What is the difference between broadband and narrowband sonar?

Thanks for the A2A. There are 2 answers to this question, depending on whether we're talking about active or passive sonar. read more

For targets that are not particularly hard to detect, narrowband sonars can be a good solution. They are relatively uncomplicated and reliable. For more difficult targets, though, a more advanced approach is required, I.e. broadband (also known as wideband) sonar. read more

Broadband vs Narrowband In communications, band is referred to as the range of frequencies (bandwidth) used in the channel. Depending on the size of the band (in terms of kHz, MHz or GHz), and some other properties of the communication channel, they can be categorized as narrowband, broadband and wideband etc. read more