Hi all,

This is a question which is an extension of the amateur radar discussion
which I started a while back. I have been looking around at what is
available out there and it seems as though X band (10GHz) would be the best
place to start. I noticed, though, that the FCC doesn't allow amateur
operations in the 10GHz band which use the "pulse" emission type. Roughly
speaking, I would think this would rule out most types of range-reporting
radar. However, I'd like to know exactly what is defined as pulse? For
example, if I were to maintain a constant output power, but FM modulate the
output so that there was a quick ramp in frequency (say a microsecond long)
followed by a drop in frequency where it sat for a millisecond, and then
the whole thing repeated over and over, would this be considered a pulse
emission?

Thanks,

Sean

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