Abstract: An intrusion detector and method of operating the detector is disclosed. The detector comprises a means including an antenna for transmitting spaced pulses of radiation energy of a given frequency throughout a region to be protected. Means are also provided for receiving the radiation energy reflected from the protected region. The reflected radiation energy is received between adjacent spaced transmitted pulses in the form of an AC analog signal at the given frequency, the peaks and valleys of which signal vary in amplitude with time. Means are also provided for allocating a portion of the time occurring between transmitted pulses into a plurality of time segments, each of which segments is long enough to correspond to a plurality of cycles of the analog signal.