Welcome to the new version of CaltechAUTHORS. Login is currently restricted to library staff. If you notice any issues, please email coda@library.caltech.edu
Published March 2007 | Published
Book Section - Chapter Open

Design of a Wideband Radio Telescope

Abstract

A wideband Radio Telescope is being designed for use in the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope program. It uses an existing 34-meter antenna retrofitted with a tertiary offset mirror placed at the apex of the main reflector. It can be rotated to use two feeds that cover the 1.2 to 14 GHz band. The feed for 4.0 to 14.0 GHz is a cryogenically cooled commercially available open boundary quadridge horn from ETS-Lindgren. Coverage from 1.2 to 4.0 GHz is provided by an un-cooled scaled version of the same feed. The performance is greater than 40% over most of the band and greater than 55% from 6 to 13.5 GHz.

Additional Information

© 2007 IEEE. The research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Attached Files

Published - 04161354.pdf

Files

04161354.pdf
Files (1.6 MB)
Name Size Download all
md5:b449ba2bc74cfa59154d227c87c99950
1.6 MB Preview Download

Additional details

Created:
August 19, 2023
Modified:
October 18, 2023