The Padded Dungeon

[QUAZAR]

Well, thats what my latest project is affectionally being called.




In reality, it is a 2.5m anechoic chamber for testing marine radar transmitters.






It took my almost 3 weeks to build this. It is possibly the biggest thing I have built for some time. It is capable of taking a 2m open array.




There is £35K sat here.



Even the screwdrivers cost £45 each. They are made from 6AI-4V titanium though.
You have to use non ferous tools when working with radar to prevent degaussing the magnatron, which would trash the unit being tested.

[ImageLight]

Wow, thats cool... I always wanted to play around with radar but, never had the opportunity.

Mark

[Doc]

Toys for big boys, nice

[dave]

That's a very very tidy workbench

[weartronics]

But... how flat is the response?

[daedal]

That looks very cool!

Thanx for sharing

--DDL

[chad]

I am familiar with the acoustic version of these but not the RF ones. Can I assume that the (foam?) is coated with ram/ RF reflective something?

Cool none the less!
chad

[QUAZAR]

The foam is impregnated with powdered carbon. Thus making it somewhat messsy to work with. Usually by the end of each day, I looked like I had been down a coal mine.

[Soulstorm]

So... how many watts does that baby put out? TTL or analogue?

Funky looking stuff, do they have some sort of RF shielding around the cabinet while you are measuring output? I have heard radars can be sometimes not the best for your health in long/large doses. Kinda like my old job, where I worked next to 36 servers and many other computers all day long :/