Radar Interference Matters
Alan Collinson(Author)
Institution of Engineering and Technology (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2026
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-1-83724-279-5 (ISBN)
Description
Radar Interference Matters is rooted in 25 years of real-world radar interference experience. The author began work on a radar interference investigation in 2000, expecting it to last six months - yet aspects are still ongoing. Many interference and coexistence cases followed over the years, and these have shaped a wider understanding of spectrum coexistence, safeguarding, and interference management. Professionals often had to "feel their way through" these problems due to a lack of structured guidance. That gap in practical, experience-based knowledge provided the inspiration for the book.
Each chapter has been inspired by real interference, coexistence and spectrum planning cases spanning air traffic control, air defence, space defence, vessel tracking service and meteorological radars. One chapter is dedicated to the problems of wind turbine interference to radar, and features updates on the author's previous book on the topic. The book includes a bibliography, and a chapter identifying future work in spectrum engineering, including AI applications and evolving regulatory needs.
The book is aimed at radar and spectrum engineers who are addressing radar interference matters, as well as researchers and students learning about radar interference.
Each chapter has been inspired by real interference, coexistence and spectrum planning cases spanning air traffic control, air defence, space defence, vessel tracking service and meteorological radars. One chapter is dedicated to the problems of wind turbine interference to radar, and features updates on the author's previous book on the topic. The book includes a bibliography, and a chapter identifying future work in spectrum engineering, including AI applications and evolving regulatory needs.
The book is aimed at radar and spectrum engineers who are addressing radar interference matters, as well as researchers and students learning about radar interference.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83724-279-5 (9781837242795)
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Person
Alan Collinson is managing director of Collinson Systems Limited (CSL), UK. He taught at Hull University for over twenty years. He has been an expert witness at public inquiries into the effects of wind farms on aviation radar systems. He has worked on NATO Industrial Advisory Groups. He is a registered European engineer, a chartered electrical engineer, a fellow of the IET, and was appointed OBE for services to the defence industry in 1999.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Spectrum and Radar
Chapter 3: Transmitters and Spurious Emissions
Chapter 4: Antennas
Chapter 5: Interference and Receivers
Chapter 6: Military Radars
Chapter 7: Wind Turbine Interference and Meteorological Radar
Chapter 8: Dynamic Range, Linearity and Non-linearity
Chapter 9: Interference Measurement
Chapter 10: Research and Further Work
Chapter 2: Spectrum and Radar
Chapter 3: Transmitters and Spurious Emissions
Chapter 4: Antennas
Chapter 5: Interference and Receivers
Chapter 6: Military Radars
Chapter 7: Wind Turbine Interference and Meteorological Radar
Chapter 8: Dynamic Range, Linearity and Non-linearity
Chapter 9: Interference Measurement
Chapter 10: Research and Further Work