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Solid-State Weather Radars - Meteopress - Palko Melich

The solid-state weather radar system features dual-polarization Doppler and 3D volumetric scanning capabilities. It uses solid-state GaN power amplifiers, operates across C-Band, S-Band, and X-Band frequencies, and is easy to install due to its light and rigid structure. The system offers ultra-low life-cycle costs and fully remote autonomous operation.

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Solid-State Weather Radars - Meteopress - Palko Melich

The solid-state weather radar system features dual-polarization Doppler and 3D volumetric scanning capabilities. It uses solid-state GaN power amplifiers, operates across C-Band, S-Band, and X-Band frequencies, and is easy to install due to its light and rigid structure. The system offers ultra-low life-cycle costs and fully remote autonomous operation.

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Solid-state Weather Radars

Dual-polarization, Doppler, and 3D volumetric scanning


The system is easy to install, featuring a light and rigid structure. It boasts ultra-low life-cycle costs, thanks to
advanced GaN solid-state power amplifiers that operate in the C-Band, S-Band, and X-Band frequency ranges. The
use of COTS components and fully remote autonomous operation further enhance its efficiency.

SW-based radar Solid-state GaN

Dual-polarization 3D scanning
and Doppler

X-band C-band S-band


General
Operating frequency 9300 - 9600 Mhz 5500 - 5700 Mhz 2700 - 3100 Mhz

Typical operating range 200 km 300 km 500 km

Maximum range 500 km 500 km 700 km

Measurement modes Dual polarization ( Star and LDR ), Doppler

Range resolution Down to 30 m; 150 m typical

Transmitter
Peak output power 0.8 or 1.6 kW solid-state 5 kW or 10 kW solid-state 5 kW or 10 kW solid-state

Transmitter technology Fully solid-state GaN

Pulse lenght 0.5 - 100 μs (short pulse / long pulse)

Pulse compression Non-linear FM, progressive pulse compression

Pulse repetition frequency 200 - 3000 Hz, arbitrary staggered PRT

Occupied bandwith 0.5 - 8 Mhz configurable

Signal processing unit


Software defined radio-based dual down conversion reciever and transmitter fully software-based signal processing
(meteopress SD-SPU)
ADC resolution 16-bit ( before pulse compression )

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X-Band C-Band S-Band

Reciever technology Solid-state limiter ( T/R switching ) + LNA

Noise figure ≤ 3 dB ≤ 1.7 dB ≤ 1.7 dB

Antenna and pedestal


Antenna Prime focus parabolic w/ sidelobe attenuation

Antenna diameter 1.2 m 1.8 m 2.4 m 2.4 m 3.0 m 3.7 m 4.5 m 4.5 m 6.5 m 8.5 m

Antenna gain 39 dBi 42 dBi 44.5 dBi 40 dBi 41.5 dBi 43 dBi 45 dBi 39.5 dBi 42 dBi 44.5 dBi

Half-power beam width 1.85 ° 1.4 ° 0.95 ° 1.7 ° 1.3 ° ~1° < 0.9 ° 1.7 ° 1.4 ° 1°

Weight 250 kg 350 kg 550 kg 550 kg 780 kg 1100 kg 1300 kg 1300 kg 1400 kg 1500 kg

Azimuth movement 360 ° continuous


configurable 1 to 15 RPM configurable 1 to 15 RPM configurable 1 to 5 RPM
Scanning speed
( up to 90°/ sec ) ( up to 90°/ sec ) ( up to 30°/ sec )
Elevation range -2 to +110 ° -2 to +110 ° -2 to +93°

Positional accuracy Better than 0.04 °

Radome
Construction Segmented, fiberglass sandwich, UV-stable hydrophobic gelcoat, pseudo-randomized panel configuration available

Attenuation ≤ 0.15 dB ≤ 0.12 dB ≤ 0.12 dB

Data processing and output


Connection Starlink, 4G / 5G, WISP, Ethernet

Clutter removal Adaptive IIR, Dynamic declutter, User-defined masks

Interference avoidance Wifi packet detection and blanking (WiPAD)

Configuration Web interface, API, SSH

Built-in visualization Web-based map, single elevation view, vertical cut, live sweep

Data output UZ, Z, V, W, SQI, SNR, (in H, V channels), ZDR, LDR, PhiDP, KDP, CCOR (RhoHV)

Data output format ODIM HDF5, NetCDF, MSG31, PNG

Installation requirements
Power Single-phase 100 - 240 V AC or 48 V DC
300 - 600 W 800 - 1500 W 2.5 kW
Power consumption
(without optional radome A/C) ( without optional radome A/C ) (without optional radome A/C)
Data upload speed 20+ Mb/s recommended, 64 kb/s basic operation

Data installation space Not required, the entire stacks integrated into the radome

All specifications are subject to change without prior notice.


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