[evlatests] June 30 tests, part 1
Ken Sowinski
ksowinsk at aoc.nrao.edu
Thu Jun 30 18:32:34 EDT 2005
> Just for fun I measured delay errors at 50 MHz in both line and
> continuum modes. They are quite different, perhaps because of
> peculiarities of either the VLA or EVLA bandpasses. Using antenna 6
> as a reference antenna the continuum delay errors were essentially
> zero. In line mode the apparant delay error between 14A and 16A was
> 20 ns.
> IFA IFC
> 14 +10 -4
> 16 -4 -4
Rick just pointed out that this is easily explained by knowing
that line channel 0 represents the inner 3/4 of the bandpass
while the continuum measurement is over the entire bandpass.
This and the 'button hook' can explain such a large difference.
Ken
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