[evlatests] AM889 on July 21,22,23
Ed Fomalont
efomalon at nrao.edu
Tue Jul 24 14:15:03 EDT 2007
AM889 on July 21 and 22 went well except for the usual problems.
AM889 on July 23 a little less well with a few more problems. See below.
1.4 GHz, 2 IFs, 2 Pols, usual deep integration setup of 7 channels
5 hour experiment, 3.3 sec integration
26 antennas working. 11 and 25 out
July 21 ante 28 out most of run
July 22 all 26 antennas okay
July 23. something wrong with ante 5 IF 1, R pol. Junk correlation
July 23 14:30 to 16:00 horrendous interference, worst at 1.385 MHz,
Pol R.
All data useless (I assume this was external interference)
July 23 Bandpass for antenna 13, IF2, L Pol has large amplitude steps
July 23 Bandpass for antenna 14, IF1, L Pol has large amplitude steps
On all three days
quack needed for about 15 sec on each scan
First experiment scan of 5 minutes was junk, and then EVLA antennas
had junk another
5 minutes
Ante 14 only has anomolous phase drift for second scan of 4 min (on
all three days)
Last 1 min of data is junk
Phase jump on EVLA antennas after switching to X-band pointing check
- expected and very repeatable.
Ed
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