Open Radar
The Open Radar Initiative is a project to develop reliable and reusable technology for radio science
applications. The initiative will provide a resource for the development of radio science systems, reduce the
duplication of effort in the community, provide a means for distributing innovative techniques, and lower the expense
and difficulty of developing new experimental systems. The initial focus of the initiative is to produce a set of
hardware and software components that can be combined to construct and modernize ionospheric radars. The components
will be designed for use in incoherent scatter, coherent scatter, and passive radar systems. Many of the hardware and
software elements may also be useful in other scientific systems such as riometers, sounders, beacon tomography
systems, and radio telescopes. An "open source" development model is being used to distribute the resulting technology
and to encourage community participation.
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