Unique in Germany!

Radioastronomical lab course

1. Wave propagation.

2. Heterodyne receiver and IF-Polarimeter.

3. Cooled Dicke system.

4. Observations with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope (special arrangement).

5. Two-element interferometer (currently out of order).

You'll find more detailed information about the experiments if you click here.


The lab takes place in a laboratory room in the basement of our institute (except for Nos. 4 and 5, for obvious reasons). Attending my winter-term lecture Radio Astronomy: Tools, Applications & Impacts is obligatory for participation, arrangements will be discussed therein. You should reserve a full day for each experiment. The first two of these experiments will be embedded in the advanced lab course of the Master study course as of winter term 2006. Note that unless you embark on a Master thesis in one of the technical divisions this will probably be your only opportunity to gain practical experience with the behaviour of high-frequency signals....

The lab was initially set up together by Dr. Karl-Heinz Gebler, who died in 1997. It is being supervised by a number of students.

For more details, contact U. Klein (Email) or phone: 0228-733674