RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

Calibrating
Noise Generators
Radio Astronomy
Radio Telescopes
Block Diagrams
Digital To Analog Converters
Diodes
Feedback Control
Numerical Control
Saturation
Switching Circuits
Astronomy

How to Cite

Programmable and automatic calibrator for radio sources at 45 MHz. (1981). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 6(1), 363-366. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/1981rmxaa...6..363a

Abstract

The design, construction and operation of a standard calibrator is presented. The calibrator consists of saturated diodes controlled by an indirect feed-back system and a digital-to-analog converter. The advantages over similar designs are described, as for instance, high-resolution in the calibration scale, good stability, very fast calibrations, use of balanced electronic switches, etc.
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