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 ====== Available Backends ====== ====== Available Backends ======
-(page under construction)+ 
 +The observatory offers a number of backends for various observing modes. Currently,​ 
 +the electronic division of the MPIfR is deploying the new "​Effelsberg Direct Digitization" ​(EDD) 
 +system. 
 + 
 +Within this, the RF signal is digitized directly in the receiver (without any mixing), and 
 +transported to the backend via Ethernet with high data rate. The signal processing is realized 
 +in software and allows to handle several observing modes (even simultaneously). Currently,​ 
 +modes are available for continuum/​polarimetry,​ spectroscopy,​ pulsar observations and VLBI. 
 + 
 +For more details, please see [[https://​www.ursi.org/​proceedings/​procGA23/​papers/​1703.pdf|the paper of Ewan Barr]]. 
 + 
 + 
 +Still, a number of hardware backends are available. If you are uncertain about 
 +which receiver can be combined with the EDD or the conventional backends, please 
 +do not hesitation to contact us at **eff-support[at]mpifr-bonn.mpg.de**.\\ ​
  
 ===For Continuum Observations=== ===For Continuum Observations===
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   * [[xffts|XFFT spectrometer]] (2x 65536 channels, 2500, 2000, 500, 300, 100, 50 MHz Bandwidth - not all modes are available with all receivers)   * [[xffts|XFFT spectrometer]] (2x 65536 channels, 2500, 2000, 500, 300, 100, 50 MHz Bandwidth - not all modes are available with all receivers)
-  * WFFTS - the new Array spectrometer for the new broad-band receivers (28x65536 channels) +  * WFFTS - an Array spectrometer ​especially ​for the broad-band receivers (28x65536 channels) 
-  * Array FFT spectrometer (16x16384 channels)+
  
 //A description of the FFT spectrometer and how they work can be found in the paper of [[http://​arxiv.org/​abs/​1203.3972|Klein et al.]]// //A description of the FFT spectrometer and how they work can be found in the paper of [[http://​arxiv.org/​abs/​1203.3972|Klein et al.]]//
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