The invention relates to a target simulator of an external field of a radar adopting a carrier wave extraction video storage method, which is characterized by comprising a receiving unit, a local oscillation frequency-division unit, an intermediate-magnification unit, a carrier wave extraction unit, a frequency synthesis unit, a signal processing unit, a single-side band modulation unit and an emission unit, wherein the receiving unit comprises a first frequency mixer and a first band-pass filter, the local oscillation frequency-division unit comprises a first magnifier, a power distributor and a frequency divider, the intermediate-magnification unit comprises a second magnifier and a pulse envelope extraction device, the signal processing unit comprises a first digital direct synthesizer DDS1, a second digital direct synthesizer DDS2, a single chip computer and a modulation pulse storage time delayer, the single-side band modulation unit comprises a single-side band modulator, a third magnifier and a second band-pass filter, and the emission unit comprises a third isolator, a fourth magnifier and a pulse modulator. The invention has the advantages of simple structure, low power consumption, strong versatility and convenient use of the external field.