AAVS 1.0 engineering work

ICRAR engineering staff Kim Steele and Luke Horsley test the receiver system of the Aperture Array Verification System, a test bed for SKA technology at Australia's SKA site in the Murchison.

AAVS 1.0 engineering work

ICRAR engineering staff Kim Steele and Luke Horsley test the receiver system of the Aperture Array Verification System, a test bed for SKA technology at Australia's SKA site in the Murchison.

SKA Synchronisation Design

A Sub-Rack enclosure used to hold 16 of the 197 Transmitter Modules for the SKA-mid phase synchronisation system. One prototype Transmitter Module is shown partly extended from the front of the enclosure, revealing details of the system’s critical fibre-optic components. Credit: ICRAR.

SKA Synchronisation System

Sascha Schediwy and David Gozzard with a prototype of their SKA-mid Transmitter Module and Sub-Rack enclosure. Credit: ICRAR.

SKA Synchronisation System

Sascha Schediwy and David Gozzard with components of their SKA-mid phase synchronisation system Transmitter Module. Credit: ICRAR.

SKA Synchronisation System

A prototype Transmitter Module showing the fibre-optic components in the foreground, the electronic microwave-frequency mixing circuitry in the middle, and stabilisation electronics at the rear. The SKA-mid synchronisation system will comprise 197 of these modules. Credit: ICRAR.

SKA Synchronisation System

A close-up of the high-precision electronic microwave-frequency mixing circuitry—a crucial part of every SKA-mid Transmitter Module.Credit: ICRAR.

Preparing for the AAVS

Making preparations for the Aperture Array Verification System test platform at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.

Testing and diagnosing

Electrical engineering and computing student, Shane Overington, working in the ICRAR electronic laboratory to diagnose and repair a faulty MWA data transmission printed circuit board.

Preparing for the SKA

ICRAR PhD Candidate James Buchan, Lawrence Borle from ICRAR Industry partner Balance Utility Solutions and Tom van Nunen, ICRAR engineering intern from the Netherlands prepare a power supply destined for inclusion in the SKA-low verification platform. Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

AAVS 1.0 construction

Members of the engineering team working with colleagues from the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy to install antennas for the Aperture Array Verification System test platform. Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Curtin University's anechoic chamber.

ICRAR Engineering staff in Curtin University's Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

ICRAR Engineering Staff at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin

Credit: ICRAR/Curtin