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A major project currently being planned by radio astronomers around the world is the Square-Kilometre Array (SKA) [1]. Conceived to address science questions of a scale and scope that is inaccessible to current instruments, the SKA has a goal of providing a collecting area of 106 m2, two orders of magnitude greater than anything currently in existence. The major challenge to this project is the need...
A composite radio reflector (the MkII) was molded at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) in 2008. The MkII was built as a demonstrator for the International Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Since 2008, the MkII has been used to test a prototype Phased Array Feed (PHAD). This PHAD demonstrator puts a substantial load on the structure. The MkII telescope has also been used to investigate...
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