Radio receiver RAL10TS

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RAL10TS is a précisé microwave radiometer particularly accurated with regard to sensitivity and the stability of the measurement, as required by the most advanced amateur radio astronomical observations. The wide range of control and operating parameters programming make it the flagship instrument of our line of Total-Power receivers. A robust métal enclosure houses the electronics of the instrument, controlled through a USB port that connects the RAL10TS to the station PC handled by our software. The receiver sensitivity is ensured by the wide bandwidth (250 MHz) and by a high gain of the pre-detection section, while an automatic control (PID) of the internai température of the instrument, which minimizes the variations of the amplification factor and of the parameters operating at different external températures, ensures stability and reproducibility in the measurement. Although a 10-12 GHz réception band is indicated (the most common one, given the availability of the TV-SAT accessories in our area), you can use LNB (and relative antenna) with any input frequency, as long as the output frequencies they are included in the réception "window" accepted by RAL1OTS. It is also possible to build a radio telescope that opérâtes directly in the frequency band accepted by our receiver, without using frequency converters (LNB), but a chain of low noise amplifiers and band-pass filters. Of course, taking into account the antenna used, it is necessary to ensure sufficient amplification for a correct détection of the received signal, together with a suitable filtering to minimize interférences.