[evlatests] EVLA Hardware
Rob Long
rlong at nrao.edu
Thu Oct 12 19:43:01 EDT 2006
Ant 26 should have L, X, and K-bands with all four IFs. Jerry and Mike
installed the M301 today and had to debug some wiring/fiber issues. It
seems to be working fine now.
I had a good look at ant 13 K-band today and found no switched power and
low received power levels. I chased through the signal path at the
antenna (and removed the extra 8 dB attenuators installed on the K-band
output) and could not improve the signal quality. I put the spectrum
analyzer on the LO input to the K-band receiver and found nothing amiss.
When I re-installed the LO cable and checked levels, everything looked
good! Switched power was running in the 1.7 volt range and deformatter
statistics looked good. I tried band changes and looked at the LO
cables closely, but could not cause K-band to fail again. (Is it
possible that the LO multiplier was oscillating?)
If anyone gets the chance to try K-band on 13, please let me know the
results.
Rob
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