MATLAB: Is the radiating angle of phased.Radiator specifies the beam boresight angle ? What if the weights in phased.Radiator speifies weights to point beam to some other direction ? Can we see the output pattern of the phased.Radiator

Question

With reference to scan radar example in phased array tool box

http://www.mathworks.com/help/phased/examples/scan-radar-using-a-uniform-rectangular-array.html

If we wish to steer the beam as defined by the weights, why do we need to specify the target angle in pahsed.radiator ?

Answer 1

You are right that the weights determines the steered beam direction, but the signal arrives at the target may not always come from the mainbeam. Therefore, if you want to compute the signal transmitted to the target when the beam is steered, you still need to specify the target angle.

Hope this clarifies you question.