Pointing calibration of the SMA antennas

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5496, Issue , 2004, Pages 639-648

  Patel, Nimesh A ^a   Sridharan, T K ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Pointing calibration; Radio telescopes; Telescope control software

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ARRAYS; CALIBRATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; POINTING CALIBRATION; SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY (SMA) ANTENNAS; TELESCOPE CONTROL SOFTWARE;

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 12344336652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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