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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
76-1
76.1 Introduction
Radio location is concerned with the use of radio waves for position sensing and locating objects. For
this purpose, the radio signals can be used in an active or passive mode. In the passive mode, the charac-
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