Eeyore wrote in
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In rec.aviation.piloting Eeyore
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Danny Deger wrote:

In another thread I am in a discussion on radar capability for
FAA "Centers". My recollection is that they typically have no
primary radar, thus no capability to paint weather.

There is no connection whatever between 'primary radar' and
'weather radar'.

The ability to detect storm clouds is related purely to the
wavelength of the radar transmission. A radar that was swamped by
cloud returns would be utterly useless as a primary radar !

Bzzzt, wrong answer.

The ablility of radar to detect weather is related to frequency,
antenna polarization, antenna sweep rate, type (as in pure pulse
versus doppler) and signal processing (if any).

Mainly frequency actually. If not ENTIRELY frequency. The effect was
found by accident during WW2 btw.


You're sitll wrong


Bertie