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Old 16th Nov 2007, 09:26
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These modern digital radars barely emit any more power than the HF and of course the signal is highly directional.
The old-school analogue radars could output at 10kw+ if I remember rightly. The key to reducing the output was processing power in the T/R.

Come to think of it, ex-Phantom crews do seem to glow in the dark..........
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