RFI Links:

glangsto -at- nrao.edu

created on 2003 April 2

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)

Modern communications equipment provides a great many benefits, but adversely effects Radio Astronomy. Inorder to help observers explore the radio sky, summaries of known RFI sources are presented. The summarizes are organized by the GBT receiver bands.
RFI at Low Frequencies
Frequency Range Trec Tsys
(MHz) (K) (K)
290-395  15 70
385-520  15 57
510-690  15 48
680-920  15 25
900-1250 (Older data are also available) 15 22
1100-1800 6 20
1730-2600 (Also see a high resolution summary.) 8-12 24
Science between the RFI
3C286 at 800 MHz
W3 at 334 MHz
Modified on 2004-May-07