[evlatests] Local RFI seen at 1797, 1800, and 1802 MHz
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu Nov 5 13:10:00 EST 2009
The WIDAR data taken last week has clearly identified some
locally-generated RFI. We can tell it's local, as these are seen only
on baselines connected to antennas 5, 15, 19, and 24, with the strengths
of the signals ***far*** stronger on the six baselines amongst those
four antennas. These four antennas are on W4, W5, W6, and W8 -- hence
the source of the emissions must be adjacent to the end of the west arm
(in the current configuration).
The signals are centered at 1797, 1800 and 1802 MHz. They seem to
be present throughout the 6 hour duration.
The signals are in no way a threat to observing (they are far weaker
than the typical satellite broadcast), but it would be perhaps
illuminating to find their origin.
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