radar mechanism to monitor diy radar reflectors made on aluminum foils or tape or cd, any alternative to radar?

I am curious to know why radar is being used to detect stationary targets....unless perhaps the detector is mobile?

From Raymond's reply to Douglas above, it looks like they are working on "a DIY radar reflector" for a competition, and the radar is needed to test them.

(This is something that should have been in the title and the description)

I've seen projects like this Instructable for a DIY one, but the question for safety equipment like that is always: does it actually work? So I do see merit in the question/project, if that's really the goal of the OP.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Really-Lightweight-Radar-Reflector-built-with-CDs/

Cheers,

-Nico

>ask a friendly fisherman to help test it

True, use a marine radio to ask them maybe.

In my neck of the woods I bet the ferries company (BC Ferries) would be more than happy to help test (I would call up their HQ in that case), as a simple DIY radar reflector on all little boats would make their life a whole lot easier.

Wow your clairvoyance skills in determining the objective far exceed mine.

I withhold responding without sufficient information. Replying to what I think or what I guess they require is a formula for frustration and wasted ink:)

Sean

>Wow your clairvoyance skills in determining the objective far exceed mine.

LOL, well it's not entirely clairvoyance or guessing - the OP provided this information in a reply comment at the very top of this thread (and yes, he should edit this post to indicate those details).

Raymond said:

"Radar reflector is the thing I want to detect, ahm a DIY radar reflector that they use on small ships or kayak, an aluminum foil or cd?"

-Nico

> Mark Archibald

> Nico teWinkel

you have guessed what I was going to do...

I myself cannot comprehend much on english thats why there's incomplete clues on what I was trying to say.

but also thank you for your suggestions and I'll keep those in mind.

The thing is, this is for a contest which is also a school project because we are required to do this kind of thing and yeah, I was trying to find an alternative way to monitor a diy radar reflector or just radar monitoring radar reflectors mounted on trees.

radar reflectors will be mounted to trees because it will act as a landmark that can be seen on an alternative radar which I still cannot find a suitable one.

those radar reflectors acting as a landmark on every trees will then identify that those are trees.

mounting radar reflectors on the top of the trees will I think help the possible radar (do you have a suggestion on an alternative?) to monitor much clear the radar reflectors.

since it will be on the forest the alternative radar mechanism of some type will monitor the radar reflector and disappearance on one of the radar reflectors will be then play as a warning on that tree that there is something happening.

it will be like an anti-illegal logging radar mechanism.

thats my study.

i hope you can suggest more...

thank you.

Hi Raymond,

Thank you for the extra information.

Is your project to build the radar?  (and the reflectors are to test it)

or is it to build the radar reflectors? (and the radar is to test them)

Or is the project to find a way to monitor trees in a forest?

-Nico

To find a way to monitor trees in the forest.

ps, Thanks for updating the title and question.

Given the amount of time and discussion to find the *question* here, imagine how much help we could have already provided to find the answer by now

I learned from you guys, thank you again.

>To find a way to monitor trees in the forest.

That's really cool!

And I see you've chosen to use radar for your school project, so I assume it would be best for us to stick to that, as the idea is part of your project. Someone providing an alternative brilliant way would then be kind of like cheating.

I see you've figured out the idea of radar reflectors.

So the question that is left is: how do we build our own inexpensive radar?

Yes, that's what I was thinking too.

And I've done also some researching that's why I was asking for some opinions and suggestions on an inexpensive one but I was not able to deliver it much clearer.

Yes, that's what I was thinking too.

And I've done also some researching that's why I was asking for some opinions and suggestions on an inexpensive one but I was not able to deliver it much clearer.