[evlatests] RFI retraction
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu Dec 15 10:58:57 EST 2011
My note yesterday about the high RFI powers at C band should be
disregarded. I was looking at cross-power spectra, rather than
autocorrelation spectra. The former are relevant when comparing the RFI
to external sources, the latter are relevant when assessing the effect
on samplers.
When I look at the autocorrelation spectra, the C-band situation is
much more benign, with the power added by the interference adding only a
few percent over the receiver noise power (when looking at the NCP).
The S-band situation remains serious however -- Sirius and XM radio
completely overwhelm the autocorrelation spectra, so no estimate of the
added power can yet be made via the autocorrelation spectra.
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