ATA Memo series

96. ATA Interface Document  Alexander Pollak, April 2020
available as: PDF (9.9 MB) V1.2

95. Cooling the ATA PLP Feed in the Vacuum Dewar  Jack Welch, Matt Fleming January 2011
available as: PDF (1.7 MB)

94. Signal TransmissionThrough the LP Feed Glass Dewar  Jack Welch, Matt Fleming April 2010
available as: PDF (899 kB)

93. Evaluation of Symbol-Wise Autocorrelation for the setiQuest Project  Ian S. Morrison, August 2011
available as: PDF (1.6 MB)

92. SonATA Zero: A Prototype All-software SETI Detector G. R. Harp, T. Kilsdonk, J. Jordan, February 1996
available as: MS Word (326 kB)

91. Analysis of Crosstalk and Antenna Coupling at the Allen Telescope Array  Garrett “Karto” Keating/ATA, March 2013
available as: PDF (3 MB) 

90. Noise Performance of the New ATA Cooled Feed  Jack Welch, Matt Fleming, Greg Engargiola, Rob Spencer, Dave DeBoer, Sandy Weinreb, Jill Tarter, May 2013
available as: PDF (90 MB) MS Word (15 MB)

89. The ATA Commensal Oberving System Peter K. G. Williams, January 2012
available as: PDF (298 kB)

88. Wide field polarization calibration in the image plane using the Allen Telescope Array M. de Villiers and C. J. Law, October 2010
available as: PDF (4.1 MB)

87. On-Axis Polarization Calibration with the ATA C. J. Law and M. de Villiers, October 2010
available as: PDF (1.0 MB)

86. ATA Mapping of the Geostationary Belt Toward RFI Excision G. R. Harp, July 2009
available as: PDF (299 kB) MS Word (532 kB)

85. Imaging at Subsecond Rates with the ATA Casey J. Law, David MacMahon, and Melvyn Wright, August, 2009
available as: PDF (4.6 MB) (ver. 2)

84. Extended ATA Telescope with Outrigger Stations Melvyn Wright, Rick Forster, Jack Welch, and Don Backer, June, 2009
available as: PDF (14MB) PS (gzipped; 1.1 MB)

83. Antenna Gain, Pointing, Primary Beam and Bandpass Calibration David MacMahon and Melvyn Wright, June, 2009
available as: PS (gzipped; 1.2MB)

82. The Dependence of ATA System Gain Stability on Temperature of the PAX Box Jack Welch, Rick Forster, and Gary Gimblin, June, 2009
available as: PDF (275kB)

81. Planned Upgrade of the ATA Feed Wm. J. Welch and Matt Fleming, June, 2009
available as: PDF (1248kB)

80. Plans for ATA Feed Pattern Measurements Using Holography Jack Welch and Matt Fleming, June, 2009
available as: PDF (257kB)

79. GPS Satellite CW Tones Measured with Prelude Mike Davis, March, 2006
available as: PDF (193kB)

78. Frequency Dependence of ATA Antenna Effective Area and Beamwidth with Focus Set for 6GHz Jack Welch, 27 October, 2007
available as: PDF (36kB)

77. Complex to Real Conversion Wilbur Lynn Urry, 29 January, 2008
available as: PDF (36kB)

76. Mapping Extended Structure with the Homogenous ATA Jack Welch and Rick Forster, March 12, 2008
available as: PDF (470kB)

75. Handbook of 1.4 GHz Phase Calibrators for ATA G. R. Harp, June 18, 2007
available as:  PDF (892kB)

74. Simulations of Primary Beam Sidelobe Confusion with the ATA Primary Beam G. R. Harp and M.C.H. Wright, May 20, 2007
available as:  PDF (128kB)

73. The ATA Correlator W.L. Urry, M.C.H. Wright, M. Dexter, D. MacMahon, February 16, 2007
available as: PDF (1372kB)

72. The ATA Servo Loop G.R. Harp, November 16, 2006
available as:  PDF (128kB)

71. Cross Correlating Interferometer Beams for Discrimination of Radio ETI Signals G.R. Harp, July 25, 2006
available as:  PDF (237kB)

70. The ATA Imager Update W.L. Urry, May 18, 2006
available as:PDF (237kB)

69. Initial Test Experiments with a Beamformer at the Allen Telescope Array R. Ackermann, August 5, 2005
available as: PDF (237kB)

