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Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic
waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving
and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations,
and terrain. The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for
Radio Detection and Ranging. The term has since
entered the English language as a standard word, radar, losing the
capitalization. Radar was originally called RDF (Radio Direction Finder)
in the United Kingdom. A radar system
has a transmitter that emits either microwaves or radio waves that are reflected
by the target and detected by a receiver, typically in the same location
as the transmitter. Although the signal returned is usually very weak, the
signal can be amplified. This enables radar to detect objects at ranges
where other emissions, such as sound or visible light, would be too weak
to detect. Radar is used in many contexts, including meteorological detection
of precipitation, measuring ocean surface waves, air traffic control, police
detection of speeding traffic, and by the military.
Marine RADAR is available with LCD and CRT Displays. It also available in
a variety of power capacity, range, Frequency, size, features and price.
Premier manufacturers include
Furuno,
Raymarine,
Simrad,
JRC,
Si-Tex,
GARMIN, and
ICOM.
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