video explaining all the radar switches / functions for the upcoming F-4E module
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom 4 ай бұрын
I'd like to do something like this. However, first I would need to learn the system well enough to feel comfortable explaining it. Right now I'm doing that for the F-16. So there will be a video explaining the Viper's radar functionality. But maybe afterwards (once I've had some time to get to know the F-4) I can do one for the Phantom too.
@_Breakdown
@_Breakdown 10 ай бұрын
Excellent video sir! 👍🏼 Great work + visuals. 📡✈️ Btw - do you have a website or contact info?
@tristanpiepmeier7746
@tristanpiepmeier7746 11 ай бұрын
That'd be great for my book and orbital defense.
@alhassanbah
@alhassanbah 5 ай бұрын
You the best ❤❤❤
@zane003
@zane003 Ай бұрын
11:12 Why would the upper left one which is farther away, distance wise appear as a ghost detection?
@gyulanagy5910
@gyulanagy5910 12 күн бұрын
Perfect.
@Omar_PS9inchhs
@Omar_PS9inchhs 7 ай бұрын
But is the frequency of the wave received back by the receiver (after it reflected from the object) is it the same frequency as the wave sent by the antenna etc? ..thats what I want to know...also does the same principle apply to sound waves? Like can there be a sound based radar?...thanks
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom 7 ай бұрын
The frequency of the radar echo can change. I encourage you to watch the rest of this series where we go into more detail about this phenomenon. As far as sound wave based radar, that's called sonar and it's used to find submarines. Sound waves propagate much faster underwater than in the air so its ideal for use there.
@case.98
@case.98 3 ай бұрын
chocolate bars in my pocket melt without a classified military radar sitting next to me 😂 Great video man 🤟
@juliusEST
@juliusEST Жыл бұрын
Ohhhh boyy!
@brianellinger6622
@brianellinger6622 3 ай бұрын
i saw your ppl get close a few times.... but those crooks follow me everywhere.... even cut in front of every checkout line that i go to stand in
@Swaggyswisscheez
@Swaggyswisscheez 23 сағат бұрын
this is why your rwr gets pinged when flying close to other aircraft 11:45
@rakibulhassanabir4229
@rakibulhassanabir4229 7 ай бұрын
@marshalllapenta7656
@marshalllapenta7656 9 ай бұрын
Is there anything Radar doesn't pick up?
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
@TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom 9 ай бұрын
If you're talking about radar reflectivity then everything short of a black hole should reflect some energy to a degree. Even stealth aircraft reflect some energy back. Remember, that your eyes are a form of EM receiver. They are just tuned to a very small band of frequencies that make up the light we see. But they are EM waves just like what a radar sends out and receives. So if something reflects light it will reflect radar too. Even matte black paint reflects light. Just not as well as a mirror. The key here is how the radar system processes these reflections. A lot of systems filter out ambient EM noise and things they perceive as clutter. So the threshold for hiding a contact in that filtering varies from one system to the next. In a future video I'll cover more on how radars handle this stuff. It should explain how aircraft disappear into the background noise (which is how stealth aircraft evade radar).
@_________________404
@_________________404 Ай бұрын
Discovered in 1940s? Seems like this is false as this is part of classical physics and was known since 19th century or earlier. 1940s is probably when it was first used practically, not when it was discovered that both radio waves and micro waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation.
@lane2617
@lane2617 28 күн бұрын
Radar was discovered in 1940s just it's not like current era Radar. It was a search radar and wasn't like current radar but some World War 2 planes had radar and they used it to find aircraft and that's all it could do just search for aircraft hope it helped
@ronliebermann
@ronliebermann 5 ай бұрын
Most people don’t get involved in military planning, so they tend to have blind faith in the competence of our military leaders. Sadly, that faith is misplaced. Our Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t get hired for being smart. They got hired for being cunning. For them, the issue is always “Money”. How can the Army get more? In my view, all of those men should be replaced. But then you’re faced with the difficult task of choosing replacements. The military claims that Officers shouldn’t be recruited from the civilian economy, because they don’t have enough experience. I think the less experience they have working with crooks, the better. So if civilian Chiefs of Staff are brought-in as replacements, then what qualities should they have? I can think of a few. The first is an understanding that war is for killing. The objective is to achieve the highest mortality rate possible of non-American military and civilian personnel. If a guy can’t agree with that, he’s not Officer material. The second qualification is the ability to think on the fly. In a war, things change every ten minutes. Old men aren’t able to deal with chaotic situations. So I would limit the maximum age to thirty five. And then I would try to choose men who have an easy Cowboy sense of commitment. A Cowboy doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve, because he doesn’t have to. He’s already decided on the outcomes.
@AnithaS-yj3cq
@AnithaS-yj3cq 11 ай бұрын
I dont understsnd😅
@serblend
@serblend 9 ай бұрын
Radar is the work of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla made a sketch of a radar that was published in the Electrical Experimenter in May 1917. Do not attribute Tesla's works to others. Please
@_Super_Hans_
@_Super_Hans_ 5 ай бұрын
He's dead, I don't think he'll mind.
@Zach-ls1if
@Zach-ls1if 4 ай бұрын
Okay Joe Rogan
@AnoNym-zi5ty
@AnoNym-zi5ty 8 ай бұрын
Flat earther hate this video.
@SupersonicSynthwave80
@SupersonicSynthwave80 7 ай бұрын
Quite the opposite . The explanations in the video prove that radars only work with long ranges on land Flat.
@singlespeedpunk7744
@singlespeedpunk7744 3 ай бұрын
Apart from bouncing them off the ionosphere for over the horizon radar
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