Warkworth 2 dish
Encyclopedia
The Warkworth
30m Radio Telescope is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland
.
. AUT University was formally granted a license to operate the Warkworth 2 antenna by Telecom New Zealand
in November 2010.
. It was manufactured in 1983 by Nippon Electric Corp.
, and since then it was used by Telecom NZ for communication between New Zealand and Pacific Islands.
Warkworth, New Zealand
Warkworth is a town in the upper North Island of New Zealand, within the Rodney District and lying at the far north of the Auckland Region but just south of the Northland Region...
30m Radio Telescope is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
.
Radio Telescope
The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT UniversityAuckland University of Technology
The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...
. AUT University was formally granted a license to operate the Warkworth 2 antenna by Telecom New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand is a New Zealand-wide communications service provider , providing fixed line telephone services, a mobile network, an internet service provider , a major ICT provider to NZ businesses , and a wholesale network infrastructure provider to other NZ CSPs...
in November 2010.
Technical information
It is a 30-metre Cassegrain wheel-and-track beam waveguide antennaBeam waveguide antenna
A beam waveguide antenna is a specific variety of parabolic dish that sends the transmitted or received signal from a stationary transmitter or receiver to a movable dish by means of a beam waveguide. With a conventional parabolic antenna, the transmitter or receiver is mounted at the focus, and...
. It was manufactured in 1983 by Nippon Electric Corp.
NEC
, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
, and since then it was used by Telecom NZ for communication between New Zealand and Pacific Islands.
External links
- http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/dish_repurposed_in_new_zealand
- http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/368812/telecom_nz_gives_satellite_dish_aut/
- http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/4350642/Astronomers-eye-old-satellite-dish