@article{epprod4028,
          volume = {133},
          number = {4},
           month = {April},
          author = {JD Bowman and D Herne and JN Hewitt and C Johnston and JC Kasper and J Kocz and E Kratzenberg and CJ Lonsdale and MF Morales and D Oberoi and JE Salah and DG Barnes and B Stansby and JB Stevens and G Torr and RB Wayth and RL Webster and JSB Wyithe and FH Briggs and BE Corey and MJ Lynch and NDR Bhat and RJ Cappallo and SS Doeleman and BJ Fanous},
            note = {\ 2007. The American Astronomical Society.},
           title = {Field deployment of prototype antenna tiles for the Mileura widefield array low frequency demonstrator},
       publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
            year = {2007},
         journal = {The Astronomical Journal},
           pages = {1505--1518},
        keywords = {instrumentation: interferometers ? radio continuum: general ? site testing ? telescopes},
             url = {http://eprints.utas.edu.au/4028/},
        abstract = {Experiments were performed with prototype antenna tiles for the Mileura Widefield Array Low Frequency Demonstrator
(MWA LFD) to better understand the wide-field, wide-band properties of their design and to characterize the radio-frequency interference (RFI) between 80 and 300 MHz at the site in Western Australia. Observations acquired during the 6 month deployment confirmed the predicted sensitivity of the antennas, sky-noise-dominated system temperatures, and phase-coherent interferometric measurements. The radio spectrum is remarkably free of strong terrestrial signals, with the exception of two narrow frequency bands allocated to satellite downlinks, and rare bursts due to ground-based transmissions being scattered from aircraft and meteor trails. Results indicate the potential of the
MWA LFD to make significant achievements in its three key science objectives: epoch of reionization science, heliospheric science, and radio transient detection.
}
}