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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/PKAS.2014.29.3.053

PANEL ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRAO 13.7-m ANTENNA USING PHOTOGRAMMETRY  

Lee, Changhoon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Jung, J.H. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Kang, H.W. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Kim, H.G. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Lee, Youngung (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Jung, J.O. (High Gain Antenna Co., Ltd.)
Sohn, Y.D. (High Gain Antenna Co., Ltd.)
Bae, M.S. (High Gain Antenna Co., Ltd.)
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Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.29, no.3, 2014 , pp. 53-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
We improved the antenna efficiency of the Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) 13.7-m radio telescope by adjusting the antenna panels based on digital photogrammetric measurements. First of all, we measured the surface accuracy of the main reflector of this antenna at three elevation angles of $35^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$, and $60^{\circ}$. We performed a total of four sets of the photogrammetric measurements and panel adjustments. When adjusting the panels, we positioned the antenna to the zenith and applied the measured data sets at the elevation of $45^{\circ}$. We found that the antenna surface accuracy has been improved by a factor of ~ 3 times after the final adjustment in comparison with the value before the adjustments. And we also found that the antenna surface accuracy tended to be slightly better at the elevation angles of $35^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$ than that at the elevation angle of $45^{\circ}$. After the final panel adjustment, the aperture and beam efficiencies of the telescope have has been improved from 35% to 44%, and from 41% to 51%, respectively.
Keywords
antenna panel adjustment; surface accuracy; theodolite measurement; photogrammetry; antenna efficiency;
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