Environment Setup

To use this software, you must have Tkinter installed and OpenGL in the root dir. git clone https://github.com/glfw/glfw.git

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

python3 main.py

1 Bar

If the radar just moves left to right and back that is considered 1 bar as it will scan just the single 4.9° slice of airspace. however, the radar can scan a larger area of vertical space if it moves down after a scan.

2 Bar

the radar scans left to right, moves down a few degrees and scans back right to left. Because the radar antenna is pointing lower the return scan looks at a different area of space than the first scan.

4 Bar

A 4 bar scan covers the most area but takes the longest to complete. A 1 bar scan covers the least area but is the fastest; the 2 bar scan falls in between. You trade off coverage for increased refresh rate of targets.