[evlatests] Global Troubles
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu Jan 24 11:18:12 EST 2008
The entire array is not in good shape this morning. From 'stress
test' data taken last night, I find:
1) Antennas 13, 21 and 25 are low in sensitivity at all bands, by
factors of 2 to 7. They also provide very large closure errors amongst
themselves.
2) Even after removing these three antennas, large closure errors
remain on nearly all antennas (VLA and EVLA)-- but not as large as those
associated with 13, 21 and 25.
3) Many antennas are 'pulsing' -- there are regular short-duration
drops in their amplitudes, of period 10 or so seconds.
It would seem likely these are all connected to the hardware work
done yesterday?
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