Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR)

The Communications Research Group has a fully polarimetric Radar Cross Section (RCS) test facility, housed in a fully anechoic chamber. This facility is capable of characterising the scattering for 3D targets and is fully automated. The facility uses X-Y scanning antennas to allow large objects to be measured accurately and has in-house developed processing software to provide a 2D and 3D image of the target.

• Frequency range: 2-18GHz (continuous frequency sweep or in various waveguide bands)
• Maximum target dimension: 1.5m
• Polarisation: VV, HH, VH and HV
• Outputs:
  • Calibrated RCS with frequency
  • 2D and 3D target image