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- | ====== Acronym Dictionary ====== | ||
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- | ^Acronym ^Meaning^ | ||
- | |CNS II clock | Takes signal from GPS antenna and provides a 1 PPS for comparison to other time sources (e.g. the maser) using the counters. Also provides time via a NTP server on (cnsshb, cnsske, cnssyg).phys.utas.edu.au | | ||
- | |DBBC | Digital Base-Band Converter. Takes IF signals from the antenna and preforms filtering, tuning and digitisation of bands, then sends them to the Mark5 for recording| | ||
- | |IF | Intermediate Frequency. A signal mixed down to a lower frequency from its original RF (Radio Frequency) | | ||
- | |IF Unit | Takes the four IFs from the antenna (S and X band, LCP and RCP) and provides amplification and attenuation before splitting the signal to go to the DBBC, power sensor and spectrum analyser | | ||
- | |KVM | Keyboard, Video, Mouse. A switch box that takes keyboard, video and mouse inputs from multiple PCs and allows the user to switch between them and interact with the PC from a single location. The KVM switches at the sites are networked so that a remote user can connect to a computer at the console level | | ||
- | |Mark5 | Data recording equipment. Takes digitised data from the DBBC and records it to one of two possible disk modules | | ||
- | |PCFS | PC Field System. Used extensively throughout geodetic VLBI observatories, a PC running the Field System software to control and monitor the antenna, recorder, sampler etc. The central computer for operating the observatory | | ||
- | |PPS | Pulse Per Second. Refers to the 1 second time-ticks distributed to various instruments around the sites | | ||
- | |RF | Radio Frequency. A radio signal that has not been mixed to a lower frequency | | ||
- | |SML | Signal generator. Each site is equipped with a Rhode & Schwartz SML signal generator to generate test signals | | ||