Book details

  • Genre:technology & engineering
  • Sub-genre:Marine & Naval
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The FCC Commercial Radio License Series
  • Series Number:8
  • Pages:568
  • Paperback ISBN:9798952298064

Radar Principles, Systems, and Practice

A Reference for Maritime and Aviation Professionals and Study Guide

By Greg Phillips

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Overview

Prepared for radar technicians, deck officers, and aviation professionals, and for candidates for the FCC Ship Radar Endorsement, which authorizes the installation, servicing, and maintenance of radar equipment aboard ship and rests on FCC Element 8.
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Description

This book is written for two readers. The first is the professional: the marine electronics technician, the deck officer, the aviation maintainer, the Navy or Coast Guard technician, who wants a single, trustworthy reference on how radar works and how to install, maintain, and repair it. The second is the candidate for the FCC Ship Radar Endorsement, who must pass the 50-question Element 8 examination drawn from a pool of 300 questions. Thetwoneedsoverlapalmostcompletely, because the examination tests what aradar technician needs to know. So this is one book, not two: a reference that is also a complete study guide.
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About The Author

Beginning his career in 1984, Greg Phillips gained early expertise in electrical, fire alarm, motor con trol and complexindustrialPLC controlsystemsbefore joiningtheU.S.Navy'sAdvancedElectronics Program in 1990. He then specialized in HF, VHF, UHF, SHF and EHF communications, miniature printed-circuit-board repair, radar, and fleet broadcast and tactical satellite communications. Upon an honorable discharge he worked in the satellite communications field for Comsat World Systems andIntelsat, andlater movedintoITconsultingforthefederalgovernmentandcommercial entities, providing software engineering, systems performance testing and systems infrastructure. The last twelve years, from 2014 to 2026, have been spent as a consultant in the cable MSO space, providing services for IP and linear video delivery and serving as an EAS subject-matter expert, with specialties in RF terrestrial and satellite communications, systems integration and migration, systems architecture, network infrastructure, and data center operations. When not in a data center he can be found on the air as amateur radio call sign W4GAP, or riding off-road motorcycles in North Georgia. He is also the author of the companion GMDSS book and video series
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