Title:	A 50 MHz system for GMRT
Authors:	Udaya Shankar, N. Dwarakanath, K.S. Amiri, Shahram Somashekar, R. Girish, B.S. Wences, Laus Nayak, Arvind
Issue Date:	Sep-2009
Publisher:	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Citation:	ASP Conference Series, 2009, Vol.407, p393
Abstract:	This paper describes a 50 MHz system being developed for GMRT to provide imaging capability in the frequency range 30−90 MHz. Due to its larger collecting area and higher antenna efficiency, the low-frequency GMRT system will be several times more sensitive than the present 74 MHz VLA system and is likely to remain a competitive instrument in this frequency band. In the first phase of this project, receiver systems consisting of V-dipole feeds and front-ends have been installed on four of the thirty GMRT antennas. Test observations were carried out on a number of bright 3CR sources. The initial results are encouraging. This paper will also describe results of simultaneous observations carried out using the existing GMRT correlator, the new GMRT software correlator and a system employing digitization and direct recording of signals at two antenna bases.
Description:	Restricted Access. Proceedings of the conference held 8-12 December 2008, at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), TIFR, Pune, India. Edited by D. J. Saikia, D. A. Green, Y. Gupta, and T. Venturi. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4123
Alternative Location:	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ASPC..407..393U
Copyright:	2009 Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (A&A)

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