[evlatests] Update on Positions; Phase stability; RTP on EA14.
Doug Gerrard
dgerrard at nrao.edu
Mon Jan 22 11:13:48 EST 2007
No work has been done to the fiber in the last several months, other
than normal moves and/or any module swap outs.
Doug
Vivek Dhawan wrote:
> 1. EA 14, 16, and 24 moved last week. Two baseline runs were
> done on Saturday, and positions could be found for all EVLA
> antennas including 17.
>
> 2. Residual phase changes with elevation are +_1 radian on
> the older antennas 13,14,16, and even less on the newer
> 23, 24, 26, 17. (All at X band)
>
> 3. L352 round-trip meters appear to exist at 13,14,18 and two
> more unidentified antennas.
>
> mib-1-22 was working, but I dont know on which antenna.
> mib-0-52 was logging at once/min instead of once/10s, and
> its reading was unchanging.
>
> The meter on EA14 now changes its response by 5 ps as the
> elevation changes on that antenna, and seems to know when
> the antenna goes over the top (EL >90). It is the only meter
> doing this, it is a new phenomenon, and I noticed it first on
> January 10th, i.e. it started before EA14 was moved.
> From the monitor data archive, it was present Dec 6th. (I do
> not have this monitor point in Oct-Nov). Was the fiber on
> EA 14 'fixed' in some way before Dec 6th?
> I don't know if the meter is telling the truth, but it seems
> to show the diurnal temperature trend correctly.
>
> Vivek.
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