Fast Sweeping Interferometer with Digital Data Integration.

Abstract

Accurate frequency and time resolution for solar dekameter observation is obtained with an interferometer which steps within 50 msec through the band from 24 to 48 MHz using 160 kHz frequency increments. Alternatively adding and subtracting the two antenna signals at a rate of 3 kHz increases the system sensitivity by application of phase coherent detection. On-line digital integration of the interferometer data generates median values for 128 different frequencies by integrating over 40 sweeps, i.e., two seconds. The system operates with a new digital data output device that prints the median amplitudes in a way which permits easy optical recognition of the fringe pattern. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0759801

Entities

People

  • B. W. Reinisch
  • Klaus Bibl
  • Robert K. Temple

Organizations

  • Lowell Technological Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Character Recognition
  • Data Integration
  • Detection
  • Digital Data
  • Frequency
  • Identification
  • Interferometers
  • Observation
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Recognition
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Mathematics or Statistics