[evlatests] K band at antenna 23
Ken Sowinski
ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Thu Jan 18 18:45:39 EST 2007
Antenna 23 works at K band. It did not at first because
there was an FRM fault at the subreflector was in the
wrong position; a reset fixed that. Delays, focus and
pointing are all in reasonable shape. Pointing should
be could enough for the next collimation pointing run.
Relative G/T is at least as good as the best VLA antennas.
Better pointing would not make it any worse. If B power
level might not be as stable as we would like. Walter
set the attenuator levels yesterday, but today it was
inappropriate. I saw TP and SD varying by a factor of
two over seconds, but later it settled down. We should
watch it for a while to see if it was merely a burble or
is a chronic problem.
Antenna 18 works at K band, but seems to have lost its
noise diodes. SD is 0.0 for all four IFs. I have turned
off the Tsys correction for K band until it works again.
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