Feed cabin Nr. 6 with a conic mirror



The special feed cabin Nr. 6 is intended for observation of near-zenith sky region with using of whole RATAN-600 reflecting surface. Both highest possible collected area and the best angular resolution of radio telescope in this operating mode are realized.

Technical information of Radiometer = 8.0 cm:

Central frequency
3.75 GHz
Bandwidth
3.525 - 3.975 GHz
Front-end amplifier
PARAMP
Physical temperature
15 K
System noise temperature
70 K
Antenna noise temperature
40 K
Realized sensitivity ( = 1 s )
5.0 mK
The effective area of the whole RATAN-600 ring antenna
3400 m2
Design
Switching Radiometer
Operating mode
Single - beam mode with
a reference horn
Polarization
No
Feed Horn
Quasi Scalar
Calibration
Noise generator