[evlatests] Antenna issues from 28 July

Barry Clark bclark at nrao.edu
Thu Jul 30 15:43:15 EDT 2009



Ken Sowinski wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Rick Perley wrote:
[snip]
>>    3) Antenna 25 had numerous stepwise amplitude gain changes -- the
>> ratio of the highest to lowest is a factor of 2 (equivalently, a factor
>> of four in power).  These changes were accompanied by distinct changes
>> in bandpass ripple.  Are we sure the attenuators weren't changing on
>> this antenna?
> 
> It certainly looks like they were changing.  Hard to see
> think of a reason.  Was this antenna included from the
> very beginning and never removed from the array?
> 
Shouldn't matter.  Each scan fetches the attenuator mode from the
LoIfSetup which lives in the script space, not the AntennaPhysical
space.
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