Title :
Analysis of the Bologna cross radio telescope
Author :
James, G.L. ; La, S.N.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Radiophys., CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
The Bologna Cross radio telescope operates at 408 MHz and consists of an east-west arm in the form of a large cylindrical reflector antenna 30 m * 564 m in extent and a second arm in the form of a large multiple interferometer arranged in the north-south direction. The feed characteristics and overall antenna performance of the east-west arm telescope have been calculated, and results not previously available have been provided. These results show that the original antenna was well-designed.<>
Keywords :
antenna feeders; interferometers; radiotelescopes; reflector antennas; 408 MHz; Bologna Cross radio telescope; UHF; antenna performance; east-west arm; feed characteristics; large cylindrical reflector antenna; large multiple interferometer; north-south direction; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Aperture antennas; Australia; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Fourier transforms; Linear antenna arrays; Radio astronomy; Reflector antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1991. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
London, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0144-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1991.174876
