[evlatests] early VHF results

[Claire Chandler]

Hi Paul,

Those two antennas contribute to 20% of the baselines in the array.  The 
impact on continuum sensitivity isn't much, but for polarimetry it is a 
potential problem.

Claire

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012, Paul Harden wrote:

>
>
> Scheduling Officer wrote:
>> Yikes! With the dipoles up, we should avoid doing polarimetry tonight. But
>> we are not yet organized to be able to prevent that. When will the dipoles
>> be removed? Is there a test plan for their deployment and removal? Thanks.
>> - Joan
>
> The dipoles were deployed ONLY on Antennas 19 and 25 (next to each other
> on SW arm near center) - not the entire array.  These are the two
> antennas with the new low band receivers.  The plan (as I understand it)
> is for the dipoles to be deployed for about a week to conduct a host of
> preliminary tests from total power measurements to RFI monitoring, then
> immediately brought down.
>
> Paul Harden
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