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Measurement Campaign of Radio Frequency Interference in a Portion of the C-Band (4-5.8 GHz) for the Sardinia Radio Telescope by Schirru, Luca, Gaudiomonte, Francesco

“…Radio frequency interference (RFI) analysis is crucial for ensuring the proper functioning of a radio telescope and the quality of astronomical observations,…”
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Adaptation of an IRAM W-Band SIS Receiver to the INAF Sardinia Radio Telescope: A Feasibility Study and Preliminary Tests by Ladu, Adelaide, Schirru, Luca, Ortu, Pierluigi, Saba, Andrea, Pili, Mauro, Navarrini, Alessandro, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Marongiu, Pasqualino, Pisanu, Tonino

“…Radio telescopes are used by astronomers to observe the naturally occurring radio waves generated by planets, interstellar molecular clouds, galaxies, and…”
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Design, Implementation, and Characterization of a Signal Acquisition Chain for SADino: The Precursor of the Italian Low-Frequency Telescope Named the Sardinia Aperture Array Demonstrator (SAAD) by Ladu, Adelaide, Schirru, Luca, Pili, Mauro, Vargiu, Gian Paolo, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Perini, Federico, Melis, Andrea, Concu, Raimondo, Murgia, Matteo

“…Low-frequency aperture arrays represent sensitive instruments to detect signals from radio astronomic sources situated in the universe. In Italy, the Sardinia…”
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Upgrading of the L-P Band Cryogenic Receiver of the Sardinia Radio Telescope: A Feasibility Study by Ladu, Adelaide, Schirru, Luca, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Marongiu, Pasqualino, Angius, Gianmarco, Perini, Federico, Vargiu, Gian Paolo

“…The Sardinia Radio Telescope is a quasi-Gregorian system with a shaped 64 m diameter primary reflector and a 7.9 m diameter secondary reflector. It was…”
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Radio Frequency Interference Measurements to Determine the New Frequency Sub-Bands of the Coaxial L-P Cryogenic Receiver of the Sardinia Radio Telescope by Schirru, Luca, Ladu, Adelaide, Gaudiomonte, Francesco

“…Radio frequency interference (RFI) represents all unwanted signals detected by radio receivers of a telescope. Unfortunately, the presence of RFI is…”
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A Printed LPDA Fed by a Coplanar Waveguide for Broadband Applications by Casula, Giovanni Andrea, Maxia, Paolo, Montisci, Giorgio, Mazzarella, Giuseppe, Gaudiomonte, Francesco

“…A printed log-periodic dipole array (LPDA), operating between 3 and 6 GHz and fed with a coplanar waveguide, is presented. The antenna has been designed…”
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Radio frequency self-interference from a data processing centre at a radio telescope site by Ambrosini, Roberto, Bolli, Pietro, Bortolotti, Claudio, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Messina, Filippo, Roma, Mauro

“…Apart from externally generated Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), the occurrence of self-interference is a major concern at any modern radio telescope site…”
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Preliminary tests to design an ad hoc signal acquisition chain for the Sardinia Aperture Array Demonstrator by Ladu, Adelaide, Schirru, Luca, Melis, Andrea, Perini, Federico, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Rusticelli, Simone, Schiaffino, Marco, Concu, Raimondo, Mattana, Andrea, Murgia, Matteo

“…The Sardinia Aperture Array Demonstrator (SAD) is an Italian facility, which is composed of 128 prototypical Vivaldi antennas, specifically designed to operate…”
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The Sardinia Radio Telescope Metrology System by Attoli, Alessandro, Poppi, Sergio, Buffa, Franco, Serra, Giampaolo, Fara, Antonietta, Marongiu, Pasqualino, Sanna, Giannina, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Pili, Mauro, Pisanu, Tonino, Vargiu, Gian Paolo, Fierro, Davide

“…After the successful finalisation of the performance upgrade, the Sardinia Radio Telescope will be ready to observe at high frequencies up to 116 GHz. To…”
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Advantages of Using a C-band Phased Array Feed as a Receiver in the Sardinia Radio Telescope for Space Debris Monitoring by Schirru, Luca, Pisanu, Tonino, Navarrini, Alessandro, Urru, Enrico, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Ortu, Pierluigi, Montisci, Giorgio

“…The population of space debris is continuously growing and it represents a potential problem for satellites and spacecraft. In fact, new collisions could…”
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Upgrading the Italian BIRALES system to a pulse compression radar for space debris range measurements by Pisanu, Tonino, Schirru, Luca, Urru, Enrico, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Ortu, Pierluigi, Bianchi, Germano, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Muntoni, Giacomo, Montisci, Giorgio, Protopapa, Fabio, Podda, Angelo, Sulis, Andrea, Valente, Giuseppe

“…Space debris represent a major risk for every spacecraft and satellite. In fact, other than cause serious damages to these structures, new collisions could…”
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Tri-band receivers for the INAF radio telescopes: from procurement to acceptance tests by Bolli, Pietro, Han, Seog-Tae, Choi, Jihoon, Orfei, Alessandro, Porceddu, Ignazio, Byun, Do-Young, Cattani, Alessandro, Chung, Moon-Hee, Fiocchi, Franco, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Je, Do-Heung, Ladu, Adelaide, Lee, Jung-Won, Lee, Moon-Hee, Lee, Sung-Mo, Mariotti, Sergio, Marongiu, Pasqualino, Pisanu, Tonino, Poloni, Marco, Roda, Juri, Scalambra, Alessandro, Schirru, Renata, Goldsmith, Paul F.

