Suggestions for some single dish radio astronomy standards

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Communication Equipment, Control Equipment, Control Systems Design, Graphical User Interface, Radio Astronomy, Radio Receivers, Radio Telescopes, Reflector Antennas, Standards, Data Acquisition, Data Processing, Extremely High Frequencies, Millimeter Waves, Parabolic Reflectors, Submillimeter Waves

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In this paper we examine the possibility of adopting standards within the context of radio astronomy and the benefits to be derived thereby. In particular we consider the application of standards within the three areas of the receiver hardware, the control and communication between different parts of the observing system, and the interface with the astronomer. The adoption of such standards will increase flexibility of observing systems, allow the easy interchange of equipment between observatories and greatly simplify guest observing. In this paper we will only consider the application of standards within the field of millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave single dish astronomy. However, the principle can be easily extended to other astronomical wavebands. We describe some current developments at the Onsala Space Observatory which illustrate the proposed philosophy and show how such standards may be implemented. Naturally, the detailed definition of such standards would have to be agreed in conjunction with other interested astronomical institutions.

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