The URAN-2 radio telescope
The second station of the URAN decameter interferometer network, URAN-2 is situated in the Stepanivka village, Poltava Region, Ukraine. Operated by Poltava gravimetrical observatory of S. Subotin Institute of Geophysics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Poltava).
| geographic longitude: | 34° 49′ 28′′ |
| geographic latitude: | 49° 37′ 48′′ |
Antenna specifications
| Frequency range: | 8 – 32 MHz (potential for up to 40 MHz) |
| Antenna type: | antenna array of wideband dipoles |
| Number of array elements: | 512 (16 × 32) |
| Antenna array dimensions: | 238 × 116 m |
| Effective area: | 28 000 m2 at 20 MHz |
| Antenna polarizations: | two linear polarizations |
| Best beam width (HPBW): | 3.5° × 7.5° (at 25 MHz) |