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Harmonics occur at integer multiples of the fundamental. If a body resonates at F, you will see harmonics at F, 2F, 3F... You will not see harmonics at fracti
by dplavery92 7y ago
Harmonics occur at integer multiples of the fundamental. If a body resonates at F, you will see harmonics at F, 2F, 3F...
You will not see harmonics at fractional (1/2 F, etc...) frequencies of the fundamental, though you will likely still see some backscatter.
Retroreflectors[0], to include the Luneburg lenses[1] mentioned in the article, function by directing radar energy parallel to its incidence direction. These reflectors will not significantly increase the plane's RCS for passive/bistatic receivers. Even if these reflectors did increase RCS omni-directionally, it is unlikely that a reflector designed to operate at 3 Ghz (10 cm) would also be designed to operate at 187.5 MHz (1.6 meters).
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflector
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luneburg_lens#Radar_reflector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luneburg_lens#Radar_reflector