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8. Back End |
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8. Back End |
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The Medicina antenna is equipped with the
following systems :
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XARCOS digital
spectrometer |
| Input | 8 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 0.488 MHz |
| Minimum bandwidth per input | 125 MHz |
| Frequency bins | 2048 |
| A/D Conversion | 8 bit |
| Available software | -- |
Tab. 8.1
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Total power analog backend |
| Input | 4 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 2000 MHz |
| Minimum bandwidth per input | 150 MHz |
| Frequency
bins |
1 |
| A/D Conversion | 16 bit |
| Available software | Quick-look |
Tab. 8.2
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ARCOS Autocorrelator |
| Input | 2 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 16 MHz |
| Minimum bandwidth per input | 0.125 MHz* |
| Frequency bins | 2048 |
| A/D Conversion | 2 bit |
| Available software | ADLB4 |
Tab. 8.3
*Can be further reduced on request
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MSpec0 Spectrometer |
| Input | 1 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 16 MHz |
| Minimum bandwidth per input | 0.5 MHz |
| Frequency bins | 512÷131000 |
| A/D Conversion | 10 bit |
| Available software | SPETT |
Tab. 8.4
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Total Power (Mark IV) |
| Input | 3 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 400 MHz |
| A/D Conversion | 16 bit |
| Available software | ON-OFF |
Tab. 8.5
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VLBI (Mark IV / Mark V) |
| Input | 2 |
| Maximum bandwidth per input | 400 MHz |
| Output (by choice) | 28 x 0.125 ÷ 16 MHz |
| A/D Conversion (by choice) | 1 ÷ 2 bit |
| Data transfer | 1 Gbit/s |
| Hard Disk | 2 x 8 x 400 Gbyte |
Tab. 8.6
At 1.4, 1.6, 2.3 GHz available bandwidths may be considered less then what is reported because of interferences.
