[evlatests] Ant 21
Rob Long
rlong at nrao.edu
Mon Mar 19 15:27:02 EDT 2007
The issue with antenna 21 appears to be weak output from the X-band
receiver. IF A/C RMS values at the deformatter are running about 1/2
what they should with all attenuation set to '0'(RF=0 & ch1=0). IFs B/D
still have older downconverters (T304s) with slightly higher gain. The
higher gain in B/D allows some extra signal strength, however we are
still running all 4 IFs with a higher noise floor than we should be. In
compensating for low receiver output, we are essentially turning up the
noise in order to get enough power into the digitizer. We have
encountered this problem on other antennas and need to come up with a
permanent fix.
Rob
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