[evlatests] ea22 -- something weird
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Thu May 19 14:55:28 EDT 2016
I'm finally reducing the January 'flux density/calibrator model'
data. Because part of the goal is to link the flux scales to the
'known' source Cygnus A, I cannot apply the switched power (due to the
infamous 'PDif Compression' issue).
Thus, I can easily see the gain changes induced the the diurnal
temperature variation. At 6cm, the effect is remarkably large -- about
4% in power, peak-peak.
But one antenna stands out -- ea22 has a 25% (!!!!!) diurnal
variation (at 6cm -- I haven't yet reviewed the higher frequency data).
The pattern is exactly the same as all the other antennas, but is about
6 times stronger effect.
So the question is: What is (or was) different about the
temperature control in this antenna?
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