ok, one last quote i think you got confused or its me ,but on 2 fronts you lose -again,
first is how much GAIN or sensitivity your few centimethers across RWR , which is an antenna have?
compare it to several mether squared of ground based antena?_;)
especialy with sidelobe tracking where outer boundary of radar beam is just touching you from 1 side to another in a sweep()_?
with radar shuting down its beam to prevent illuminating whole plane while switching sides?
and also power available to ampplify the weak signal does you airfighter have available ,and processing powere available ,and number of operators you have onboard???
starting to get picture? 😎
Hm…didn’t think this is about loosing and winning (“again”???), but about clarifying things (answering the question).
So, from the general tone of my post, I hoped it was obvious that my point is purely academical, like that part of the question, was.
I really don’t know much about either system’s data (classified), but I was assuming that we have comparable systems involved.
So, in terms of frequency, not sure here, but I think we talk about X-band (or upper C-band) for tracking (missile-guidance) radars, for both air and land based systems.
In this conditions, RWR can actually detect another radar at roughly double the range regardless of gain.
Gain is just a matter of “focus”. So, a high-gain (guiding) antenna, has in turn longer range for the same wavelength and output power (and sooner the RWR will detect it).
In the real world, surveillance, tracking and/or guiding radars have different wavelengths, because shorter wavelength have higher resolution/precision on account of reduced range. So, it’s common to pair the shortest possible wavelength (highest frequency) radar with the SAM missile’s range, because you’ll get the most precise guiding for a given range (you actually don’t need guiding outside of missile’s max range).
In terms of other frequency bands, I’m not sure how RWR antennas have been layed out (for particular system) and therefore frequency limits, the given RWR can detect at all.
Anyway, keep in mind that the lower you go (towards VHF) the more interference you get and you need larger antennas. Then large LC (coil-capacitor) filters come into play, but anyhow radar will be operating significantly more difficult…
Phew, I think I got it right (it’s been a while), but if I didn’t, feel free to correct me 😀
Cheers, Cola
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