68. Some Thermal Issues Regarding the ATA Node Air System W. J. Welch, March 23, 2005
available as:  PDF (485kB)

67. Noise testing of the active and passive baluns for the ATA N. Wadefalk and S. Weinreb, September 7, 2004
available as: PDF (373kB)

66. Expected Properties of the ATA Antennas W.J. Welch and D.R. DeBoer, July 18, 2004
available as: PDF (171kB)

65. Holography at the ATA G.R. Harp and R.F. Ackermann, March 23, 2004
available as: PDF (2.1MB)

64. Frequency Coverage of the ATA Front-End (Draft) et al, March 19, 2004
available as: PDF (1.1MB)

63. Notes on Deuterium Detection with the Allen Telescope Array G.C. Bower and M.C.H. Wright, February 13, 2004
available as: PDF (345kB)

62. Automatic Interference Mitigation in Large N Correlator Systems Using an Eigenfilter W. L. Urry, January 15, 2004
available as:  PDF (262kB)

61. Pointing the ATA Dishes G.R. Harp, D.R. DeBoer and G.C. Bower, December 3, 2003
available as: PDF (333kB)

60. Measurements of the Allen Telescope Array Performance as an Interferometer D.R. DeBoer and R.A. Ackermann, November 23, 2003
available as:  PDF (1.2MB)

59. Imaging With a 32-Antenna Allen Telescope Array M.C.H. Wright and G.R. Harp, October 6, 2003
available as: PDF (811kB) HTML

58. J-MIRIAD: Java Wrappers for MIRIAD Methods G.R. Harp and M.C.H. Wright, October 6, 2003
available as: abstract PDF (252kB)

57. Beamforming for Blind Surveys at the ATA G.R. Harp, September 11, 2003
available as:  PDF (177kB)

56. Generation of Unwanted EM Modes in the ATA Feed Dewar W.J. Welch, June 30, 2003
available as: PDF (263kB)

55. Phase Stability of ATA Fiber Optic Cables J.W. Dreher, March 19, 2003
available as: PDF (178kB)

54. Tests of an ATA Amplifier and Fiberoptic Link R. Plambeck, J. Cartwright and D. Thornton, January 13, 2003
available as: PDF (1.2MB)

53. EPFD Measurements on GPS and Iridium at the RPA N. Imara, January 7, 2003
available as:  PDF (269kB)

52. Allen Telescope Array Imaging M. Wright, November 25, 2002
available as: PDF (154kB)

51. Customized Beam Forming at the Allen Telescope Array G. R. Harp, August 12, 2002
available as: PDF (2.3MB)

50. The Antenna Configuration of the Allen Telescope Array D.C.-J. Bock, January 8, 2003
available as:  PDF (606kB) Data file: config_o3_1.txt

49. Evaluating the TRW and ATA Feeds D. R. DeBoer, June 4, 2002
available as:PDF (432 kB)

48. Proposed Modifications of the ATA Feed Tip G. Engargiola, June 4, 2002
available as:PDF (1.13MB)

47. Wide Field Imaging Issues for the ATA R. Ekers and G. C. Bower, April 4, 2002
available as: PDF (334 kB)

46. Broadband Amplitude Calibration of the ATA W. J. Welch and D. C.-J. Bock, March 28, 2002
available as:  PDF (285 kB)

45. Non-Planar Log-Periodic Antenna Feed for Integration with a Cryogenic Microwave Amplifier G. Engargiola, February 18, 2002
available as:  PDF (1.3MB)

44. Digital Tests of Quadrature Downconverters L. R. D'Addario, February 18, 2002
available as: PDF (214 kB)

43. Digital Processing Architecture of the ATA L. R. D'Addario, February 18, 2002
available as:  PDF (244 kB)

42. Performance Tests of Quadrature Downconverters L. R. D'Addario, January 21, 2002 (February 18, 2002)
available as: PDF (145 kB)

41. ATA Digital Subsystem: Breadboard Circuits L. R. D'Addario, January 20, 2002 (February 18, 2002)
available as: PDF (198 kB)

40. Processing Architectures For Complex Gain Tracking L. R. D'Addario, October 25, 2001 (February 18, 2002)
available as:  PDF (128 kB)

39. The ATA Imager W. L. Urry, January 28, 2002
available as:PDF (121kB)

38. Noise Temperature and Gain of a Balanced Antenna Driving Differential LNA's S. Weinreb and N. Wadefalk, January 7, 2001
available as: PDF (845kB)

37. Simulations of Narrow-Band Phased-Array Null Formation for the ATA G. C. Bower, December 7, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (1.2MB) PDF (1.8MB)

