TY  - JOUR
A1  - Harzheim, Thomas
A1  - Mühmel, Marc
A1  - Heuermann, Holger
T1  - A SFCW harmonic radar system for maritime search and rescue using passive and active tags
JF  - International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies
N2  - This paper introduces a new maritime search and rescue system based on S-band illumination harmonic radar (HR). Passive and active tags have been developed and tested while attached to life jackets and a small boat. In this demonstration test carried out on the Baltic Sea, the system was able to detect and range the active tags up to a distance of 5800 m using an illumination signal transmit-power of 100 W. Special attention is given to the development, performance, and conceptual differences between passive and active tags used in the system. Guidelines for achieving a high HR dynamic range, including a system components description, are given and a comparison with other HR systems is performed. System integration with a commercial maritime X-band navigation radar is shown to demonstrate a solution for rapid search and rescue response and quick localization.
KW  - Radar
KW  - microwave measurements
KW  - harmonic radar
KW  - harmonic radar tags
KW  - nonlinear VNA measurements
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1759078721000520
VL  - 13
IS  - Special Issue 7
SP  - 691
EP  - 707
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Heuermann, Holger
A1  - Harzheim, Thomas
A1  - Mühmel, Marc
T1  - A maritime harmonic radar search and rescue system using passive and active tags
T2  - 2020 17th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)
KW  - Harmonic Radar
KW  - Rescue System
KW  - Frequency Doubler
KW  - Transponder
KW  - Tag
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 978-2-87487-061-3
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EuRAD48048.2021.00030
N1  - Proceedings of the 17th European Radar Conference, 
13th - 15th January 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands
SP  - 73
EP  - 76
PB  - IEEE
ER  -