A transportable hydrogen maser for Australia Telescope

Author

He, J.W. ; Lin, C.F. ; Zhai, Z.C. ; Wilson, W.E. ; Fagg, H.

Author_Institution

Shanghai Obs., Acad. Sinica, Shanghai, China

fYear

1995

fDate

31 May-2 Jun 1995

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

121

Abstract

To equip the Chinese VLBI network, a transportable compact active hydrogen maser has been developed at Shanghai Observatory (SO) since 1985. So far five such masers have come into use for VLBI radioastronomy and some military. These hydrogen masers are all compact, relatively light, rugged and easily transportable. Including the electronics system, power supplies and stand-by batteries, their size is 57 cm×83 cm×127 cm and their mass is not more than 300 kg. In Nov. 1993, one of these masers was transported to Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) to determine its performance as a stable oscillator for VLBI. This paper describes the design and construction of the hydrogen maser and presents the results tested at Parkes Observatory of ATNF

Keywords

hydrogen; masers; radioastronomical techniques; radiotelescopes; radiowave interferometry; ATNF; Australia Telescope National Facility; Chinese VLBI network; H₂; Parkes Observatory; Shanghai Observatory; VLBI radioastronomy; active maser; instrument; radiotelescope; stable oscillator; transportable hydrogen maser; Australia; Batteries; Emergency power supplies; Hydrogen; Masers; Notice of Violation; Observatories; Oscillators; Telescopes; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1995. 49th., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2500-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1995.483891

Filename

483891