[evlatests] compression tables for Ku band
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Tue Jul 31 12:07:48 EDT 2012
Taurus A is about 5 x 7 arcminutes in size, so at Ku band it is
being significantly resolved by our primary beam (about 3 arcminutes at
15 GHz). The 15 GHz total flux of Taurus is about 460 Jy, but due to
the resolution, the increment in system temperature is about 25K,
approximately doubling the system temperature.
I tuned to 13.2 and 16.8 GHz for AC and BD, respectively.
The PDif values show both compression and expansion, generally by
small amounts. Note that the accuracy of these measurements is
generally better than 1%, so a compression ratio of 99 or 101 (percent)
is significantly different from 100.
Antenna A B C D
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1 96 100 95 98
2 102 97 102 95
3 no receiver
4 100 95 100 98
5 95 101 95 100
6 99 100 100 100
7 105 100 107 100
8 no receiver
9 no receiver
10 in barn
11 100 94 98 95
12 96 100 97 100
13 97 99 97 96
14 98 98 102 94
15 no receiver
16 95 100 95 99
17 98 100 96 99
18 95 99 94 97
19 98 99 98 94
20 96 99 101
bad data
21 99 100 100 99
22 98 100 96 100
23 96 100 94 98
24 100 100 97 99
25 98 100 95 100
26 100 98 99 98
27 no receiver
28 no receiver
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There is generally less compression in the BD IFs, almost certainly
because of less power -- the primary beam at 16.8 GHz more heavily
resolves out the source.
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