[evlatests] ea05 at X-band is very bad ...

Rick Perley rperley at nrao.edu
Wed Nov 9 10:19:42 EST 2011


    ... interesting ... my test was done at about midnight, and the 
amplitudes from ea05 at X-band were definitely less than 1/10 of the 
normal. 

Ken Sowinski wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Nov 2011, Rick Perley wrote:
>
>>    A short test was run last night, at all bands.
>>
>>    At X-band, the data are of superlative quality -- with one glaring
>> exception.  ea05 is giving very, very weak fringes, and its switched
>> power is all wrong -- the PDif values are essentially noise with a
>> negative offset, and the PSum values, although of reasonable amplitude,
>> are changing on short timescales in an erratic manner.
>
> A few minutes ago:
> visibilty amplitudes were about the same as other antennas,
> there was no switched power (SDR) seen in T304s,
> crossed-hand amplitudes seemed a bit large at about one-tenth
> of parallel-hand.
>
> Other bands were not examined.



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