Development of an RF listening mode on the TIGER-3 FPGA platform

• Main Author: van Zyl, Willem Francois
• Other Authors: Wilkinson, Andrew
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment 2020
• Subjects: Electrical and Electronics Engineering; Arctic; SANAE; SANAE IV
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33097; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/33097/1/thesis_ebe_2020_van%20zyl%20willem%20francois.pdf

High frequency (HF) radars have many critical applications due to the effects that physical media have on the wave's propagation. The diffraction of HF radio waves in the ionosphere allows for long range communication and radar operation. Waves travel over the horizon where they may be reflecte...