SPOL CALIBRATION HISTORY |
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Without Noise Correction |
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NOISE
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Ant Gain |
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1994 |
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44.80 |
44.40 |
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Seavey measured |
9-Apr-96 |
2813 |
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-115.70 |
-115.40 |
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FL1 |
27-Dec-96 |
2745 |
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-116.00 |
-115.50 |
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East Lake |
18-Apr-96 |
2809 |
56.40 |
56.40 |
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-36.00 |
-35.60 |
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-115.20 |
-115.40 |
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CASES. New Preselectors. |
22-Oct-97 |
2809 |
56.30 |
56.40 |
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-35.90 |
-35.70 |
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Diode power meters now used |
17-Nov-97 |
2809 |
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46.00 |
45.60 |
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horn at Mesa |
12-Feb-98 |
2809 |
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-115.20 |
-114.80 |
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Mitch determined
bandwidth = 804 khz 4/23/98 |
20-Feb-98 |
2809 |
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46.20 |
46.70 |
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45.71 |
45.93 |
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12-Mar-98 |
2809 |
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46.60 |
46.70 |
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46.11 |
45.93 |
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Flux based on Penticton data @2800mhz or Palehua @2695
and 4995mhz. |
19-Mar-98 |
2809 |
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45.00 |
44.80 |
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~ 1 foot of wet snow on ground. |
26-Mar-98 |
2809 |
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45.80 |
45.90 |
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45.31 |
45.13 |
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1840Z & 2130Z. Jon says he has ~ 1/4 dB better peak
than previous |
22-Apr-98 |
2809 |
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45.70 |
44.30 |
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measurements. |
22-Apr-98 |
2809 |
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45.40 |
46.00 |
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44.91 |
45.23 |
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Best ever. Using Mitch's Range Averaging. |
29-Apr-98 |
2809 |
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-115.10 |
-114.80 |
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Jon measures from processor. |
29-Apr-98 |
2809 |
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45.60 |
45.60 |
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45.11 |
44.83 |
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Solar power measures 0.2 dB more (both) with noise
correction. |
1-May-98 |
2809 |
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46.00 |
45.90 |
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45.51 |
45.13 |
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Solar power 0.2 dB more Hor, 0.1 dB more Ver with noise
correction. |
11-May-98 |
2809 |
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45.61 |
45.43 |
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46.10 |
46.20 |
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Eldorado Mountain |
14-May-98 |
2809 |
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45.90 |
45.70 |
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45.41 |
44.93 |
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Loaner TR tube(unknown loss) in Hor channel. |
18-Jul-98 |
2809 |
56.70 |
57.32 |
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-35.90 |
-35.60 |
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-115.20 |
-114.50 |
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46.03 |
45.05 |
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45.51 |
45.30 |
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1st cal in Florida for PRECIP98 |
19-Jul-98 |
2809 |
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46.12 |
46.14 |
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45.60 |
45.39 |
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2nd cal in Florida for PRECIP98 |
20-Jul-98 |
2809 |
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46.10 |
46.02 |
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45.58 |
45.27 |
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3rd cal in Florida for PRECIP98 |
11-Aug-98 |
2809 |
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46.12 |
46.14 |
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45.60 |
45.39 |
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4th cal in Florida for PRECIP98 |
25-Sept-98 |
2809 |
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46.05 |
46.12 |
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45.53 |
45.37 |
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5th cal in Florida for PRECIP98 |
12-Jan-99 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.10 |
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-35.90 |
-35.55 |
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-115.20 |
-114.50 |
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45.90 |
46.03 |
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45.38 |
45.28 |
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1st cal in Brazil.
Used Penticton flux values, Noise cal from Florida. 2040GMT |
19-Jan-99 |
2809 |
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46.09 |
46.14 |
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45.57 |
45.39 |
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2nd cal in Brazil.
