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Digital receivers

ARCAS & HSRS spectrographs

ARCAS

ARCAS is a digital spectrometer based on a Software Defined Radio receiver configured to scan the band 45 - 450 MHz. It has been set up on October 27 2016, in parallel to the CALLISTO receiver already in operation. Both instruments share the same receiving antenna via a splitter.

HSRS

HSRS is a digital spectrometer based on a Software Defined Radio receiver configured to scan the band 275 - 1495 MHz. It has been set up in late July 2015. HSRS is connected to a broad-band antenna located at the focal point of the 6-m dish.

Quicklook files

Daily quicklook overview combining ARCAS, HSRS and SXR light curves from GOES are available on this website. The very last 2 hours observations from ARCAS and HSRS and selected light curves from HSRS are also available. FITS files can be requested by email to the contact person.

  ARCAS HSRS
Frequency band 45 - 450 MHz 275 - 1495 MHz
Frequency resolution 98 kHz 98 kHz
Time resolution ~ 84 ms ~ 250 ms
Number of frequencies ~ 4.2 k ~ 12.5 k

Use of the data

The ARCAS and HSRS data have a DOI.

If you make use of these data for a publication please cite as:

  • for ARCAS

Marqué, C.; Martinez Picar, A.; Gunessee, A.; Magdalenić, J. (2016): ARCAS. Royal Observatory of Belgium. doi: 10.24414/hezf-4p03

  • for HSRS

Marqué, C.; Martinez Picar, A.; Gunessee, A.; Magdalenić, J. (2015): HSRS. Royal Observatory of Belgium. doi: 10.24414/wbad-kq04