[evlatests] ea03 better

[Charles Kutz]

I think that the C-band should be much better now.

Ken,
I'll send the cal values out to you Monday, for the K and C bands.



Chuck

Ken Sowinski wrote:
> Pointing Wednesday night was a big help.  I now consider the antenna
> usable at all the outfitted band: L, C, X and K.  Delays and focus
> are good, as is pointing.  K band collimation has not yet been
> registered to X band, so referenced pointing may not work as well
> as hoped.  That will be taken care of next week.
> 
> I expect to do a proper X band pointing run next week the night of
> the double maintenance days.
> 
> The C band receiver seems to have a high system temperature.  The FE
> group is investigating.
> 
> It may have been repaired by now, but Thursday the T5/T6 for IF D
> was misbehaving causing a lower than expected amplitude on all
> baslines with ea03.  The symptom I saw was that the ALC did net
> peg at -1 v. when the power level was decreased.
> 
> I think the antenna is usable for astronomical observing.
> 
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