Noto Station Status Report

The Noto VLBI station was fully operational in 2012, and the upgrade projects could be restarted, involving mainly the receiver area. Another important improvement was the activation of the 1 Gbps network

An International Survey of Front-End Receivers and Observing Performance of Telescopes for Radio Astronomy

This paper presents a survey of microwave front-end receivers installed at radio telescopes throughout the World. This unprecedented analysis was conducted as part of a review of front-end developments for Italian radio telescopes, initiated by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics in 2016. Fifteen international radio telescopes have been selected to be representative of the instrumentation used for radio astronomical observations in the frequency domain from 300 MHz to 116 GHz. A comprehensive description of the existing receivers is presented and their characteristics are compared and discussed. The observing performances of the complete receiving chains are also presented. An overview of on-going developments illustrates and anticipates future trends in front-end projects to meet the most ambitious scientific research goals.Comment: 34 pages, 13 figures, accepted to PAS

A Review of Front-End Receivers for the INAF Radio Telescopes

© 2018 International Union of Radio Science URSI. TPID5179267. The main goal of the review was to increase the level of coordination in receiver development, improving at the same time the scientific impact from the national facilities. The working group in charge of the review collected information on the front-ends in operation and under development at the INAF radio telescopes and new ideas for future receivers from the Italian astronomical community. The outcome of the working group consists of recommendations on receivers under development and on strategies for future receivers at the suite of Italian radio telescopes