[evlatests] Bad SPW

Rob Long rlong at nrao.edu
Fri Jun 30 16:30:41 EDT 2023


I agree with Ken. This doesn't sound like an antenna problem.

Rob

On 6/30/2023 2:23 PM, Rick Perley via evlatests wrote:
> And I can confirm the problem (no correlations in SPW44, in Ku-band, 
> for ea17 only, on all polarizations) is still with us.
>
> On 6/30/23 12:03, Ken Sowinski wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023, Rick Perley via evlatests wrote:
>>
>>> In reducing some data  taken over the past week or so, I note that a 
>>> single spectral window, at Ku, K, and Ka bands, gives only noise -- 
>>> no coherent signal visible in either polarization.
>>>
>>> The SPW is:  #44 in Ku band
>>>
>>> and              #21 in both K and Ka bands.
>>>
>>> The problem is not need in the low frequency bands (L though Ku).  
>>> Q-band was not observed.
>>>
>>> The problem was in every database taken since june 22.
>>
>> This didn't get as much attention as your complaint about ea27.
>>
>> If, as it appears, this affects all antennas then it sounds like
>> a bad, or misconfigured, baselineboard.  Other possibilities are
>> the network switch or CBE, but a bad blb is much more likely.
>>
>> Ken
>
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