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Radar signals are emissions from various radars, including aircraft radars, over the horizon radars, oceanic radars, and atmospheric radars.

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(No longer in use)
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(Currently in active use)
Status
Unknown or Intermittent
Signal Name Description Frequency Mode Modulation Bandwidth Location Sample Audio Waterfall image
'Ghadir' OTH Radar 'Ghadir', is an Iranian over the horizon radar, part of Iran's Sepehr Phased Radar System. 28 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 29.7 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz AMAmplitude Modulation Pulse 60 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 1 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz Iran IranOTH.png
'OTH-SW' OTH Radar The PRC OTHOver The Horizon (very long range)-SW over the horizon radar MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 30 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMCW 40 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 80 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz China OTH RADAR.png
29B6 'Kontayner' OTH Radar 29B6, nicknamed 'Kontayner', is a Russian over the horizon radar. It is currently very active in Europe. 6.1 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 32 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMOP, Pulsed 3.5 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 28 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Russia Kontainer.png
77Ya6 'Voronezh' radar 150 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 440 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz AMAmplitude Modulation FMCW MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz Russia Voronezh-dm-437-439-mhz.jpeg
CODAR CODAR (Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar) is used for near-surface ocean monitoring, such as waves and water current. 4.438 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 42.5 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) ILFM 50 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Worldwide CODARthm.jpg
Digisonde Digisondes are ionosondes that use pulsed signal that can gather more radar information than a traditional ionosonde sweep. 500 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 30 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz RAW Pulsed 30 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Worldwide DigisondeCrop.png
Duga 3 Duga (Russian: Дуга́) was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl and Chernihiv in the Ukrainian SSR (present-day Ukraine), the other in eastern Siberia. The Duga systems were extremely powerful, over 10 MW in some cases, and broadcast in the shortwave radio bands. They appeared without warning, sounding like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at 10 HzHertz (Hz), unit of frequency, defined as one cycle per second (1 Hz)., which led to it being nicknamed by shortwave listeners the Russian Woodpecker. MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 19 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz 20 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 800 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Ukraine Duga3.png
GRAVES The Grand Réseau Adapté à la Veille Spatiale (GRAVES) system is a French space-surveillance system for low-orbit (up to 1000km) satellites. Emitter is based near Dijon, France. 143.05 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz RAW I/Q kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz France GRAVES.png
High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) HAARP is a ionospheric research program conducted in Gakona, Alaska. 2.7 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 10 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz AMAmplitude Modulation, CWContinuous Wave CWContinuous Wave, FMCW 100 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz United States Haarp.jpg
High Power Auroral Stimulation (HIPAS) 2.85 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 4.53 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz United States NoWaterfallFiller.png
Ionosonde An Ionosonde (Also known as a chirpsounder or ionospheric sounder) is a radar that examines the Ionosphere and monitors HFHigh Frequency (3-30 MHz) propagation conditions by sweeping the HFHigh Frequency (3-30 MHz) band and receiving the echoes. MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 40 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMCW HzHertz (Hz), unit of frequency, defined as one cycle per second (1 Hz). Worldwide Ionosonde2e.png
Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) JORN is an Australian OTHR system that operates uniquely in that it's radar bursts include an intro tone before the burst. 8.992 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 22.95 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMCW 10 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Australia JORN.png
PLUTO II OTH Radar PLUTO II is an Over The Horizon Radar located in the Sovereign Base Area just outside RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. PLUTO II is very active in Europe. MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 38 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMCW 20 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 40 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Cyprus PLUTO II.png
Primary Aeronautical Surveillance Radar A Primary radar (PSR Primary Surveillance Radar) is a conventional radar sensor that illuminates a large portion of space with an electromagnetic wave and receives back the reflected waves from targets within that space. 1,215 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 1,400 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz RAW Pulse MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz Worldwide L-band radar.JPG
Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR), also known as AN/TPS-71, is an OTHOver The Horizon (very long range) Radar used by the United States Navy that uses bistatic ionospheric backscattering for wide area surveillance. MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 28 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) FMCW kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz — 100 kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz United States UnknownHF.PNG
Secondary surveillance radar (SSR) Secondary surveillance radar (SSR)is a radar system used in air traffic control. A surveillance radar system which uses transmitters/receivers (interrogators) and transponders. 1,030 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz RAW PPMPulse Position Modulation MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz Worldwide Interrogator.JPG
SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network) SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network) is an international radar network used for scientific purposes. The network is used to study plasma convection in the upper atmosphere. MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz — 20 MHzMegaHertz (MHz) 10^6 Hz USBUpper Side Band Modulation (Radio, referring to reception and modulation mode)Universal Serial Bus (Computer, referring to USB Ports and cables) kHzKiloHertz (kHz) 10^3 Hz Worldwide Superdarn.PNG