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AMBER 1800

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: AMBER 1800
© 2015 LitakTak

Figure 1: AMBER 1800
© 2015 LitakTak

Specifications
frequency: 140 MHz … 180 MHz
(in steps of 200 kHz)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ): 6 µs and 78 µs
receive time:
dead time:
peak power: 8 kW (optional: 30 kW)
average power:
instrumented range: 360 km (optional: 500 km)
range resolution: 1100 m
accuracy: 270 m ; 0.4°
beamwidth:
hits per scan:
antenna rotation: 3 to 6 rpm
MTBCF:
MTTR:

AMBER 1800

The AMBER 1800 is a self-propelled mobile long-range VHF- air surveillance 2D radar. The Antenna consists of 2 rows with each 12 circular modules. The radiators are horizontal linear polarized. For near range it uses a keyed on/off waveform witht the length of 6 microseconds. For the long-range it uses Phase-Coded Pulse Compression (13th Barker Code: 13×6 µs = 78 µs; optional: nested codes with a length of 42×6 µs or 51×6 µs).

The company LitakTak of Lithuania first presented its radar at the MSPO 2014 exhibition on September 2014 in Kelcas, Poland.

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