Adaptive Transient and CW RF Interference Mitigation in HF OTH Radar: Experimental Results

We introduce an adaptive technique for the joint mitigation of transients and continuous-wave radio-frequency co-channel interference (CW RFI) in high-frequency (HF) over-the-horizon radars (OTHRs). The performance of this technique is illustrated using data from an operational surface-wave radar (SECAR) and from recent experimental trials with sky-wave (SW) and sky-wave–line-of-sight (SKYLOS) HF OTHRs.

• Pavel Turcaj
• Yuri I. Abramovich
• Gordon J. Frazer

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