[evlatests] 10-second no-fringe problem
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Tue Sep 1 15:18:30 EDT 2015
Ken wondered if the problem noted yesterday occurred at any other
band.
The answer appears to be 'no'. I've checked P, L, S, C and Ku
bands. All clean.
However, appearances can be deceiving: Every non-X-band
observation in my script requires a change in frequency from some other
band. This requires a subreflector rotation, plus correlator
reconfiguration, which in most cases takes up more than 10 seconds.
Hence, I don't think it's actually possible to judge whether this
'mis-tuning' issue occurs other than at X-band -- the only band where
there is no subreflector motion, as it is taken following X-band
referenced pointing.
The possible exception will be changes between Q and Ka -- rotation
is very small for this pair. A review of the data shows no evidence
of the initial 10-second no-fringe problem.
Rick
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