[evlatests] sub-band to sub-band changes
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Wed Dec 7 15:39:34 EST 2011
... one thing is clear from the autocorrelation spectra: The
'phenomenon' (the sampler resonance) is playing havoc at times with the
level setting, since the resonance is strong enough on some antennas to
influence the power levels -- to the detriment of the 'good' channels...
Rick Perley wrote:
> ... and these power differences are visible in the BPASS
> spectra... Some are quite striking!
>
> I'll also be looking at the autocorrelation spectra -- these are
> more representative of what the requantizers are seeing ...
>
> Ken Sowinski wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Michael Rupen wrote:
>>
>>> We claim to be setting the requantizer gains such that the Psum for
>>> all basebands and all subbands should be ~14.2 This seems to be
>>> mostly working for the 8-bit, but not for the 3-bit side.
>>> This suggests we're not setting the requantizer gains at the right time
>>> in the script -- e.g., we may be adjusting the requantizer gains and
>>> the
>>> attenuators/gain slope equalizers at the same time, which would
>>> primarily
>>> affect the 3-bit paths. This would not explain the other 3-bit Psys
>>> oddities of course.
>>
>> Right. I plan to check for this later today. Another
>> (unlikely) possibility is that the 3-bit system is not
>> as stable as the 8-bit.
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