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University of the Western Cape
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Commissioning of the SA-DLITE interferometric radio telescope

9 Jul 2026, 09:30
20m
Lecture Hall C3 (University of the Western Cape)

Lecture Hall C3

University of the Western Cape

Oral Presentation Track D - Astrophysics & Space Science Astrophysics & Space Science

Speaker

DuToit Strauss (North-West University)

Description

The Deployable Low-Band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (DLITE) is a four element interferometric radio telescope, nominally operating in the 30 - 50 MHz band. Although the instrument is primarily designed to study transient ionospheric phenomena it is, of course, also sensitive to other transient phenomena, such as solar radio bursts. Recently, a South African DLITE station, SA-DLITE, was installed and is currently being commissioned at the North-West University’s Nooitgedacht research farm. In this presentation we present the current iteration of the instrument and share some initial results, focusing on a number of detector solar radio bursts.

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Authors

DuToit Strauss (North-West University) Dr Golekamang Thaganyana (North-West University) Dr Joseph Helmboldt (Naval Research Laboratory) Ruhann Steyn (Centre for Space Research, North-West University)

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