The Medicina antenna covers the range 1.35÷26.5 GHz. As shown in the following scheme, the receivers installed in the primary focus (1.4/1.6, 2.3-8.3) share some electronic parts (the single sections dedicated to the receivers show the connection lines for each frequency).
Fig. 4.1: Primary focus receivers scheme
The taper levels are the following :
Frequency (GHz) |
Taper (dB) |
1.4/1.6 | -17 |
2.3/8.3 | -16 |
5 | -10 |
6 | -14 |
8.3 | -16 |
22 | -15 |
Tab. 4.1 : Taper levels