3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Overview of the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio Transient Detector (CHORD) Project
The CHORD Collaboration, Kevin Bandura, Leonid Belostotski +49
The Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD) is a next-generation wideband radio interferometer currently being constructed and commissioned at the Domini…
astro-ph.IM2025
First Use of GPS Satellites for Beam Calibration of Radio Dish Telescopes
Sabrina Berger, Arianna Lasinski, Vincent MacKay +4
We present results from the first application of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS; e.g., the Global Positioning System, GPS) for radio beam calibration using a commerci…
astro-ph.IM2025
0.3-to-1.5-GHz LNA with Wideband Noise and Power Matching for Radio Astronomy
Mark Lai, Vincent MacKay, Dallas Wulf +2
This paper presents a low-noise amplifier (LNA) that was developed for a new radio telescope comprised of 512 parabolic dish antennas. The LNA closely interfaces to a custom-made a…