[evlatests] Antenna 21 at K-band
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Wed Apr 25 12:18:57 EDT 2007
Ken took 80 minutes of K-band data yesterday afternoon, around 4PM.
All EVLA antennas, except 23 which was stowed for Q-band work (I think),
fringed -- including antenna 21.
But antenna 21 is clearly 'special' -- the amplitudes started of very
weak -- about a factor of 10 below normal, then steadily rose, reaching
normal levels about 35 minutes after the start, then steadily declined,
ending up about a factor of 2 below what they should be.
A pointing problem is possible -- the elevation of the beginning was 72
degrees (HA of +1.5 hours), with steady decrease to 58 degrees at the
end of the run. But the factor-of-ten loss (100 in power) indicates a
large offset of an arcminute or so -- which would not be sufficient to
cause the X-band data to be lost (in an earlier run), unless the
pointing then was much worse.
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