[evlatests] ea11 P-band polarization -- not swapped?

Dan Mertely dmertely at nrao.edu
Mon Nov 18 10:24:08 EST 2013


Hi Rick.  Yes, Bob Broilo & I swapped the Low Band Receiver
output cables at the LOIF rack on Friday, I think it was
noonish.

Can the appearance of high cross-pol be due to very bad SNR
on 1 side, while the other side is operating properly?
-Mert


On 11/15/2013 4:11 PM, Rick Perley wrote:
>      So in another test today, it appears that ea11 does *not* have
> reversed polarization ...
>
>      Did somebody swap the polarizations this morning?  If not, we have a
> curious mystery of the changing polarization ...
>
>      It still has high cross-polarization -- nearly 100% (nearly equal
> amplitudes in all four correlations).
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