Status of the test phase of K-3 VLBi system developed in RRL
Abstract
An account is given of the last phase of a five-year plan to develop the K-3 system - a high precision VLBI system for applications in a wide variety of fields, such as geodesy, astrometry, and radio astronomy. At the end of 1983, the hardware and software of the K-3 system, were almost completed, and tests were undertaken to demonstrate compatibility with the Mark III system. Topics covered include: Characteristics of the 26-m antenna receiving system, the first U.S.-Japan test observations, and experiments to be conducted for the period up through 1989 at least. Precise time comparison experiments between atomic clocks at the Radio Research Laboratories and the U.S. Naval Observatory were to begin in 1985 and produce data at least once a month for several years.
- Publication:
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International Symposium on Space Techniques for Geodynamics
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984stg.....2..162S
- Keywords:
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- Geodesy;
- Performance Tests;
- Radiometric Correction;
- Very Long Base Interferometry;
- Compatibility;
- Computer Programs;
- Correlation Detection;
- Electromagnetic Compatibility;
- Microwave Antennas;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Instrumentation and Photography