36. Cancelling Satellite Interference at the Rapid Prototyping Array. A Comparison of Voltage and Power Domain Techniques D. A. Mitchell and G. C. Bower, December 7, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (1.3MB) PDF (783kB)

35. Tapered Microstrip Balun for ATA Feed Development (Revision history) G. Engargiola , December 6, 2001
available as:  PDF (1.7MB)

34. An FX Software Correlator at the RPA G. R. Harp and R. F. Ackerman, November 12, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (2.2MB) PDF (892kB)

33. Pointing/Trajectory Considerations for the ATA (Revision history) D. R. DeBoer, October 25, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (1.8MB) PDF (520kB)

32. Notes on Configuration for the ATA T. T. Helfer, September 18, 2001
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) (3.5MB) PDF (570kB)

31. Application of Wiener and Adaptive Filters to GPS and Glonass Data from the Rapid Prototyping Array G. C. Bower, August 2, 2001
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) (1.8MB) PDF (664kB)

30. Astronomical Imaging with the ATA - III M. Wright, May 22, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (197kB) PDF (27kB)

29. Interactions Between the LP Feed and the Shroud and Reflectors W. J. Welch, May 18, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (4.8MB) PDF (1.2MB)

28. Delay and Fringe Rotation in Digital Beam Formers (Revision history) W. L. Urry, May 16, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (385kB) PDF (209kB)

27. Notes on Delay and Phase Tracking for the ATA L. R. D'Addario, May 16, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (95kB) PDF (73kB)

26. RFI Survey at the RPA G. R. Harp and R. F. Ackermann, May 2, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (14MB) PDF (280kB)

25. An Offset Gregorian Optical System for the Allen Telescope Array W. J. Welch, April 26, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) (12MB) PDF (183kB)

24. Correlators: General Design Considerations L. R. D'Addario, April 13, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

23. A System Level Description of the ATA (Revision history) D. R. DeBoer and J. W. Dreher, April 23, 2003
available as:  PDF (783kB)

22. Generalization of the Memoryless Corner Turner to the Non-Square Case L. R. D'Addario, April 2, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

21. 350-Antenna Sample Configurations for the Allen Telescope Array D. Bock, March 26, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF (Figure 8, PDF)

20. RAL Configuration Science Requirements for the Allen Telescope Array D. Bock, March 26, 2001 (February 5, 2002)
available as: PDF

19. Mapping the Antenna Gain at the RPA G. R. Harp and R. F. Ackermann, March 20, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

18. The ATA RF-IF Converter D. DeBoer, March 19, 2001
available as:Postscript (gzipped) (b/w) PDF

17. Effects of the Sun and RFI on the ATA Offset Gregorian Antenna (Revision history) D. DeBoer and G. Bower, March 1, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

16. The ATA Offset Gregorian Antenna D. DeBoer, February 13, 2001
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

15. 50-antenna sample configurations for the Allen Telescope Array D. Bock, November 1, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

14. A Corner Turner Architecture W. L. Urry, November 17, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

13. Forming a Broadband Null with the ATA Using the Tree Algorithm W. J. Welch, November 2, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

12. Array Processing Estimates for the ATA A. E. E. Rogers, November 2, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

11. Astronomical Imaging with the Allen Telescope Array - II. M. Wright, November 1, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

10. The FFT as a Filter Bank. W. L. Urry, October 30, 2000
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) PDF

9. Confusion, Dynamic Range and Array Size for the ATA. G. C. Bower, October 9, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

8. The "SETI Efficiency" of Array Radio Telescopes. F. Drake, August 14, 2000
available as:  PostScript PDF

7. Forming Nulls Toward Satellites. W. J. Welch, August 1, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

6. Feed Input Losses. W. J. Welch and G. Engargiola, August 1, 2000
available as: Postscript (gzipped) PDF

5. The Winds of Hat Creek. D. R. DeBoer, July 11, 2000
available as:Postscript (gzipped) PDF

4. Drive Equations for the Rapid Prototype Array Antennas. D. Bock, May 15, 2000
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) PDF

3. The Rapid Prototype Array (RPA) Feed. D. R. DeBoer, November 22, 1999
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) PDF

2. Beam Forming and RFI Elimination with the 1hT. W. J. Welch and J. W. Dreher, September 20, 1999
available as:Postscript (gzipped) PDF

1. Astronomical Imaging with the One Hectare Telescope. M.C.H.Wright, December 1998
available as:  Postscript (gzipped) PDF