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716 RADAR RELAY [SEC. 17.10<br />

signal strength as a function of range for frequencies of 100, 300,<br />

and 850 Me/see, displaying the effect of frequency on the number and<br />

the magnitude of the fluctuations in signal strength that are due to<br />

interference. Figure 17.16 shows curves of signal strength as a<br />

function of range for receiver antenna heights of 75, 110, and 140 ft<br />

above the surface of the sea. These curves indicate the manner in which<br />

the effects of signal cancellation can be reduced by using diversity reception<br />

with antennas at different heights. A simple diversity system might<br />

consist of two antennas respectively 75 and 140 ft above the sea, with<br />

arrangements for switching the receiver to the antenna providing the<br />

greater signal strength at any given moment. In effect, this reduces the<br />

depths of the cancellation minima in either of the antennas considered<br />

separately.<br />

Future Trends in Frequency .—Frequencies most generally used for<br />

radar relay have been in the region from one to a few hundred megacycles<br />

per second, partly for reasons of achievable power, higher gains of nondirectional<br />

antennas, and so on. Future trends appear to lead toward<br />

higher frequencies, up to and including microwaves.<br />

Comparatively speaking, the use of such frequencies is characterized<br />

by the possibility of using simple, highly directional antennas, by low<br />

gain in omnidirectional antennas, by reduction in man-made static<br />

(except for pulse interference from radars), by a great increase in the<br />

overwater diffraction effect, by a large number of available channels, and<br />

by the relatively low power now available for c-w operation.<br />

The powers available for continuous operation with equipment developed<br />

by the end of the war are approximately as follows:<br />

100 Me/see<br />

(FM)., . . . . . . . .<br />

(AM.. .<br />

300 Nfc/sec<br />

(FM) . . . . .<br />

(AM) . . . . . . . . . .<br />

1000 Me/see<br />

(FM), ,.,..<br />

(AM)...<br />

3000 Mc/sec(F.M).<br />

10,000 Mc/sec (FM)...<br />

100 watts average<br />

100 watts average<br />

250 watts peak video level<br />

500 watts peak in pulses<br />

30 watts average<br />

30 watts average<br />

80 watts peak video level<br />

175 watts peak in pulses<br />

{<br />

25 watts average<br />

25 watts average<br />

40 watts peak video level<br />

80 watts peak in pulses<br />

10 watts average<br />

0.1 watts average<br />

Any of these is sufficient for use in applications where both antennas<br />

can be directive., and there is little question that the very highest fre-

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