International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1995 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) operates the Very Large Array
(VLA) Radio Observatory in New Mexico, and the Very Long Baseline Array
(VLBA) with 10 radio antenna in locations from Hawaii to St. Croix, as well as other
radio telescopes at Green Bank, West Virginia, and the 12 meter radio antenna near
Tucson, AZ. Although radio frequency (RF) bands have been set aside for passive use
by these radio telescopes, harmful interference from increased demands on the radio
spectrum is a growing problem for earth-based radio astronomy. For example, locating
a radio observatory in a remote area is little defense from satellite downlink telemetry.
This paper describes why the operation of the radio telescopes is susceptible to RF
telemetry interference, what bands are particularly vulnerable and at what power
levels, and how data collection and centralized control of the arrays are accomplished
without RF telemetry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/608408 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Janes, Clinton C. |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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