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23. Observations of discrete sources with the 22 Mc./s. Mills Cross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

B. F. Burke
Affiliation:
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.
K. L. Franklin
Affiliation:
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.

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The 22·2 Mc./s. crossed array of the Carnegie Institution of Washington has been in use since 20 July 1954. This antenna system consists of two linear arrays 2047 ft. in length, each composed of sixty-six half-wave folded dipoles. The amplitude gains of the two arrays are, in effect, multiplied together by a phase-switching system similar to that used in phase-switching interferometers (Ryle, 1952) [1]. The design differs somewhat from the arrangement first used by Mills (Mills and Little, 1953) [2] in that the arrays are arranged in the form of a slightly flattened X. The resulting pencil beam is slightly elliptical in cross-section, measuring 1°·6 by 2°·4 at half-power points, and is directed by inserting lengths of line into the feeder system of each array, phasing the dipoles such that the maximum response is at the desired zenith angle.

Type
Part II: Point Sources: Individual Study and Physical Theory
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957 

References

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