The statistics of low frequency radio interference at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory
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We characterize the low frequency radio-frequency interference (RFI) environment at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), the location selected for the low-frequency component of the Square Kilometre Array. Data were collected from the BIGHORNS instrument, located at the MRO, which records a contiguous bandwidth between 70 and 300 MHz, between November 2014 to March 2015 inclusive. The data were processed to identify RFI, and we describe a series of statistics in both the time and frequency domain, including modeling of the RFI occupancy and signal power as a series of distribution functions, with the goal of aiding future scientists and operation staff in observation planning.
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Sokolowski, M. and Wayth, R. and Lewis, M. 2016. The statistics of low frequency radio interference at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, in Proceedings of the Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference (GEMCCON), Nov 10-12 2015, pp. 1-6. Adelaide, SA: IEEE.
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Conference Proceedings - GEMCCON 2015: IEEE Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference
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