[evlatests] First Sept 08 3-bit test
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Wed Sep 8 16:24:46 EDT 2010
Ken set up another 3-bit test, this time at 6928 MHz, where there is
more power available to the sampler.
Only 3 antennas were available, as the hardware from antenna 27 is
being moved to antenna 12.
Ken observed on and off 3C286, one minute duration on each, for
about 30 minutes.
The results are interesting -- the RR to LL asymmetry is back ...
Below is a matrix showing the rms noise, in Jy, for each correlator,
with RR in the upper right, and LL in the lower left:
15 22 28
------------------------
15 | XX .246 .187
22 | .150 XX .289
28 | .169 .162 XX
The value of 150 mJy for 15 x 22 in LCP is very close to the
expected theoretical. As in our previous tests, RCP is significantly
worse, *particularly* for antenna 22.
The histograms have about 20,000 visibilities each, and are
fabulously gaussian. (They are of 'textbook quality').
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