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I've extended my tests of sky-calibrating Tcal values to P-band, using 3C147 as the 'known' source. The results, using the A-configuration flux density data taken in January 2025, are very good, in the sense that applying the derived Tcal values gives excellent
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But there are two notable issues:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">Only seven VLA antennas have default Tcal values not equal to 1.0. (These are currently ea12, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, and 26, whose receivers are: 4P-06, -29, -18, -25, -05, -08 and -24, respectively). So either
the Tcals on the other receivers were never measured, or the values measured were never implemented. </div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">The 'sky-calibrated' Tcal values are typically about a factor of two higher than what I think they should be. Typically, I find values from 30 to 50K, while the seven antennas with lab-measured Tcals are all
around 15 — 20 K. This strongly suggests the default efficiencies used in generating the calibrated visibilities are about a factor of two too high — it looks like we're using 1.0 instead of the measured 0.45 (or so). </div>
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