[evlatests] Antenna 10 azimuth servos
Ken Sowinski
ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Mon Nov 22 10:37:51 EST 2010
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Rick Perley wrote:
> 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.
Neither of these antennas are especially bad "pointers".
Each has a reasonable fit to the pointing model. The
response Rick describes must average out over the time
of the measurements.
More information about the evlatests
mailing list