First Radio Astronomy Examination of the Low-Frequency Broadband Active Antenna Subarray
Author(s) -
A. A. Stanislavsky,
I. N. Bubnov,
А. А. Коноваленко,
A. A. Gridin,
В. В. Шевченко,
Lev A. Stanislavsky,
D. V. Mukha,
A. Koval
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advances in astronomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1687-7977
pISSN - 1687-7969
DOI - 10.1155/2014/517058
Subject(s) - physics , antenna (radio) , broadband , beamforming , radio telescope , omnidirectional antenna , antenna array , encoder , radio astronomy , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , computer hardware , telecommunications , computer science , optics , astronomy , engineering , operating system
We present the 25-element active antenna array and its remote control in the framework of the GURT project, the Ukrainian Radio Telescope of a new age. To implement beamforming, the array is phased with the help of discrete cable delay lines in analog manner. The remote control of the array is carried out through the paired encoder and decoder that can transmit parallel data about antenna codes serially. The microcontroller provides the online interaction between personal computer and beamformers with the help of the encoder-decoder system through wires or wireless. The antenna pattern has been measured by radio astronomy methods
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