[evlatests] ea13 status: revised

Eric Chavez echavez at nrao.edu
Thu Aug 7 16:32:47 EDT 2014


Ken,

I was able to look at this problem regarding IFB. I agree it looks like 
it is the RCP RF plate in the UX. I have informed Terry, and Jerry is on 
his way to begin this repair. I also opened a maintenance form in 
mainsaver for tracking.

Eric


On 8/7/2014 11:14 AM, Ken Sowinski wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Ken Sowinski wrote:
>
>> All receivers are now installed.  All work except for K band
>> which does not fringe at all.  It behaves as if the horn were
>> not connected to the sky.
>
> Allthe high frequency feeds were alignedand braced this morning.
> Ka and Q band still look fine.  K band, however is still dead
> in the sense of no fringes.
>
> I pointed the array at the Sun while at K band and ea13 showed
> no change inTP while other antennas increased by 20 dB or so.
> Is it possible that the feed cover was never removed?
>
>
> Another, independent, problem is that the power into the T304
> for IF B, and only IF B, is much to low when setup at K, Ka
> and Q bands, but not at Ku band.  In these tests the direct
> path was used for both IF pairs at K band and higher.  Looks
> like a problem in the T303.
>
> Ken\
>
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