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The Project The Parkes 64m radio telescope did not have a standard AT local oscillator and intermediate frequency distribution system compatible with the scheme used at the Australia Telescope Compact Array. It has therefore lacked a degree of frequency agility and bandwidth compared with other AT antennae. This incompatibility also limited flexibility on some programmes such as long baseline interferometry (LBA).
The new four-channel frequency-conversion system which has been built for the Parkes 64m radio telescope increases the versatility and performance of the instrument for many observations. It also makes Parkes compatible with new-generation equipment and observing techniques developed under the MNRF program for use at the ATNF's other facilities. The new conversion system has been tested at Parkes and it is anticipated that it will be in routine astronomical use in early 1999.
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