Wideband ground penetrating radar system and method

A method for operating a ground penetrating radar, the method comprising:

• pulsing a transmitter to emit a radar frequency electromagnetic wave;
• providing a receiver for receiving a reflected signal of the emitted wave, wherein the reflected signal comprises an information segment and a no-information segment;
• digitally sampling the information segment;
• and
• not digitally sampling the no-information segment;
• wherein digitally sampling the information segment further comprises digitally sampling the information segment with a Giga Samples per Second (GSPS) sampling receiver.

An impulse ground penetrating radar (GPR) system, the GPR system comprising:

• a transmitter antenna for transmitting radar signal pulses;
• a pulses for pulsing the transmitter;
• a receiver antenna for receiving the reflected transmitted signal pulses;
• a sampling receiver for digitally sampling an information portion of the reflected signal pulse, wherein the sampling receiver comprises:
• a Giga Samples per Second (GSPS) sampling receiver;
• a signal generator for synchronizing the pulser and the sampling receiver;
• and
• wherein the transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna comprise a pair of Good Impedance Match Antennas (GIMA);
• wherein the sampling receiver comprises a continuous sampler.