A new programmable receiver for the Ooty Radio Telescope
Girish Seshagiriyappa Bargur¹, Peeyush Prasad¹, C. R. Subrahmanya¹, P. K. Manoharan², D. Nandagopal² and S. Dhivya¹
¹Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
¹Radio Astronomy Center, Ooty
E-mail: bsgiri@rri.res.in

Abstract. Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is being upgraded with a new programmable receiver by digitizing RF and transporting data via optical fibre to a software correlator and beamformer. In Phase 1, all 40 half modules (11m section, BW = 18 MHz) are digitized, providing a field of view of 4.6^o. Phase 2 aims at a 27^o field of view with 6' resolution, which will result in a vast enhancement of ORT's potential for largescale surveys, sky monitoring for transient events and space weather monitoring. We present the design, current status and initial results.