Aspects of the design of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

The JCMT (James Clerk Maxwell Telescope) design has been successful in meeting the requirement for extreme accuracy set by the application to submillimetre astronomy. Some of the techniques-the homologous design of the structure, for example, and perhaps the manufacture and adjustment of the panels-are relevant to the design of antennas used in other fields, especially those where high frequencies and large collecting areas are involved