[evlatests] Ka-Band Moved from EA28 to EA24

Ken Sowinski ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Wed Dec 3 19:43:41 EST 2008


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Bob Hayward wrote:

> The Antenna Mechanics were hoping to align it to the sub-reflector and
> install the turn-buckles before they left for the day (they had already
> installed the Goretex radome yesterday). We'll check on the status
> tomorrow morning and find out if we're good to go.

At four this afternoon the operator told me they were at the
antenna finishing up.  An independent verification would not
hurt.

> We also installed our Total Power measurement system on Ant 24 so we can
> carry out efficiency measurements at Ka-Band (plus K & Q). We'll also do
> similar measurements at C-Band once this antenna gets the upgraded
> receiver with the wideband 4-8 GHz OMT (possibly next week or the week
> after).
>
> Ken, if you could update the default Tcal values for Ant 24 as given
> below...

Done.




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