The designing, manufacturing, and testing of a dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope

Christophe Granet; H. Z. Zhang; A. R. Forsyth; G. R. Graves; P. Doherty; K. J. Greene; G. L. James; P. Sykes; T. S. Bird; M. W. Sinclair; G. Moorey; R. N. Manchester

doi:10.1109/MAP.2005.1532537

The designing, manufacturing, and testing of a dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope

Christophe Granet^*, H. Z. Zhang, A. R. Forsyth, G. R. Graves, P. Doherty, K. J. Greene, G. L. James, P. Sykes, T. S. Bird, M. W. Sinclair, G. Moorey, R. N. Manchester

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This paper presents the designing, manufacturing, and testing of a dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope (Australia). The feed system consists of a coaxial horn and associated feed components to operate in the 648-712 MHz and 2.6-3.6 GHz frequency bands. The manufacturing of such a feed system was challenging, and we present the innovative solutions that were devised to fabricate the different parts of the feed system. Preliminary measurements indicate that the overall system, feed and reflector, is working to operational expectations, and valuable scientific results have already been obtained using the simultaneous dual-frequency capability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-19
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2005.1532537
Publication status	Published - Jun 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coaxial horn
Dual-band
Fabrication
Horn antenna
Radio astronomy
Reflector antenna feeds
Reflector antennas

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Granet, C., Zhang, H. Z., Forsyth, A. R., Graves, G. R., Doherty, P., Greene, K. J., James, G. L., Sykes, P., Bird, T. S., Sinclair, M. W., Moorey, G., & Manchester, R. N. (2005). The designing, manufacturing, and testing of a dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 47(3), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2005.1532537

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