Title :
SKA antenna system verification plans
Author :
Roddis, Neil ; Dewdney, Peter
Author_Institution :
SKA Program Dev. Office, Manchester
Abstract :
The square Kilometre Arrat will be a radio telescope with sensitivity 50 times any existing radio telescope. Ambitious targets have been set for antenna and receiver front end performance. This paper discusses the development programs to address these.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; radiotelescopes; SKA antenna system verification plan; dish antenna; radio telescope; square Kilometre array; Electromagnetic interference; Feeds; Meetings; Phased arrays; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Space technology; Telescopes; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Science Meeting, 2009. ANTEM/URSI 2009. 13th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2979-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2980-6
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEMURSI.2009.4805105
