State two advantages and two applications of continuous wave radar.

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Advantages of CW RADAR.

(1) Capable of giving accurate measurement of relative velocity.

(2) Low transmitting powers.

(3) Compact hence can be used for mobile applications like police radar.

(4) Single frequency transmission and hence narrow receiver bandwidth.

(5) Zero minimum range.

(6) Ability to see moving targets in the presence of large echos from stationary target to which it is blind.

(7) Simple in design and construction.

Applications:

(1) Police radar used to measure vehicle speed.

(2) In aircraft navigation for speed measurement.

(3) Rate climber meter for vertical takeoff planes.

(4) Traffic control radar.

(5) Doppler radar motion sensor.

(6) Measurement of the relative velocity of a moving target.

(7) Human Gait Recognition

(8) In Doppler Radar

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