RT-10: A new element in the VLBI network

Abstract

A 10-m radio telescope of the Ranam Research Institute, Bangalore, India, has been equipped with a 22-GHz low-noise receiver, a coherent local oscillator, a hydrogen frequency standard, and an MK-2 terminal. The antenna's effective area is 50 sq m, and the system noise temperature is 60 K. VLBI observations of H2O maser sources were made in May 1990 at the Bangalore-EVN VLBI network. The angular sizes of the compact components and the coordinates of the radio telescope.