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20050919 report
Pointing & Focus checks for August 2005
Pointing
The plots below show the pointing data for, respectively,
RxA & RxB, restricted to the period after 16 August, when
the VAX mwtsrv was replaced (and the earlier data lost):
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For RxA, there seems to be a trend of the elevation residual with
elevation (centre panel), while for RxB it is the azimuth residuals
that show deviations at high elevations.
Thermal - i.e. analyses of the elevation residuals
as functions of Receiver and antenna leg temperatures:
FE No.of data fit Temp range
-- ---------- ---------------------------- -----------
A 143 del = (-1.60 +- 0.39)*T_diff -0.8 to +1.8
= (-0.42 +- 0.09)*T_mean(**) 4 to 16
B 271 del = (+1.37 +- 0.26)*T_diff -0.8 to +1.6
= (-0.02 +- 0.06)*T_mean(**) 6 to 16
A confusing set of results, with no clear trends on which to base
any adjustments.
Focus
FE axis No.obs. mean s.d. Notes ('significant' trends)
(mm) (mm)
----- ---- ------- ------- ------ -----------------------------
RxA Z 44 +0.11 0.08
X 32 -0.18 0.23
Y 24 -0.00 0.13
RxB Z 65 +0.09 0.10
X 47 +0.14 0.24
Y 45 +0.02 0.13
There are no trends of any focus residuals with elevation or temperature
(range 4-16 degC for RxA, 6-16 for RxB).
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