• DocumentCode
    241582
  • Title

    The SKA and the MeerKAT precursor — Extreme antenna engineering

  • Author

    Davidson, D.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    1216
  • Lastpage
    1219
  • Abstract
    The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is one of the most ambitious international mega-science projects currently in progress. This paper focusses on the antenna engineering required, looking in particular at the South African MeerKAT precursor telescope. The aperture arrays for SKA are also considered.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; telescopes; SKA precursor; South African MeerKAT precursor telescope; ambitious international megascience project; extreme antenna array engineering; square kilometre array precursor; Apertures; Arrays; Feeds; Telescopes; KAT-7; MeerKAT; SKA; aperture arrays; radio astronomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    The Hague
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901994
  • Filename
    6901994
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=241582