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Summary

A reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR system is a GPR system that can change in a programmable way some parameters. The reconfigurability, as a general idea, was patented at Italian level, and then a prototypal stepped frequency reconfigurable GPR system was implemented in 2010. Here, we describe some studies and activities performed with this system, outlining some achieved results but also some errors. Finally, also some perspective hypotheses that, hopefully, might become future research activities, will be outlined.

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