In order to counter active jamming, an adaptive polarization cancellation method based on dual-polarization radar is proposed in the paper. First, respectively being obtained by vertical and horizontal polarization channels of dual-polarization radar, the signals from the real target and active jamming are analyzed in composition and characteristic. Then, the weight coefficient is timely derived in practical scene to adjust difference of amplitude and phase of active jamming signals respectively acquired by the two orthogonal polarization channels, so the method can completely eliminate active jamming, but just a little power change for the real target signal. Furthermore, a compensating method for the target signal is developed to improve the angle measuring accuracy of monopulse radars. And the influence factors of adaptive polarization cancellation are analyzed in detail by simulation. Finally, the experimental results prove that it is very effective on both active blanket jamming and active deception jamming.