“…In less than 30 months, three different tri-band receivers have been developed for the three Italian radio telescopes. The receivers allow simultaneous…”
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Towards coordinated site monitoring and common strategies for mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference at the Italian radio telescopes by Zanichelli, Alessandra, Serra, Giampaolo, Mack, Karl-Heinz, Nicotra, Gaetano, Bartolini, Marco, Cantini, Federico, De Biaggi, Matteo, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Poppi, Sergio, Bedosti, Francesco, Righini, Simona, Bolli, Pietro, Orlati, Andrea, Ambrosini, Roberto, Buemi, Carla, Buttu, Marco, Cassaro, Pietro, Leto, Paolo, Mattana, Andrea, Migoni, Carlo, Moscadelli, Luca, Platania, Pier Raffaele, Trigilio, Corrado

“…We present a project to implement a national common strategy for the mitigation of the steadily deteriorating Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) situation at…”
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The high-frequency upgrade of the Sardinia Radio Telescope by Govoni, Federica, Bolli, Pietro, Buffa, Franco, Caito, Letizia, Carretti, Ettore, Comoretto, Giovanni, Fierro, Davide, Melis, Andrea, Murgia, Matteo, Navarrini, Alessandro, Orfei, Alessandro, Orlati, Andrea, Pisanu, Tonino, Poppi, Sergio, Possenti, Andrea, Attoli, Alessandro, Becciani, Ugo, Belli, Carolina, Carboni, Giuseppe, Caria, Maria Teresa, Cattani, Alessandro, Concu, Raimondo, Cresci, Luca, Fara, Antonietta, Fiocchi, Franco, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Ladu, Adelaide, Maccaferri, Andrea, Mariotti, Sergio, Marongiu, Pasqualino, Migoni, Carlo, Molinari, Emilio, Morsiani, Marco, Nesti, Renzo, Olmi, Luca, Porceddu, Ignazio, Righini, Simona, Ortu, Pierluigi, Palmas, Stefano, Pili, Mauro, Poddighe, Antonio, Poloni, Marco, Roda, Juri, Scalambra, Alessandro, Schilliro, Francesco, Schirru, Luca, Serra, Giampaolo, Smareglia, Riccardo, Vargiu, Gian Paolo, Vitello, Fabio

“…We present the status of the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) and its forthcoming update planned in the next few years. The post-process scenario of the upgraded…”
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Exploitation of bi-static radar architectures for LEO Space Debris surveying and tracking: the BIRALES/BlRALET project by Podda, Angelo, Casu, Sergio, Coppola, Antonio, Protopapa, Fabio, Sergiusti, Andrea Lazzareschi, Pisanu, Tonino, Urru, Enrico, Schirru, Luca, Ortu, Pierluigi, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Bianchi, Germano, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Pupillo, Giuseppe, Lama, Luca, Perini, Federico, Schiaffino, Marco, Maccaferri, Andrea, Naldi, Giovanni, Mattana, Andrea, di Lizia, Pierluigi, Purpura, Giovanni, Massari, Mauro

“…The space debris population is continuously growing and it represents a potential issue for spacecraft. New collisions could exponentially rise the amount of…”
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An RFI mitigation project at the Italian radio telescopes by Zanichelli, A., Mack, Karl-Heinz, Bartolini, Marco, Poppi, Sergio, Serra, Giampaolo, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, De Biaggi, Matteo, Cantini, Federico, Favero, Enrico, Nicotra, Gaetano, Nicotra, Leonardo, Righini, Simona, Bolli, Pietro, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Orlati, Andrea, Bedosti, Francesco

“…In this paper we present the first results of a project aiming at the mitigation of one of the most pressing problems for observational radio astronomy in…”
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The new time and Frequency laboratory for the Sardinia Radio Telescope by Ambrosini, R., Bolli, P., Gaudiomonte, F., Messina, F., Roma, M.

“…A time laboratory was established at the Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari more than one century ago, aimed for time-tagging scientific observations. At…”
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The Mobile Laboratory for Radio-Frequency Interference Monitoring at the Sardinia Radio Telescope by Bolli, Pietro, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Ambrosini, Roberto, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Barberi, Carlo, Piccoli, Fabrizio

“…In this paper, a quite unique mobile laboratory for monitoring radio-frequency interference with a radio-astronomical observatory is described. The unit is…”
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A Space Debris-Dedicated Channel for the P-Band Receiver of the Sardinia Radio Telescope: A Detailed Description and Characterization by Muntoni, Giacomo, Schirru, Luca, Montisci, Giorgio, Pisanu, Tonino, Valente, Giuseppe, Ortu, Pierluigi, Concu, Raimondo, Melis, Andrea, Urru, Enrico, Saba, Andrea, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Bianchi, Germano

“…Space debris (SD) is an important problem for space operations and a hot topic for space surveillance research. A structured network of radar sensors is…”
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