How Passive Radar Works

by surprisetalk on 4/9/2026, 12:35:24 PM

https://www.passiveradar.com/how-passive-radar-works/

Comments

by: smartscience

Are there any clever tricks for the data processing involved here, given that the delay is a shift in the time domain and the Doppler effect is a shift in the frequency domain? Maybe involving fractional Fourier transforms, or wavelets?

4/11/2026, 12:34:40 PM

by: quantum_state

If one visualizes the electromagnetic field in the environment, including all objects in it and any changes, one would naturally come across many applications in sensing the associated changes in the field. One classic example is the eavesdropping case at Moscow US embassy in the former Soviet Union.

4/11/2026, 11:30:54 AM

by: sebasv_

I want this, but I do not have the experience with radio signals to build this myself without more guidance. Is there a DIY proof of concept I could lean on? How much more challenging will this be if you are in an area with overlapping FM signals from 2 transmitters sending the same signal?

4/11/2026, 11:29:09 AM

by: Chrisszz

a website for passive radars, cool xD

4/11/2026, 11:50:20 AM