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Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount

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3 meter prime focus parabolic antenna: In order to get a powerful but still compact and easy to handle radio telescope, it has been developed the WEB300 antenna that, thanks to 3 meters diameter and construction in fine metallic mesh, it provides a large collection surface with a low weight. Special rear supports maintain the rigidity of the whole parabolic antenna on the mount avoiding bending and ensuring the effectiveness of the pointing system. They also help to maintain a perfect parabolic shape with a maximum error of less than lambda/20.

1,42 GHz optimized feed horn: Developed specifically for 1.42 GHz PrimaLuceLab radio telescopes, the H-FEED feed horn is designed for optimal illumination of the primary reflector allowing high gain and minimize side lobes and the spillover effect, thus obtaining the best possible performance from the parabolic antenna. The feed horn is designed to allow the reception of dual polarization with support for two professional Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA) for the 1.42 GHz frequency. The feed horn is positioned in the perfect point of focus of the antenna through a rigid support with 4 supports, in order to have low obstruction and with a focusing device to precisely focus and maximize the performance of the entire radio telescope.

Alt-az waterproof computerized mount: Radio astronomy can be made performed both by day and night time and even when cloudy, since the 1.42 GHz radio waves are not blocked by clouds. For this reason, in order to capitalize on this opportunity PrimaLuceLab has designed the new WP-100 altazimuth mount, completely waterproof, allowing you to leave the SPIDER 300A radio telescope permanently installed outside. Equipped with automatic tracking and goto system controlled by the radio telescope software, it allows you to frame with great precision the Universe radio sources and move the antenna with a continuous and precise tracking. The WP-100 mount has 100 Kg load capacity and a very high precision pointing and tracking (encoders read resolution 0,0015°). It can also be equipped with a special electronic security system (optional) which "park" the antenna pointing the Zenith (the vertical position) when the wind exceeds 50 Km/h, so the radio telescope moves to the position that offers the lower resistance to the wind and it’s locked safely.

High load capacity pier: The WEB300 antenna, for its large diameter, can generate a big effort on the ground and, considering the weight of the WP-100 mount, it requires a very stable and robust anchoring system. The new C106-HEAVY pier offers all of these features, and it’s simultaneously designed to keep the SPIDER 300A radio telescope permanently installed on the field. The radio telescope and the C106-HEAVY pier are designed to be installed on a reinforced concrete base, on which the base of the column is fixed by means of special high strength bolts. Along with the installation manual and operation of the radio telescope, the complete concrete base designs are supplied, depending on the different types of soil in which you plan to install the Spider300A radio telescope.

1420 MHz receiver: In order to get the best possible performance with the 2.3 meters diameter antenna of the SPIDER 230C, the new H142-One receiver has been specially developed, a 1.42 GHz superheterodyne type radiometer/spectrometer, double conversion (type UP/DOWN) with 62.5 MHz bandwidth (RF = 1.389MHz-1.451MHz) and 14-bit analog to digital converter. The H142-One receiver has spectrometer with 1024 channels (each 61 KHz) that are displayed and processed in real time by the control software supplied with the radio telescope. Thanks to the high gain and the low electronic noise of this receiver, the SPIDER 230C radio telescope is able to record many radio sources in the Universe.

RadioUniversePRO software: SPIDER comes with the new version of RadioUniversePRO software that is specifically designed to allow you to check all the parameters, operation and record various results with the radio telescope. RadioUniversePRO can be installed on a standard Windows computer and is compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. The graphical interface provides a simple mode with integrated planetarium that shows, in real time, the position of radio sources in the sky, and then allows you to simply use the SPIDER radio telescope. At the same time RadioUniversePRO offers the possibility to activate the advanced interface which adds many options, customizations and typical functions of professional radio telescopes and are therefore particularly useful for expert users (that found in RadioUniversePRO the same modus operandi of the large-sized radio telescopes).

Please note: High-quality products of this size will be shipped in their own purpose-built wooden box with special clasps. This rather expensive packaging is necessary for secure transportation and must be added to the invoice amount.

Specifications

Optics


Type of build
radio telescope
Aperture (mm)
3000

Mount


GoTo control
yes
Mounting type
Azimuthal

Tripod


Type
Column

General


Series
Spider

Recommended for


Observatories
yes
Advanced
yes
Beginners
no

Downloads

Radio2Space Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount
Metallic mesh parabolic antenna
Radio2Space Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount
1.42 GHz optimized feed horn
Radio2Space Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount
Alt-az waterproof computerized mount
Radio2Space Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount
1420 MHz receiver
Radio2Space Advanced Radio Telescope Spider 300A with waterproof mount
RadioUniversePRO software:

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