RESEARCH IN ACTION

A full-scale static radar cross-section (RCS) measurement facility

J.W. Odendaal^I; L. Botha^II; J. Joubert^I

^ICentre for Electromagnetism, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
^IICSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001

ABSTRACT

We present an overview of a full-scale static RCS near-field measurement facility, and some sample measurements. The measurements, and the target, are in the near-field RCS range. Corrections for distance are made using sophisticated software.

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*Author for correspondence. E-mail: wimpie.odendaal@up.ac.za