4. Front End

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4.1 Feeds and Receivers

The following receivers are available (click on frequencies for detalis) :

 

Band

(Name)

 

ν0

(GHz)

 

λ

(cm)

 

Receiver

label

Beam (')

 

νLsky

(GHz)

 

νHsky

(GHz)

 

Receivers band

(MHz)

 

Noise

temperature

(K)

Configuration
N/S E/W
L 1.4 21 lhp 31.0 31.3 1.35 1.45 2x80 50  
L 1.6 18 llp 27.5 27.6 1.595 1.715 2x80 60  
S 2.3 13 ssp or sxp* 18.6 17.3 2.20 2.36 2x160 40 Coxial 8.3 GHz
C 5 6 ccc 7.50 7.40 4.30 5.80

2x400

2x800

12÷14  
C 6 5 chc 7.00 6.50 5.90 7.10 2x400 57  
X 8.3 3.6 xxp or sxp* 4.80 5.00 8.18 8.98 2x800 25 Coaxial 2.3 GHz
K 22 1.3 kkc 1.80 1.80 18.0 26.5 2x2000 20÷30  

Tab. 4.2 : Receivers parameters

*Name related to the coaxial use

Primary Focus
Cassegrain Focus

νLsky ÷ νHsky  : receiver RF band

The receiver labels have been assigned for identification purpose only (the letters p and c  stand for primary and Cassegrain focus, respectively).

The actually exploitable bandwidths may be narrower than the listed ones, due to the presence of RFI.

Multifrequency observations can be carried out with quick receiver changes (frequency agility).


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