[evlatests] Is the Glass half full

[Walter Brisken]

One of my collaborators recently used EVLA antennas for 8 hours at C and 8 
hours at X band in project AH908.  I think for the most part they were 
useful in the science, but I still plan to look over that data in more 
detail.

-W

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Steven Durand wrote:

> Hi
>
> SO I asked Frazer "Is anyone using the EVLA antennas for science?  He
> said a few.  I asked When is the next opportunity?  He did not know so
> we asked Joan.   She said  Neal Miller has an L-Band run this weekend
> but she didn't know if he had asked for EVLA antennas to be included.
> Frazer said he would find out since he knows Neal.
>
>
>
> Frazer Wrote
>
> Neal
>
> I believe you have some 20cm observing coming up, probably for
> Coma. Is that right ?
>
>    If so I hope you have requested the EVLA antennas and can feed back
> quickly whether the EVLA antennas appeared to be working. We want
> some evidence about how many of the EVLA antennas are useful. Perhaps
> you could quickly tell us if there appeared to be some data coming from
> them and later
> if they are really useful for imaging.
>
>    Reply to this email including Steve Durand about this if you can.
>
>    best wishes,
>
>    Frazer
>
> ..........................
> Neal Wrote
>
> Hi Frazer.
>
> Yes, I've got five 5-hour tracks scheduled for June 18,
> 22, 23, 24, and 25 (roughly 5 PM to 10 PM Mountain time
> on each date). In my "notes" section on the observe files
> I have requested EVLA antennas be included, if possible.
> I'll take a look on Monday (6/19) and see what I can
> figure out regarding whether the EVLA antennas returned
> useful data. It'd be great if they do - I cut it pretty
> fine in my net time request, meaning it will be tough
> to reach my desired sensitivity if I only have ~22 working
> antennas.
>
> Neal
>
> ...............
>
> So I suggested "we" try an support this observation.
>
> Sorry won't happen again....
> -- 
>
>
> Steven Durand, MTS               National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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