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Radar, Nostradamus OTHR, 10420 kHz, September 18, 2011, 1610 UTC

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This is a recording of the Nostradamus (New Transhorizon Decametric System Applying Studio Methods) Radar transmitted from France, on September 18, 2011, at 1610 UTC. The receiver mode for this recording is USB, but naturally that is not the transmission mode of the radar itself.

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  • Recording a real time OTH Radar signal requires a receivcer capable of 20 KHz bandwidth SSB demdulation. USB demodulation translates

    radar's baseband signal to 0 to 20 KHz frequency band. The signal itself is

    not an ON-OFF pilse signal, as it appears on this clip due to unproper demidulation, it is a Progressive Linear Frequenvy Modulatiin (LFM) signal. Again, due to an "amateur" origin of the receiver, the signal appears to be not clean. This has nothingn to do with reality. Thanks for posting

  • @DonAnzalone The purpose of the video is to assist potential listeners who hear it in identification. As such, most of them will be listening in either AM or SSB and with a limited bandwidth, probably about 3 kHz or so.

    The receiver used for this video is capable of over 50 kHz of instantaneous demodulated bandwidth. Diagnosis of the I/Q recorded signal will allow up to 1.6 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth.

    Other radars can require significantly more bandwidth, over 20 kHz is common.

  • @DonAnzalone It is fairly clear this signal is over 20 kHz wide, the 3 dB points are at least 40 kHz. And while many HF radars are indeed LFMCW this (Nostradamus) is one of the few that is listed in Skolnick's Radar Handbook as "coded pulse". I suspect your recordings of LFMCW OTHRs that can be demodulated in 20 kHz of bandwidth are of other types, such as JORN, WERA, CODAR, etc, and not specifically this one, Nostradamus.

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  • Wow, I just discovered you channel the other day and I've found myself watching all of your videos - Numbers stations are particularly intriguing!

  • I have many recording of this radar made with NetSDR, converted to baseband with Rockwell Collins 95S-1A and wavewforms recorded with Sonar Studio.They will be posted on one of my blogs soon.

  • What's the pulse repetition frequency ?

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