Radar Detection: A Research on its Science, History, and Uses
Radar Detection
A Research of the Science, History, and Uses
Ever since Bryce K. Brown first invented the radar detection unit back in 1954 (Edgar, 2006, p. 53), the numerous uses of his technology has allowed for more than just police in speed traps to benefit from the technology. Police revenue from speed tickets that use the radar gun is in the billions of dollars. They can use this technology as an evidence product in court rooms, thus solidifying the speeders guilt. Yes, the police and court rooms should be thanking Mr. Brown for this invention, but this writer will also expose the other uses of this technology. The applications of the radar and the technology, helps many sports and record seekers gauge the speed and skill of many athletes in all sports. How fast does the pitcher in baseball or softball pitch? How fast do the fastest sprinters in the world run? With the radar detector, none of this knowledge would be known. This report delves into the technology of the radar, applications, science and history.
The use of Radar has been around since the 1950s. Radar stands for Radio Detection and Ranging and was first developed for military purposes. The word Detection stands for finding an object or target by sending out a radio signal. Merriam Webster defines radar as “a device or system consisting usually of a synchronized radio transmitter and receiver that emits radio waves and processes their reflections for display and is used especially for detecting and locating objects (as aircraft) or surface features (as of a planet). (Merriam Webster, 2012) The word Ranging means measuring the distance to the target from the radar device. In this paper this writer will explain how Radar works, the Science of Radar, the History of Radar and the different uses of Radar, specifically Radar Detectors. Radar is when a signal is transmitted, then bounces off an object and later received by some type of receiver. Radar can see
A Research of the Science, History, and Uses
Ever since Bryce K. Brown first invented the radar detection unit back in 1954 (Edgar, 2006, p. 53), the numerous uses of his technology has allowed for more than just police in speed traps to benefit from the technology. Police revenue from speed tickets that use the radar gun is in the billions of dollars. They can use this technology as an evidence product in court rooms, thus solidifying the speeders guilt. Yes, the police and court rooms should be thanking Mr. Brown for this invention, but this writer will also expose the other uses of this technology. The applications of the radar and the technology, helps many sports and record seekers gauge the speed and skill of many athletes in all sports. How fast does the pitcher in baseball or softball pitch? How fast do the fastest sprinters in the world run? With the radar detector, none of this knowledge would be known. This report delves into the technology of the radar, applications, science and history.
The use of Radar has been around since the 1950s. Radar stands for Radio Detection and Ranging and was first developed for military purposes. The word Detection stands for finding an object or target by sending out a radio signal. Merriam Webster defines radar as “a device or system consisting usually of a synchronized radio transmitter and receiver that emits radio waves and processes their reflections for display and is used especially for detecting and locating objects (as aircraft) or surface features (as of a planet). (Merriam Webster, 2012) The word Ranging means measuring the distance to the target from the radar device. In this paper this writer will explain how Radar works, the Science of Radar, the History of Radar and the different uses of Radar, specifically Radar Detectors. Radar is when a signal is transmitted, then bounces off an object and later received by some type of receiver. Radar can see
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