Sardinia aperture array demonstrator: measurement campaigns of radio frequency interferences
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Description
The authors wish to thank Marta Burgay for courtesy of the photo used as Figure 1.
The Sardinia Aperture Array Demonstrator is funded by the Sardininan Regional Government, L.R. 7 Agosto 2007, N.7: ”Promozione della Ricerca Scientifica e dell’innovazione Tecnologica in Sardegna”, Progetti di ricerca fondamentale o di base annualità 2012; CRP-60151, PI M. Murgia.
Abstract
Measurement campaigns of radio frequency interferences (RFIs) represent a fundamental aspect to optimize data collected by radio astronomical observations. In order to monitor the state of unwanted man-made signals, every radio telescope needs to have a radio frequency map in the frequencies range of its receivers. The Sardinia Aperture Array Demonstrator (SAD) is an Italian aperture array demonstrator composed of prototypical Vivaldi antennas designed to work at frequencies below 500 MHz. The antennas are located at the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) site and they are arranged with a versatile approach that is able to provide different array configurations. In this paper, we present the results of measurement campaigns conducted with the SAD antennas at the SRT observing site with the aim to monitor the evolution of RFI scenario from 2016 to date. The signal acquisition chain and the software tool used for RFI detection are, also, presented.
Coverage
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII
All editors
Marshall, Heather K.; Spyromilio, Jason; Usuda, Tomonori
Series
Volume
11445
Start page
301
Conferenece
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII
Conferenece place
California, United States
Conferenece date
14-18 December, 2020
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2020SPIE11445E..79G
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open.access
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