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About Callisto	English (USA)
The CALLISTO spectrometer is a programmable heterodyne receiver build by ETH Zurich, Radio and Plasma Physics Group (PI Christian Monstein). It operates between 45 and 870 MHz using a modern, commercially available broadband cable-TV tuner CD1316 having a frequency resolution of 62.5 KHz. The data obtained from CALLISTO are FIT-files with up to 400 frequencies per sweep. The data are transferred via a RS-232 cable to a computer and saved locally. Time resolution is 0.25 sec at 200 channels per spectrum (800 pixels per second). The integration time is 1 msec and the radiometric bandwidth is about 300 KHz. The overall dynamic range is larger than 50 dB. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Callisto Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
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