A low cost steerable radio-telescope

Sawant, H. S; Neri, J. A. C. F; Fernandes, F. C. R; Cecatto, J. R; Sankararaman, M. R; Faria, C; Stephany, S; Rosa, R. R; Andrade, M. C; Alonso, E. M. B; Ludke, E; Subramanian, K. R; Ramesh, R; Sundararajan, M. S; Ananthakrishnan, S; Swarup, G; Boas, J. W. V; Botti, L. C. L; Moron, C. E; Saito, J. H

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A low cost steerable radio-telescope

Sawant, H. S; Neri, J. A. C. F; Fernandes, F. C. R; Cecatto, J. R; Sankararaman, M. R; Faria, C; Stephany, S; Rosa, R. R; Andrade, M. C; Alonso, E. M. B; Ludke, E; Subramanian, K. R; Ramesh, R; Sundararajan, M. S; Ananthakrishnan, S; Swarup, G; Boas, J. W. V; Botti, L. C. L; Moron, C. E; Saito, J. H

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3897

Date: 2003

Abstract:

We present the technical characteristics of a low-cost radio telescope for solar/non solar observations at decimetric (1200–1700 MHz) and centimetric (2700 and 5000 MHz) wavelengths known as Brazilian Decimetric Array (BDA). The technical specifications of the antenna, tracking system, log-periodic feed, preamplifier and the frequency-synthesised receiver with a Single Side Band (SSB) video output of 2.5 MHz are given