[evlatests] Strange Tcals and Switched Power behavior

Ken Sowinski ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Mon Nov 1 13:15:42 EDT 2010


I used Barry's utility to examine L band Tcals.

If Rick happened to look at a subband tuned near 1000 GHz, then the
recorded Tcals are indeed a few tens of K.  I verified that Tcals
for ea24 are all around -24 K.  Correct values will have to be found
and inserted into the database.


On Mon, 1 Nov 2010, Barry Clark wrote:

> To look at Tcals in the evlaparm database, the easiest way is
> ~bclark/mcme/genexecq commons.util.CalSpectrum <receiver> <antenna> <polariz>
> Example
> ~bclark/mcme/genexecq commons.util.CalSpectrum 6GHz ea15 R
>
> I can make a simpler launch script if needed.
>

>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, Rick Perley wrote:
>>
>>>    At L-band:  Most of the values are quite nonsensical.  Typical
>>> values are 20 to 50 K.  Some of them are over 200K.  One antenna (24, on
>>> all IFs) has *negative* values of Tcal.




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