Talk:Radar engineering

"TDU"
The diagrams have a unit marked "TDU", but that abbreviation is not defined in the text. I suspect that it means Time Delay Unit. More info on that would be appreciated, like how that's done. --John Nagle (talk) 19:05, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

"...details" is a highly unusual name for a Wikipedia article
"Radar engineering details" is a highly unusual name for a Wikipedia article. From the article's history, the name was changed from "Radar sensor" during/after a merge proposal (not using the template?). If this article is about radar engineering, it should just be called that. Just because we have a "...details" tag doesn't mean the linked articles need to be called "...details". However, I think this article should just be merged with Radar. Nczempin (talk) 05:26, 13 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Agree. WP:BEBOLD. Constant314 (talk) 15:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * If you want to move all the material to Radar, I suppose I won't complain. I suspect, though, that there is enough material for two articles, though possibly with a different split.  We could have Radar (physics), as I believe that there are other articles with a (physics) name. Or maybe some other disambiguator. Gah4 (talk) 01:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * We also have Radar signal characteristics, which talks in detail about the nature of the radar signal and the factors that drive the design of the system. I would suggest that this should remain as a separate article, referenced from the main article.Terry C (talk) 08:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, I agree it should be separate. I am not against changing the name, or moving more here from Radar, if that makes sense. Gah4 (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Gah4, I assume you mean Radar signal characteristics should be separate. Any thoughts on Radar engineering details? ~Kvng (talk) 19:14, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I am mostly happy with the way they are now, though would not be against name changes. None of the three are so small that they need merging for that reason. There is definitely enough for two articles. I suppose I could see merging this with Radar signal characteristics as the more technical descriptions. Gah4 (talk) 23:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, I agree it should be separate. I am not against changing the name, or moving more here from Radar, if that makes sense. Gah4 (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Gah4, I assume you mean Radar signal characteristics should be separate. Any thoughts on Radar engineering details? ~Kvng (talk) 19:14, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I am mostly happy with the way they are now, though would not be against name changes. None of the three are so small that they need merging for that reason. There is definitely enough for two articles. I suppose I could see merging this with Radar signal characteristics as the more technical descriptions. Gah4 (talk) 23:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I am mostly happy with the way they are now, though would not be against name changes. None of the three are so small that they need merging for that reason. There is definitely enough for two articles. I suppose I could see merging this with Radar signal characteristics as the more technical descriptions. Gah4 (talk) 23:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I am mostly happy with the way they are now, though would not be against name changes. None of the three are so small that they need merging for that reason. There is definitely enough for two articles. I suppose I could see merging this with Radar signal characteristics as the more technical descriptions. Gah4 (talk) 23:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Propose rename
The current name does not give the reader an adequate idea of the intended or actual scope of the article. As I am uncertain of what the scope should include or is intended to include I will make a tentative suggestion, and hope that more involved editors may have better suggestions.

It may also be appropriate to split out some of the more technical content of Radar and merge it into this article under a new title, and perhaps expand Radar with more detail on the less-technical aspects, such as the range of applications. Cheers, &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk):

We could then have Radar as the generic high level article, Technology of rader systems as the main generic tech article, and Radar signal characteristics as a specific detail technical topic. Each would be linked to the others, and a summary section provided for each lower level article in its higher level article, connecting them as a logical group.
 * 1) Technology of radar systems (may have too much overlap with the parent article Radar as it stands, but could work with the split and merge suggestion?)
 * 2) (something else)?