We have used a radio-frequency-gain total-power radiometer to measure
the intensity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at a frequency
of 1.47 GHz (20.4 cm wavelength) from White Mountain, California in 19
88 September and from the South Pole, Antarctica in 1989 December. The
CMB thermodynamic temperature, T(CMB), is 2.27 +/- 0.25 K (68% confid
ence limit) measured from White Mountain and 2.26 +/- 0.20 K from the
South Pole site. The combined result is 2.26 +/- 0.19 K. The correctio
n for Galactic emission has been derived from scaled low-frequency map
s and constitutes the main source of error. The atmospheric signal is
extrapolated from our zenith scan measurements at higher frequencies.
These results are consistent with our previous measurement at 1.41 GHz
(Levin et al. 1988) and approximately 2.5 sigma from the 2.74 +/- 0.0
1 K global average CMB temperature.