Re: Useless questions

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Dopler trafic radar probibly wont work. You would nead some type of pulse
imiging radar. A small 3cm lab radar or fire control radar  should work as
it would have sufficent resolution for small tests.
   Robert  H

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> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:16:36 -0700
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> Subject: Re: Useless questions
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> Original poster: "Paul Nicholson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <paul-at-abelian.demon.co.uk>
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> I wonder whether you could use a security or traffic radar to
> determine how quickly ionisation forms around the topload, and to
> see how much of it is maintained between RF half-cycles and
> between bangs.
> 
> Operating circa 10GHz, with the usual doppler output, it might be
> possible to witness streamer formation down to 1nS resolution.  The
> demodulated radar output could be displayed on a scope trace
> alongside the topvolts waveform, in order to determine where things
> are happening in relation to the RF cycle.
> 
> Radar has been used since the late 1940s to investigate the ionised
> trails left by meteors, perhaps it could be applied to the study of
> TC breakout?
> --
> Paul Nicholson
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