Daily Image
21-08-2007
The soft underbelly of a LOFAR HBA
| Submitter: | Arie Huijgen |
| Description: | A LOFAR High Band Antenna (HBA) tile is a simple affair. The 4x4 array of dipole pairs is supported and prodected by a polystyrene structure. On the side, there are 16 connectors to convey the 32 separate signals to an analog beamformer. The entire structure is placed on a conducting ground plane. |
| Copyright: | ASTRON |
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