David VanHorn wrote:
> >That's pretty cool.  If it ever happened.
>
> Doubtful, except at very close range.

We're talking 10kw peak power Xband magnetrons here,
at maybe 20 feet as you pass the trooper.
All it takes is ONE pulse to EMP the detector. A few thousand (if you had
the power supply) to cook the trooper.

Ever see an apple explode from a monopulse radar antenna sweep?
Way cool. An old tech friend of mine used to use an apple (or pear) on a
wood pole as crude test of power output when servicing DEW line stuff
decades ago. Makes one wonder what it would do to nearby seagulls.
I'll see if I can find the old photo he took.

> Even with high antenna gain (17dB isn't unreasonable) the path loss is pretty high,
> and you might see a couple mW at the detector, which is probably sitting in 10-100mW normally.

R

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