radiospectrograph

US/ˌreɪdioʊˈspɛktrəɡræf/

noun

An instrument that records the intensity of radio frequency emissions across a range of frequencies over time, producing a visual representation known as a radio spectrogram.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounradiospectrograph (plural radiospectrographs)

plural radiospectrographs · alternative radio-spectrograph

  1. An instrument that records the intensity of radio frequency emissions across a range of frequencies over time, producing a visual representation known as a radio spectrogram.

    The radiospectrograph data were received at the Ondrezhov Astronomical Observatory (Czechoslovakia).

    2024, Christian Lardier, Yuzhnoye Launchers and Satellites, John Wiley & Sons, page 107
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    The Culgoora radiospectrograph picks up signals from the sun by broadband antennas and receivers which are swept over the whole band rapidly so that they record the signals received at all frequencies within half a second.

    1984 January to March, ONR FAR EAST SCIENTIFIC BULLETIN, volume 9, number 1, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, FAR EAST, page 90

    Therefore, the Radio JOVE 2.0 radio astronomy telescope is technically a radio spectrograph instrument, an instrument that can receive radio signals over a wide range of the radio spectrum.

    2023, Radio JOVE 2.0 Radio Astronomy Telescope Kit using an SDRplay* RSP1A Setup and Operation Manual, Version 2.1, page 3

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