[RadioTelescope] Stepping rates

Harry McNally harrymc at decisions-and-designs.com.au
Tue Oct 12 10:15:32 WST 2010


Hi Andrew

Andrew Williams wrote:

> I suspect all the slip rings are expensive, and that the high-frequency
> and optical fibre slip rings are staggeringly expensive...

Yes. Cost is an issue, true. Getting ahead of myself here. Tho' who said UCC
projects needed sober practicality ;-)

> The MWA folks were using a USRP2 and a wideband antenna to do RFI
> monitoring at Boolardy on the last site visit - they picked up a signal
> at 98.9 Mhz, fired up Gnu Radio on the server collecting the data, and
> listened to JJJ from Geraldton...

:-)

Thanks
Harry



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