Development of a Wideband Antenna Feed for the Iitate planetary radio telescope IPRT

PPARC has been conducting observations primarily targeting the Sun and planets using the Iitate Planetary Radio Telescope (IPRT). This telescope uses a parabolic reflector to focus incoming radio waves onto a single point, which are then captured by an antenna located in the receiver unit (indicated by the red circle).

The objective of this research is to further enhance the performance of the IPRT. To achieve this, I am conducting numerical simulations to evaluate various antenna geometries and design an optimized antenna system.(Written by YAMAGUCHI Hiroshige.)