Medicina User Manual
32-m Antenna
Version 1.2
Elena Cenacchi, Simona Righini
Alessandro Orfei, Karl-Heinz Mack, Giuseppe Maccaferri
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Last update: 13 Sept 2017
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THE RADIOTELESCOPE
1. Introduction
2. Antenna Structure
2.1 Azimuth Rail 2.2 Primary Reflector 2.3 Quadrupod and Secondary Reflector 2.4 Pointing Errors 2.5 Specification Summary 2.5.1 Observing condition 2.5.2 Surface accuracy 2.5.3 Pointing accuracy
2.1 Azimuth Rail
2.2 Primary Reflector
2.3 Quadrupod and Secondary Reflector
2.4 Pointing Errors
2.5 Specification Summary
2.5.1 Observing condition 2.5.2 Surface accuracy 2.5.3 Pointing accuracy
2.5.1 Observing condition
2.5.2 Surface accuracy
2.5.3 Pointing accuracy
3. Optics
3.1 Primary Focus 3.2 Cassegrain Focus 3.3 Servosystems Specification
3.1 Primary Focus
3.2 Cassegrain Focus
3.3 Servosystems Specification
4. Front End
4.1 Feeds and Receivers 4.2 Distribution 4.3 Control Room 4.4 Frequency Agility
4.1 Feeds and Receivers
4.2 Distribution
4.3 Control Room 4.4 Frequency Agility
5. Efficiency and System Temperature
6. VLBI
7. Observing Modes
7.1 ON-OFF Techniques 7.2 Mapping Techniques
7.1 ON-OFF Techniques
7.2 Mapping Techniques
8. Back End
8.1 Spectrometers 8.1.1 XARCOS 8.1.2 (Arcos) 8.1.3 (MSpec0) 8.2 Continuum 8.2.1 Analog large-bandwidth backend 8.2.2 Mark IV 8.3 VLBI 8.3.1 Mark IV-V 8.3.2 e-VLBI
8.1 Spectrometers
8.1.1 XARCOS 8.1.2 (Arcos) 8.1.3 (MSpec0)
8.1.1 XARCOS
8.1.2 (Arcos) 8.1.3 (MSpec0)
8.2 Continuum
8.2.1 Analog large-bandwidth backend 8.2.2 Mark IV
8.3.1 Mark IV-V 8.3.2 e-VLBI
8.3.1 Mark IV-V
8.3.2 e-VLBI
USER'S INTERFACE
9. *New*: ESCS, a system for single-dish observations (instructions for continuum and spectrometry observations, both on-site or remotely controlled)
Other options (exploiting the Field System and old back-ends, not supported by ESCS and not officially offered)
10. Introduction
10.1 Control panels 10.1.1 SCU 10.1.2 ANTM5 10.1.3 ACU TCL 10.1.4 SXKL 10.2 Operator Input : Field System Commands 10.2.1 The most used commands
10.1 Control panels
10.1.1 SCU 10.1.2 ANTM5 10.1.3 ACU TCL 10.1.4 SXKL
10.1.1 SCU
10.1.2 ANTM5
10.1.3 ACU TCL
10.1.4 SXKL
10.2 Operator Input : Field System Commands
10.2.1 The most used commands
11. Preliminary Operations
12. MSpec0
12.1 Input Panel
12.2 Output Panel
13. Total Power (Mark IV)
13.1 Single Source 13.2 Schedule (Sources List) 13.3 BLAZAR Monitoring Observer's Guide
13.1 Single Source
13.2 Schedule (Sources List)
13.3 BLAZAR Monitoring Observer's Guide
14. ARCOS
APPENDIX A : Safety Rules
We acknowledge the contributions of many colleagues to this manual, in particular U. Bach, J. Brand, E. Carretti, A. Cattani, N. D'Amico, G. Innocenti, A. Maccaferri, L. Moscadelli, S. Poppi