New technique of testing and calibration of the UTR-2 radio telescope
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICATT.2015.7136783Keywords:
array, calibration, efficiency, phase center, self noiseAbstract
The purpose of the work is to develop testing and calibration technique of large phased antenna arrays using reference noise generator as a standard signal source. This technique is developed for calibration of the phased antenna array of the unique decameter wave radio telescope UTR-2, but they could be easy adapted for similar large arrays with analog and digital beam forming.References
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