Dr. Jose' Navarro, Managing Director at Applied Radar Physics and Chief Scientist at Norcontrol IT<br>
<b>Coastal Surveillance Radars -- A Radioastronomer's Perspective</b>

<br><p>
I will give a short colloquium on coastal surveillance radars such as
those used by coastguards and port authorities worldwide for vessel traffic
services, safety, security and search and rescue. These radars are typically
slotted waveguides that rotate once every 3 seconds, firing 25 kW microsecond
pulses in X-band at a rate of 1 kHz. I will examine the different elements in
the signal path from magnetron to target acquisition and tracking, using
pictures rather than numbers to attempt to convey a basic understanding of the
issues in this field.