[evlatests] Attenuators Added to Ant 3 & 28 - New T304 Tables Required

VLA Operations observe at nrao.edu
Wed Oct 22 21:20:55 EDT 2008


I've updated the database with new B and D attenuator settings for the three 
receivers requested:
Ant  3 K-band
Ant  3 Ka-band
Ant 28 Ka-band

(I also updated Ant 25 K-band B & D.)

Matt Gardiner


Jim Jackson wrote:
> The VLA operators should be able to do this now.  I forwarded this 
> message on to vlaops.
> 
> Could one of the operators please make this change?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Jackson
> 
> 
> At 04:43 PM 10/22/2008, Bob Hayward wrote:
>> When the K and Ka-Band receivers were installed on Ant 3, we forgot to
>> put on the canonical 8 dB attenuators on the receiver outputs to ensure
>> the UX-Converter doesn't run into compression. The same with the Ka-Band
>> on Antenna 28. All 3 receivers got their attenuators today.
>>
>> Could someone (maybe Walter since Ken is away) update the B/D T304
>> attenuator lookup tables to reflect the change in power levels that they
>> will be dealing with. Obviously the K-Band on Ant 3 would be the more
>> critical one to fix first.
>>
>> In summary, new T304 attenuator tables for:
>>
>>     Ant  3 - K-Band
>>     Ant  3 - Ka-Band
>>     Ant 28 - Ka-Band
>>
>> -Bob
>>
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