LOOKOUT ASSIST DEVICE FEASIBILITY STUDIES. VOLUME 2. SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS, (PROXIMITY AND TAU SYSTEMS), PERFORMANCE ESTIMATES, SYSTEMS PARAMETERS STUDY, A TAU CRITERION DISPLAY SYSTEM

Contents: System recommendations--Proximity warning device; The Tau System; System performance estimates--Estimate of performance of SRP system against surface targets; False alarm rate for guard ring, automatic detection; Performance estimate for the tau system; System study--System parameters study; introduction, the super-regenerative principle; characteristics of the slope-controlled state; noise power, magnitude of quench slope G' (t sub i), effect of frequency shift, gain and gain control, pulse length and decay time, minimum widths of the quench cycle, scan rate and hits per scan, pulse repetition rate, optimum integration parameters; Calculation of available information signal; State-of-the-art of miniature s-band microwave oscillators; Summary of revised tentative systems specifications.

• Corporate Authors:

  Sperry Piedmont Company

  Division of Sperry Rand Corporation
  Charlottesville, VA  United States 
• Publication Date: 1965-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 67 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conning; Navigation radar; Radar; Radar devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Conning systems; Radar criteria
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00027551
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: JA-240-0007 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: MA-3374
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1973 12:00AM