<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The reflection and diffraction of external communication and navigational transmitters from tall constructions and moving blades of wind turbines produce some short-pulse additional electromagnetic interference strong enough to fully disturb radio astronomical observations. The problem of short-pulse electromagnetic interference is distinctive to all radio telescopes surrounded by wind turbines. This problem became significant for Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) after new wind park “Platene” of Winergy Ltd. was built in 2012 and radio telescopes RT-16 and RT-32 renovated and equipped with cryogenic high sensitive receivers. The paper deals with the analysis and evaluation of intensities and probabilities of short-pulse interferences produced by wind park “Platene” and its possible impact on radio astronomical observations at VIRAC radio telescopes.</p></abstract>

The reflection and diffraction of external communication and navigational transmitters from tall constructions and moving blades of wind turbines produce some short-pulse additional electromagnetic interference strong enough to fully disturb radio astronomical observations. The problem of short-pulse electromagnetic interference is distinctive to all radio telescopes surrounded by wind turbines. This problem became significant for Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) after new wind park “Platene” of Winergy Ltd. was built in 2012 and radio telescopes RT-16 and RT-32 renovated and equipped with cryogenic high sensitive receivers. The paper deals with the analysis and evaluation of intensities and probabilities of short-pulse interferences produced by wind park “Platene” and its possible impact on radio astronomical observations at VIRAC radio telescopes.

The Influence of Wind Turbines on Radio Astronomical Observations in Irbene

Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre, 101 Inzenieru Str., Ventspils, LV-3601, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The reflection and diffraction of external communication and navigational transmitters from tall constructions and moving blades of wind turbines produce some...

The Influence of Wind Turbines on Radio Astronomical Observations in Irbene

Published Online: May 20, 2016

Page range: 68 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0015

Keywords
electromagnetic interferences, radio astronomy

© 2016 D. Bezrukovs, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Influence of Wind Turbines on Radio Astronomical Observations in Irbene

Published Online: May 20, 2016

Page range: 68 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0015

Keywordselectromagnetic interferences, radio astronomy

© 2016 D. Bezrukovs, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
electromagnetic interferences, radio astronomy