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Properties of Radio Waves These waves travel at the speed of light. These are transverse waves. These waves have long wavelengths and less frequency. These waves exhibit both particle and wave nature. Mostly the waves travel in strength lines through the atmosphere and are reflected by the ionosphere, buildings, etc.

Resolution of a single dish radio telescope: 1.02 ?/D where D = diameter of telescope; therefore, VLA @20 cm: 30' resol. Primary beam (or ?field of view?) for int. = single dish resol.

How do radio interferometers greatly enhance resolution in radio wavelengths? Hooking two or more radio dishes together with a computer lets us get resolution not equal to the diameters of the dishes, but to the separations between the scopes.

Angular Resolution Radio wavelengths are between ? ? 3 km to ? ? 1 cm, while visible light wavelengths are between ? ? 4 x 10-7m (violet) and ? ? 7 x 10-7m (red). Angular resolution is a measure of how small details of an area in the sky can be seen.

Radio telescopes have much worse angular resolution (cannot see as much detail) than optical telescopes. For example the best optical telescopes have 0.5 arc seconds resolution from the ground and have 10meter mirrors. A radio telescope with 30 meter collecting plate has 0.5 degree resolution.

The angular resolution of a radio telescope is to be 0.1?, when the incident waves have a wavelength of 3.00 mm. The minimum diameter (in m) required for the telescope's receiving disc (in m) is 1.05n.

Radio wave, wave from the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum at lower frequencies than microwaves. The wavelengths of radio waves range from thousands of metres to 30 cm. These correspond to frequencies as low as 3 Hz and as high as 1 gigahertz (109 Hz).