The study of phased array radar( PAR) pulse amplitude sequence characteristics is the key to understand the radar’s working state and its beam’s scanning manner.According to the principle of antenna pattern formation and the searching and tracking modes of beams,this paper analyzes the characteristics and differences of pulse amplitude sequence when the radar beams work in searching and tracking modes respectively.Then an optimal sorting model of pulse amplitude sequence is established based on least-squares and curve-fitting methods.This method is helpful for acquiring the current working state of the radar and recognizing its instantaneous beam pointing by sorting the pulse amplitude sequence without the necessity to estimate the antenna pattern. The study of phased array radar (PAR) pulse amplitude sequence characteristics is the key to understand the radar’s working state and its beam’s scanning manner. According to the principle of antenna pattern formation and the searching and tracking modes of beams, this paper analyzes the characteristics and differences of pulse amplitude sequence when the radar beams work in searching and tracking modes. Ten an optimal sorting model of pulse amplitude sequence is established based on least-squares and curve-fitting methods. This method is helpful for acquiring the current working state of the radar and recognizing its instantaneous beam pointing by sorting the pulse amplitude sequence without the necessity to estimate the antenna pattern.