[evlatests] Phase jump, and more
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Mon Sep 10 19:30:42 EDT 2007
A quick stress test was run. Early results:
1) There was a global EVLA to VLA phase jump, at L-band, of 100
degrees, between the first (so-called 'dummy') scan and the second
scan. This occurred on IF #1 *only*. I added two more L-band scans, to
follow the two listed above -- no jumps occurred on these. The jump
noted is exactly the same as noted in earlier tests by Vivek and me. It
smells like a software-induced thingy.
2) A check of the frequency axis at P-band was done -- all is
correct, in that the baseband phase 'hook' is on the left side, as it
should be. OTOH, Aaron Cohen sent me his 4-band BP solutions, from his
Sept 1 observations, and the 'hook' is clearly on the *right-hand*
(i.e., wrong) side for the EVLA antennas. More investigations will be
needed tomorrow.
3) The 'fast dump' solar mode was not working -- we got 3.33 second
averaging, not the 0.418 seconds requested. Bryan has already uncovered
the origin of this.
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