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'Overview and Summary'
Pages 4-6

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... When it is tracking an object in space, the beam can search anywhere in the horizontal sector, from 3° to 85° above the horizon. The actual pattern of beam positions followed during any one scanning and tracking cycle depends on the particular search mode selected and on the position of the target under surveillance.
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... The measurements of power density levels by the Air Force in l978, taken at various points up to 5 miles beyond the "exclusion" fence some l,000 feet from the PAVE PAWS radar, have been reviewed by the National Bureau of Standards as to the validity of the techniques used as well as the ambient levels of electromagnetic radiation. The measurements show that at the fence the microwave power densities averaged in the range of 5yW/cra2, with the levels decreasing at distances farther away from the radar.
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... o The measurements being made by the contractor during installation and test of the PAVE PAWS radar, and independent measurements as planned by the Air Force, and now in process, can give a reliable verification of the estimates of performance to compare with design data, o Measurements made td date are consistent with predictions from design data. They demonstrate that radiation intensities at ground level are below the bounds estimated in Reference 2.
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Key Terms

  • paws radar
  • power density
  • density levels
  • peak power
  • average power

  • design data
  • ground level
  • normal operation
  • paws indicate
  • microwave power

  • power densities
  • paws transmits
  • paws beam
  • power transmitted
  • paws design

  • independent tests
  • actual pattern
  • cycle depends
  • apart covering
  • independent measurements

  • distances farther
  • particular search
  • densities averaged
  • returning echoes
  • element radiates

  • search mode
  • undesignated direction
  • transmitting elements
  • communications earth
  • basic nature


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