SEARFE Documentation

Draft Documentation

(In Microsoft Word format - PDF and final versions to come)

• Contents
• Welcome to the SEARFE Project
• Introduction to the SEARFE Project
• Guide to Assembling the Discone Antenna
• Guide to Operating the Receiver
• Guide to Operating the Software
• Printing a Scan with MS Excel
• Student Activity Guides
• How Antennas Work
• How TV Broadcasting Works
• Radio Astronomy and the Square Kilometre Array telescope
• Regulations Controlling Use of the Radio-frequency Spectrum
• Science with the Square Kilometre Array telescope
• Role of the Square Kilometre Array telescope in cosmology
• Radio-quiet Reserves and SEARFE Research
• Additional Resources
• Leaflet on the SEARFE Project

Syllabus References

• NSW HSC

Presentations and Reports

• SEARFE Receiver Calibration - Aeolyn Gwynne - 2004-02-10 CSIRO ATNF Summer Vacation Student Presentation
• Characterisation of SEARFE Receivers - Aeolyn Gwynne - 12-Mar-2004
• SEARFE Project Overview - George Warr - 2004-03-17 ACT Canberra SEARFE Project Launch (pdf file (2MB), PowerPoint file (7.3MB))