Updated 143 MHz interferometer

[David Lonard]

Hello everyone,

I made a mistake in the interpretation of some of my previous interferometer data. I assumed that the sun would be resolved out at a 340 meter baseline, but this does not seem to be the case (see attached). I believe the system is a sensitive probe of solar RF emission from punctate sources smaller than the sun itself. 

For cosmic radio sources, the interferometer appears to be more stable now with my antennas more firmly mounted so that they do not move in the wind. Sidereal day to sidereal day fringes look like they stack up on each other pretty well.

Also included is a bit more theory on what an broadband FX correlator can see compared to a single channel interferometer.

David