[evlatests] Antenna 10 azimuth servos
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Mon Nov 22 10:13:20 EST 2010
I noted last week the significant oscillation encountered when
driving the antennas in azimuth. Since then, I have analyzed the
performance of all the antennas. All but two of the antennas behave in
the manner described last week. The other two -- particularly one of
them -- show a much larger oscillation and slower damping time. These are:
Antenna 14: The amplitude is larger, and the decay time larger --
over 10 seconds to reach half amplitude.
Antenna 10: The pattern here is entirely different than any other
antenna. The oscillation is larger (nearly 30 arcseconds, peak-peak),
of much shorter period (3 seconds), and does not seem to be damped at
all -- the oscillations continue throughout the entire 20 seconds spent
at each position, with little discernible decrease in amplitude. Sounds
like a servo issue here.
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