Newly Designed Antenna Platform for Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART)

Sonia Ghosh; Rikus Human; Stanley Kuja; Oleg Smirnov; Timothy Molteno; Patrice Okouma; IEEE

doi:10.1109/IMAS55807.2023.10066914

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Newly Designed Antenna Platform for Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART)

Sonia Ghosh, Rikus Human, Stanley Kuja, Oleg Smirnov, Timothy Molteno, Patrice Okouma and IEEE

2023 International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), pp.27-31

07/02/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAS55807.2023.10066914

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astronomy

educational tool

GPS receivers

instrumentation

Laser beams

Layout

Microwave antennas

Radio astronomy

radio imaging

radio interferometry

Receiving antennas

satellite

Steel

Structural beams

This paper presents a brief overview of the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART) and the improvements made on the TART structure. A novel antenna platform for the Rhodes University (RU) TART is designed using three (2.5 m) unistrut beams and two laser-cut galvanised steels. The newly assembled antenna platform offers a lot of flexibility in terms of antenna positioning and configuration. With a three-arm layout of the RU TART, an improved angular resolution of 2° 37' 41" is achieved.

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Record Identifier: 9926512458601891
Title: Newly Designed Antenna Platform for Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART)
Creators: Sonia Ghosh
Rikus Human
Stanley Kuja
Oleg Smirnov
Timothy Molteno
Patrice Okouma
IEEE
Publication Details: 2023 International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), pp.27-31
Academic Unit: Physics
Publisher: IEEE
Date published ; e-published: 07/02/2023
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding

Newly Designed Antenna Platform for Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART)

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