RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF MULTI-BAND SIMULATOR OF THE MANUFACTURER OF ACTIVE NOISE JAMMER

Abstract

The article provides information on the results of experimental studies of a multi-band hardware and software complex for simulating the action of an active noise jammer, which has been created for the training of operators of radar stations of radio engineering troops. One of the important elements of the professional training of the radar stations operators of the air defense radio engineering forces is their ability to work in difficult target and jamming conditions. The existing simulators for training operators do not fully meet the requirements of the quality of training, since they form only secondary bearing marks on the jammer manufacturer and do not reproduce the situation of deterioration of target detection conditions as a result of the simultaneous action of active and passive noise jammer, as well as the influence of the autocompensator of jammer on the quality of the radar, as it happens in real situation. The offered device for simulating the influence of active jammer has been built according to the modular principle and implemented using software-defined radio technology, which allows to quickly change both the type of signal and its parameters. Power amplifiers and antenna systems have been designed to operate in the 140–190 MHz, 470–900 MHz, and 2500–3500 MHz bands, and for experimental research radar stations in the meter, decimeter, and centimeter wave ranges have been involved. The method of using the simulator has been substantiated, and the conducted studies showed that for radar stations in which the angular beams of the directional pattern have different operating frequencies, there is an additional possibility of simulating the action of the active jammer by changing the frequency of the jammer in the case of operation of the complex directly near the suppression object, where the directional pattern of the radar station antenna has not yet been formed. The method of using the complex both for training sessions and during tactical exercises of the radio technical troops unit to simulate the action of an air-based jamming device or a dropped jamming transmitter has been substantiated. Keywords: active noise jammer; simulation; hardware and software complex; radar station; programmed radio.