Calibration Horn Antenna Unit

Description

Construction began on the Calibration Horn Antenna, also known as Little Big Horn or LBH, in summer of 1958, first observations were made in October 1959, and absolute flux measurements of Cassiopeia A began in March 1960. This unit includes two Hein Hvatum LBH lab notebooks for August 1963-July 1964, and John W. Findlay's 1990 draft of a paper on the antenna.

Creator

Records of the NRAO

Relation

For more extensive files, see the 2.0 linear feet of Calibration Horn Antenna materials dated 1959-1990 in the Papers of John Wilson Findlay.

Type

Text

Start Date

1963

End Date

1990

Series

Green Bank WV Operations Series

Size of Item

0.25 linear feet

Citation

Records of the NRAO, “Calibration Horn Antenna Unit,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30672.