[vlbatests] Fw: proposed collimation offsets update

[Kirill Sokolovskii]

The collimation offsets are updated.

Best wishes,
Kirill


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From: Kirill Sokolovskii <ksokolov at nrao.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 2:00 PM
To: VLBA Operators
Cc: Jay Blanchard
Subject: Fw: proposed collimation offsets update

Dear Operators,

I've updated collimation offsets (see the values below FYI).
Could you please restart the executor whenever convenient for these changes to take effect.

Best wishes,
Kirill


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From: Kirill Sokolovskii <ksokolov at nrao.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 11:12 AM
To: vlbatests at listmgr.nrao.edu
Cc: Jay Blanchard
Subject: proposed collimation offsets update

Dear everyone,

I had another look at the collimation offsets for the individual receivers and propose the following updates based on single-dish pointing data collected between August 2026 and now:

################## proposed_ptanal-2026-10-19.parm ##################
HN,SX    ,AZCOLIMATION,+01.36 # from Current:           AZ:+01.88 EL:+12.76
LA,20cm  ,AZCOLIMATION,-01.21 # from Current:           AZ:-01.62 EL:-07.90
LA,1cm   ,ELCOLIMATION,-07.20 # from Current:           AZ:+02.67 EL:-07.57
MK,20cm  ,AZCOLIMATION,+01.09 # from Current:           AZ:+01.80 EL:-02.56
MK,SX    ,ELCOLIMATION,+03.77 # from Current:           AZ:+01.81 EL:+04.11
MK,2cm   ,ELCOLIMATION,+01.06 # from Current:           AZ:+02.85 EL:+00.93
NL,6cm   ,ELCOLIMATION,-01.94 # from Current:           AZ:+02.51 EL:-01.21
NL,4cm   ,ELCOLIMATION,-00.67 # from Current:           AZ:+00.77 EL:-00.21
NL,2cm   ,AZCOLIMATION,+01.03 # from Current:           AZ:+01.26 EL:-00.80
PT,SX    ,ELCOLIMATION,-00.85 # from Current:           AZ:-05.49 EL:-01.31
###############################################################

Best wishes,
Kirill
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