[evlatests] EVLA L-band Behavior
Rob Long
rlong at aoc.nrao.edu
Fri Apr 14 17:31:39 EDT 2006
My first thought would be that we have an L302-2 issue to look into as
Rick suggests. Did the synthesizer appear to be functioning properly
during this time?
Rob
Rick Perley wrote:
>
> The single exception is antenna 13, IFs B and D. There was a large
> (> 100 degree)
> phase jump on IFs B and D, at 17:19:13 IAT. The change was not
> instantaneous --
> a stable phase was regained only after two records (3.3 second averaging
> was used). Nearly all the change occured in the first (and the amplitude
> was severely depleted for
> that one record). About 20 degrees more change was seen in the 2nd.
> Careful inspection of the amplitude stability shows that we are
> getting 3% drops
> in antenna 13 amplitude, on IFs B and D only. When this happens, it
> occurs on every
> 3rd integration -- that's exactly 10 seconds separation. But the effect
> is not seen all
> the time: every 3rd record was weak by 3% in amplitude over 20 seconds,
> followed by 20 seconds where all was good, then 20 seconds when every 3rd
> record was down, etc.
> Gotta be a L302-2 issue?
>
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