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Old 08-30-2016, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter UK View Post
Could you use a satellite dish for that?
Maybe, this radar system is an S Band radar. The S band is used by weather radar, surface ship radar, and some communications satellites, especially those used by NASA to communicate with the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. The 10-cm radar short-band ranges roughly from 1.55 to 5.2 GHz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_band

If your trying to use it as surface ship radar I'm guessing you will need something like this

https://www.kelvinhughes.com/maritim...vigation-radar
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