Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy

Lecture PowerPoint files

Last updated 2002-Jun-20

Introduction

Introduction to School     by T. Gergely

Technical background

Units & Calculations, dB, dBi etc.     by M.Davis

Propagation models (Longley-Rice etc.)     by D. Emerson

Radio Astronomy Receivers, and Analogue filters     by R. Norrod

Digital Filters     by M. Davis

Regulatory Framework

National Regulatory Structures, Regional bodies, Regional organizations of radio astronomers. US: CITEL, CORF   by T. Gergely

Europe, CEPT, ERO, CRAF     by T. Spoelstra, W.Van Driel

AP Region, AP     by T.Tzioumis

IUCAF     by D. Emerson

International Regulatory Structures:

The ITU Structure: ITU Study Groups     by M. Ohishi

World Radiocommunication Conferences and Preparatory mechanisms   by T. Gergely

  (See also "WRC97 - A Personal View" by T. Kuiper)

The RA Series of ITU-R Recommendations and Radio Astronomy Handbook (PDF file)   by A.R. Thompson

Satellite Cordination (1)     by J. Cohen

Satellite Coordination (2) & Link Margins     by M. Davis.

VLBI Interference     by J. Romney

The ITU Registration Mechanism   by E. Davison

    Other related files for ITU Registration:

  1. List of all RA stations, worldwide, as of September 2001 (ASCII text)

  2. MS Excel, List of all RA stations by administration, worldwide, as of September 2001 (MS Excel spreadsheet)

  3. 'mdb' file of all the RAS assignments in the Space Radiocommunications Stations (SRS) list as of Sep 2001

  4. MS Excel file of all the USA RAS sites in the SRS

Case studies in coordination

IRIDIUM   by J.Cohen

Globalstar/Boeing agreements     by T. Gergely

See also the Boeing Connexion agreement (.DOC file) and the Globalstar agreement (.DOC file).

GLONASS     by J. Cohen

Interference Mitigation


organized by K.Ruf and R.Fisher

Mitigation Techniques, Mitigation Factors     by K. Ruf

An RFI Mitigation Strategy for the Allen Telescope Array     by G. Bowers

Quiet Zones and Coordination

International Radio Quiet Zones, OECD by T. Tzioumis

Radio Quiet Zones   by J. Cohen

Practical coordination in observatories (Australia) by T. Tzioumis

Interference monitoring

The Omnidirectional RFI Monitoring System of GMRT (PDF file) by Shubhendu Joardar

Monitoring EMI & the Radio Spectrum in Europe   by T. Spoelstra

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