[evlatests] K-Band Results -- Perfect!
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu Jul 2 17:55:24 EDT 2009
Michael took an hour of data on our favorite northern point source
at K-band.
Executive Summary: Everything is perfect!
Details:
Observations had 1 minute scans. No phase jumps of any kind were
seen, nor any significant amplitude wobbles or steps. Phase stability
was poor -- not a surprise given the dewpoint and weather. Sensitivity
seems a bit poorer than I would expect, but this is likely due to an
elevated system temperature (atmospheric emission).
Delays were measured -- no large values were found. (Largest is 13
nsec on antenna 25).
Bandpasses were measured on a 1-minute timescale -- all looks very
stable.
A 951 channel 'pseudo-continuum' database was made, with four
sub-bands.
Closure offsets were measured -- all are at the 0.1% or less, which
I'm sure is consistent with noise.
The final map is dead flat. No lumps or waves. DR is 23600 for all
four sub-bands, and half that for one subband -- just as expected.
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