The use of the radio-detection technique in a wide area cosmic-ray detector requires autonomous antenna stations, in terms of power feeding, triggering and data transmission. A prototype has been tested at the Nançay Radio Observatory (France). It uses the broadband (1-200 MHz) active dipoles installed on the CODALEMA experiment (see other contributions in this conference), together with a solar power supply, an independent trigger electronics and a dedicated communication system. We present here the complete setup and the performances of this new kind of detector.

The CODALEMA collaboration

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 929-932