Done in morning at 1250GMT |
27-Jan-99 |
2809 |
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45.93 |
46.05 |
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45.41 |
45.30 |
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3rd cal in Brazil.
Done in morning at 1330GMT |
2-Feb-99 |
2809 |
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45.89 |
46.08 |
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45.37 |
45.33 |
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4th cal in Brazil.
Done in morning at 1240GMT |
7-Sep-99 |
2786 |
57.00 |
57.30 |
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-35.88 |
-35.32 |
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-115.20 |
-115.00 |
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46.11 |
46.18 |
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44.88 |
45.22 |
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1st
cal in Italy. Done at 0730GMT, Noise
cal from Italy 9/7/99. Used |
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interpolation
for flux value. |
10-Sep-99 |
2786 |
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46.27 |
46.43 |
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45.04 |
45.47 |
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Cal done in morning at 0900GMT. Az error+0.2, El error +0.7 |
10-Sep-99 |
2786 |
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46.23 |
46.33 |
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45.00 |
45.37 |
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Cal done in afternoonat 1400GMT. Az error +0.1, El error -0.8 |
21-Sep-99 |
2786 |
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46.10 |
46.22 |
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44.87 |
45.26 |
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Cal done in morning at 1040GMT. Az error+0.3, El error +0.5 |
21-Sep-99 |
2786 |
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45.86 |
45.96 |
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44.63 |
45.00 |
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Cal done in afternoonat 1430GMT. Az error -0.2, El error -0.5 |
12-Oct-99 |
2786 |
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46.02 |
46.02 |
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44.79 |
45.06 |
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First cal done after feed replacement. Taken at 1240GMT |
14-Oct-99 |
2786 |
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46.19 |
46.19 |
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44.96 |
45.23 |
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Second cal with new feed.
Taken at 1243GMT |
2-Nov-99 |
2786 |
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45.83 |
45.63 |
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44.60 |
44.67 |
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Taken at 0900GMT.
Some heavy cloud in area. AZ -0.2, El +0.9 |
7-Nov-99 |
2786 |
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45.88 |
44.58 |
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44.65 |
43.62 |
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Last cal in Italy, done at 11:30GMT. Az error +0.1, El error -0.1 |
13-May-00 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.15 |
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-35.85 |
-35.55 |
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-115.20 |
-115.00 |
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45.67 |
45.19 |
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44.82 |
44.44 |
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1st cal for STEPS.
May have noise correction |
24-May-00 |
2809 |
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46.03 |
45.66 |
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45.18 |
44.91 |
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2nd cal for STEPS. |
27-May-00 |
2809 |
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45.34 |
45.04 |
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44.49 |
44.29 |
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11-Jun-00 |
2809 |
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46.02 |
45.66 |
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45.17 |
44.91 |
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16-Jun-00 |
2809 |
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45.83 |
45.46 |
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44.98 |
44.71 |
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18-Nov-00 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.15 |
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-35.85 |
-35.55 |
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-115.30 |
-115.20 |
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46.09 |
45.78 |
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45.02 |
44.69 |
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1st cal for IMPROVE, new noise cal values from 15 Nov.
