The African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network:The Ghana Antenna Conversion
Abstract
The African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) is a pan-African project that will develop Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observing capability in several countries across the African continent, either by conversion of existing telecommunications antennas into radio telescopes, or by building new ones. This paper focuses on the conversion of the Nkutunse satellite communication station (near Accra, Ghana), specifically the early mechanical and infrastructure upgrades, together with the development of a custom ambient receiver and digital backend. The paper concludes with what remains to be done, before the station can be commissioned as an operational VLBI station.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1608.02187,
title = {The African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network:The Ghana Antenna Conversion},
author = {C. J. Copley and V. Thondikulam and A. Loots and S. Bangani and K. Cloete and L. Combrinck and S. Gioio and J. Ludick and G. Nicolson and A. W. Pollak and P. Pretorius and J. F. H. Quick and G. Taylor and F. Ebrahim and C. Humphreys and K. Maake and R. Maganane and R. Majinjiva and A. Mapunda and M. Manzini and N. Mogakwe and A. Moseki and N. Qwabe and N. Royi and K. Rosie and J. Smith and S. Schietekat and O. Toruvanda and C. Tong and B. van Niekerk and W. Walbrugh and W. Zeeman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02187},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Submitted and accepted by IEEE EuCap. Not presented and therefore not published in conference proceedings