[evlatests] P-Band cross-polarization
Rick Perley
rperley at nrao.edu
Tue Jun 6 17:55:11 EDT 2017
A recent test has allowed a proper calibration of the 'leakages'
for P-band.
We are all fairly sure that the dominant term in this comes from
misorientation of the dipoles. The cross-polarization solutions are all
very constant in frequency, with little frequency structure -- this is
consistent with a rotation origin.
The solutions are made with ea18 as the reference. So the
resulting cross-polarizations reflect (mostly) the misorientation of the
dipoles w.r.t. this antenna.
I find there are two 'families' -- about 2/3 of the antennas have
cross-polarizations of 3% or less. This is very good. The other 1/3
are at the 8 -- 12% level. This corresponds to a rotation of about 5
degrees -- not much, but noticeable.
The 'high polarization/rotation' antennas are:
ea01, 4, 8, 9, 12, 20, 25, 26 and 28.
The current (AIPS) software seems to correctly remove these
leakages from the cross-polarized correlations.
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