2000 |
6-Jan-01 |
2809 |
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45.92 |
45.62 |
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44.85 |
44.53 |
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11-Jan-01 |
2809 |
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46.22 |
45.88 |
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45.15 |
44.79 |
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15-Jan-01 |
2809 |
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45.93 |
45.67 |
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44.86 |
44.58 |
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Using noise cal from 15 Nov 2000 |
15-Jan-01 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.15 |
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-35.85 |
-35.55 |
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-115.90 |
-115.70 |
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45.54 |
45.30 |
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44.87 |
44.59 |
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Using noise cal from 15 Jan 2001 |
22-Jan-01 |
2809 |
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45.69 |
45.47 |
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45.02 |
44.76 |
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31-Jan-01 |
2809 |
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45.67 |
45.40 |
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45.00 |
44.69 |
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2-Feb-01 |
2809 |
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45.72 |
45.45 |
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45.05 |
44.74 |
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Last cal for IMPROVE done at 2200GMT, AZ 205.5, EL 24.0,
0 offset |
8-Nov-01 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.15 |
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-36.10 |
-35.65 |
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-115.30 |
-115.40 |
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46.14 |
45.73 |
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45.11 |
44.81 |
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1st cal for IMPROVE2 plus coupler and noise calibrations
with new W/G |
3-Dec-01 |
2809 |
56.80 |
57.15 |
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-36.10 |
-35.65 |
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-115.80 |
-115.50 |
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45.27 |
45.15 |
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44.61 |
44.33 |
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1st cal with CHILL rotary joint, new noise calibrations
done 12/3/01 |
5-Dec-01 |
2809 |
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45.37 |
45.36 |
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44.71 |
44.54 |
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Hor. W/G loss = 0.66dB, Vert W/G loss = 0.43dB |
7-Dec-01 |
2809 |
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45.35 |
45.34 |
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44.69 |
44.52 |
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Last cal for IMPROVE2 done at 1748GMT, AZ 148.9, EL 16.7,
0 offset |
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25-May-02 |
2809 |
56.8 |
57.15 |
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-36.1 |
-35.65 |
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-115.8 |
-115.5 |
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45.44 |
45.59 |
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44.78 |
44.77 |
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IHOP cal done with rebuilt rotary joint, but old noise
cal temperatures |
31-May-02 |
2809 |
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45.23 |
45.39 |
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44.57 |
44.57 |
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Solar cal using old noise cal |
13-Jun-02 |
2809 |
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-115.8 |
-115.4 |
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Noise cal with rebuilt rotary joint |
18-Jun-02 |
2809 |
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45.18 |
45.2 |
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44.55 |
44.51 |
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Solar cal using noise cal done on June 13th. |
22-Jun-02 |
2809 |
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45.34 |
45.37 |
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44.712 |
44.68 |
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12-Feb-04 |
2809 |
56.95 |
57.15 |
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-35.85 |
-35.5 |
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-115.8 |
-115.5 |
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46.42 |
46.61 |
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45.78 |
45.75 |
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First cal for WISP04.
Used noise cal done 02/02/04.
New rotary joint mount. |
8-Jul-04 |
2809 |
56.95 |
57.15 |
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-35.95 |
-35.5 |
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45.62 |
45.68 |
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44.98 |
44.82 |
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First cal for NAME.
Used noise cal from 02/02/04. |
28-Jul-04 |
2809 |
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45.78 |
45.9 |
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45.14 |
45.04 |
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2nd cal for NAME |
7-Aug-04 |
2809 |
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45.66 |
45.68 |
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45.02 |
44.82 |
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3rd cal for NAME |
19-Aug-04 |
2809 |
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45.53 |
45.58 |
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44.89 |
44.72 |
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Final cal for NAME |
`17-Nov-04 |
2809 |
56.6 |
57.9 |
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-46.15 |
-45.85 |
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-115.8 |
-115.5 |
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45.78 |
45.93 |
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45.14 |
45.07 |
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1st RICO cal, new coupler values due to damaged V coupler |
27-Nov-04 |
2809 |
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45.9 |
46.44 |
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45.26 |
45.58 |
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2nd RICO cal |
26-Dec-04 |
2809 |
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-115.7 |
-115.2 |
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45.86 |
47 |
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45.33 |
45.78 |
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Using noise cal from 29 Dec 2004 |
29-Dec-04 |
2809 |
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45.64 |
46.76 |
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45.11 |
45.54 |
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HOR |
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HOR |
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Freq |
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Testpulse |
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NOISE
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Ant Gain |
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Sys Gain |
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Ant Gain |
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Ant Gain |
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Cplg
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Cplg
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(dBM) @ 804 kHz |
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Solar |
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Solar |
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Sphere |
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