Editing Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (section)

==Square Kilometre Array development==
MOST is being used to develop technology for the Australian site of the [[Square Kilometre Array]] telescope. Since 2003 work has proceeded on the SKA Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) which has included fitting new wide-band feeds, low-noise amplifiers, digital filterbanks and correlator, in order to demonstrate 300-[[Hydrogen line|1420&nbsp;MHz]] continuous frequency coverage and multibeam mode operation.

The new correlator is a 96 input continuum correlator using [[Field Programmable Gate Array]] (FPGA) chips.<ref>{{cite web
  | title =The SKA Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) - Prototyping SKA Technologies at the Molonglo Radio Telescope
  | work =Sydney Institute for Astronomy
  | publisher =[[University of Sydney]]
  | date =2009
  | url =http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/sifa/Main/SKAMP
  | access-date =2009-06-13
  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170218230743/http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/sifa/Main/SKAMP
  | archive-date =2017-02-18
  | url-status =dead
  }}</ref>

This effort is a collaboration between the [[Australia Telescope National Facility]] (ATNF), the Australian [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] (CSIRO) [[Information technology|Information and Communications Technology]] Centre, and the University of Sydney.