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SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION . . . (Actually, waiting for the paper work, Environment Impact Statement, title search and permits to continue)
The World's Largest Radio Telescope† The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope on the Plains of San Augustin, 50 mi. west of Socorro,
New Mexico. Dedicated Oct. 1980, it remains the premier astronomical instrument in the world for radio astronomy.
† Legally,
the world's largest multi-element image synthesis phased array interferometer
Arecibo is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope
The NRAO 300-foot Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the world's largest steerable single-dish radio telescope
My backyard 18MHz Jupiter L-burst antenna is one of the world's smallest radio telescopes
• To EVLA IF/LO Pages Work related information & documents on the NRAO T301, T302, and T303 EVLA Up- and Down-Converters.
• To EVLA "Front End" Pages Work related information and documents on the EVLA "Front End" (FE) cryogenic
receivers and builds.
| Built: 06 May 2004 |
Last update: 16 Mar 2012 |
pharden@nrao.edu |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope
Socorro, New Mexico
NRAO personal webpages for
Paul Harden (NA5N), FE Lab
VLA vs. EVLA:
VLA construction began in 1975; I began working here in 1977; the VLA was completed and dedicated in
October 1980. It has operated 24/7 ever since. In 2010, the Expanded VLA (EVLA) was completed. Virtually all of
the VLA electronics was redesigned and rebuilt with current technology for greater sensitivity, wider IF bandwidths, and replacing
the old circular waveguide with fiber optics. This included new receivers, new feedhorns, new up- and down-converters, and
a new correlator.
The above Photo Gallery contains photos of the old legacy VLA, the EVLA construction, the EVLA today, and other
site photos of the Very Large Array radio telescope.
Run mouse over photo
Photo courtesy Jeff Goldin
VLA being protected by Imperial Stormtroopers
Photos of the Very Large Array
Photos of the EVLA today
Photos of the EVLA construction
Legacy photos of the VLA
Pencil sketches of the
old VLA
VLA RIP - the last VLA antenna
The Great Hailstorm of 2004
NRAO 50th Anniversary
Rededication to the Pete
Domenci Array Operation Center
