[evlatests] Results of solar 20-db test
Ken Sowinski
ksowinsk at nrao.edu
Mon Mar 28 11:27:34 EDT 2011
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Rick Perley wrote:
> Not all is rosy, however. The algorithm which decides how the T304
> attenuators are adjusted to maintain proper signal levels to the
> samplers (and avoids saturation within the module) is clearly
> inefficient, and makes very strange choices for many antennas.
We should do this again with the type which affected L band corrected
to try to see what it might be doing wrong.
> The switched power (PDif) values while on the sun are biased negative --
> they should be noisy with a zero mean, or at most a very slight positive
> mean.
To try to understand this we should look at P_diff with the
noise tubes turned off.
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