The QAR50 automotive radome tester is designed for radome and bumper testing in development and production

16-Nov-2021 | Press Releases | Automotive

The new R&S QAR50 from Rohde & Schwarz is the ideal solution for measuring radomes and bumpers in production. The tester's innovative design ensures short measurement times and accurate, reproducible results with a very attractive price/performance ratio. A highly modular software concept allows the R&S QAR50 to be adapted to individual requirements.

Getting started for the R&S®QAR50 Radome Tester. Describes how to install the R&S®QAR50.

The user manual describes the installation and operation of the R&S®QAR50.

08-Dec-2022 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

Together with its partner Löhnert Elektronik, Rohde & Schwarz has introduced a fully automated turnkey solution for bumper production radar transparency testing based on the successful R&S QAR50. The lightweight and compact setup of the R&S QAR50-R facilitates precise positioning of the measurement antennas, allowing faster, more accurate and convenient testing. This leads to higher throughput and yeilds as well as more flexiblity to adapt to different DUTs, for End-of-line (EOL) measurements of bumpers and other exterior parts.

The R&S®QAR50 is the ideal tool for accurately testing the quality of radomes and bumpers in the automotive radar frequency range at the end-of-line (EOL).

06-Jun-2023 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

At Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2023 in Stuttgart, Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate a wide range of cutting-edge test solutions that support automotive applications. With test solutions on show that cover automotive radar, Ethernet, 5G and UWB, the company enables the automotive industry to make the next level of autonomous driving reality.

Ensure a high level of performance and reduce performance degradation of automotive radar sensors caused by radomes and bumpers with the R&S®QAR50.

21-Apr-2022

Models: R&S®QAR50 vertical polarization, R&S®QAR50 horizontal polarization, R&S®QAR50-R

Models: R&S®QAR50 vertical polarization, R&S®QAR50 horizontal polarization, R&S®QAR50-R

The R&S®QAR50 is the ideal tool to characterize the material properties of polymers and their influence on the quality of the radar signal at an early design stage and in quality control of material development.

24-Jun-2022

R&S QAR50 Automotive Radome Tester - Product Brochure

QAR50 K20 Phase mask

QAR50 K10 Frequency response

QAR50 K30 High resolution reflection image

This application card describes a simplified material characterization method in the automotive radar frequency domain (76 GHz to 81 GHz) with the R&S®QAR50 automotive radome tester.

11-Jun-2025

R&S®QAR50 Cost-effective automotive radome testing – Fact Sheet Brochures and Data Sheets

QAR50 Innovative user experience

QAR50 Quality automotive radome tester

QAR50 Quality automotive radome tester

09-Jun-2022 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

At Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2022 in Stuttgart, Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate a wide range of advanced test solutions that support automotive applications. In the focus of the company at the show will be C-V2X, GNSS and automotive radar solutions which pave the way for the realization of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Another important topics are connectivity test solutions for Automotive Ethernet, 5G and UWB.

This video looks at the two hardware options available for the QAR50: horizontal and vertical polarization.. This video looks at the two hardware options available for the QAR50: horizontal and vertical polarization. QAR50 Videoseries, R&S®QAR50 Hardware options This video looks at the two hardware options available for the QAR50: horizontal and vertical polarization.

QAR50 Videoseries, QAR50 and QAR50-R The differences in design, capabilities and applications of the QAR50 and the QAR50-R are explained and integration examples are shown.

The complete guide to radome and bumper testing using the R&S®QAR50

Learn more about the QAR50’s measurement capabilities and unique features within this 5 minute video. R&S®QAR50 - cost-effective automotive readome testing. Fast. Precise. Automotive Radar, advanced driver-assistance systems , Why test & certification experts IB-Lenhardt trust Rohde & Schwarz radar measurement solutions

QAR50 Videoseries, Measurement results in detail Here we explain the measurement curves and images for different bands and clusters created by the QAR50 and how to interpret them.

QAR50 Videoseries This first video introduces the basic principles of microwave imaging and the R&S®QAR50 in general. This includes measurement clusters, reflection & transmission, traceability and test speed.

QAR50 Videoseries, Radome parameters and their effect This video focusses on measurement parameters such as attenuation, reflection and inhomogeneities, their importance for radar sensor performance and how to measure them with the R&S®QAR50.

27-Oct-2021 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

Rohde & Schwarz is presenting its solutions live at productronica 2021, the leading global trade show for electronics development and production. The focus is on T&M equipment for latest technologies including automotive radar, satellite communications, Wi-Fi 7 and 5G. High throughput and low cost are essential in production environments, and Rohde & Schwarz solutions support exactly these goals. Trade show visitors will find the following Rohde & Schwarz highlights and more in hall A1, booth 375 at Messe München.

QAR50 Videoseries, Calibration, normalization and verification Here we focus on the terms calibration, normalization and verification in relation to the QAR50, what are the key considerations for each term and how to perform these important tasks.