The URAN-3 radio telescope
A station of the URAN decameter interferometer network, the URAN-3 radio telescope is situated in Svityaz village, Volyn region, Ukraine and is operated by Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Lviv).
| geographic longitude: | 23° 49′ 38′′ |
| geographic latitude: | 51° 28′ 19′′ |
Antenna specifications
| Frequency range: | 8 – 32 MHz (potential for up to 40 MHz) |
| Antenna type: | antenna array of wideband dipoles |
| Number of array elements: | 256 (8 × 32) |
| Antenna array dimensions: | 238 × 58 m |
| Effective area: | 14 000 m2 at 20 MHz |
| Antenna polarizations: | two linear polarizations |
| Best beam width (HPBW): | 3.5° × 15° at 25 MHz |