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First results from AAVS 0.5: A prototype array for next-generation radio astronomy

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Hall, Peter
Sutinjo, Adrian
de Lera Acedo, E.
Wayth, Randall
Razavi-Ghods, N.
Colegate, Timothy
Faulkner, A.
Juswardy, Budi
Fiorelli, B
Booler, Tom
Bij de Vaate, J.
Waterson, Mark
Tingay, Steven
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2013
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This paper provides an overview of the Aperture Array Verification System 0.5 (AAVS 0.5), co-located and operated in conjunction with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) near the Australian SKA core site. AAVS 0.5 is based on log-periodic antennas of a type potentially useful in next-generation low-frequency arrays such as SKA-low. We report on our progress by discussing results obtained thus far as well as test plans for the near future. A number of lessons learned will be presented, demonstrating that hands-on experience constitutes an essential knowledge-base in the pre-construction phase of a radio-telescope such as the SKA.

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Hall, P.J. and Sutinjo, A.T. and de Lera Acedo, E. and Wayth, R.B. and Razavi-Ghods, N. and Colegate, T.M. and Faulkner, A.J. and Juswardy, B. and Fiorelli, B. and Booler, T. and Bij de Vaate, J.G. and Waterson, M. and Tingay, S.J. 2013. First results from AAVS 0.5: A prototype array for next-generation radio astronomy, in International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, Sep 9-13 2013, pp. 340-343. Torino, Italy: IEEE.
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International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 2013)
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