VEGAS Team Meeting

GB-137-hub
192.33.117.12##7144
434-817-6443# (telephone)

Attendees:

Adam, Marty, John, Richard, Joe, Paul, Jason, Mark, Dave, Ray, Anish, Melinda

Agenda:

  1. Any updates on the updated OG(P) calibration
  2. No progress last week on spur detection MR
  3. Integration time MR
  4. Mode 10-19 hardware fix
  5. Baseline ringing (high frequency noise) in VEGAS data
  6. VEGAS Blanking fix and impacts
  7. Test Time
  8. Other

Meeting notes:

  1. Any updates on the updated OG(P) calibration
    • regular communications with UCB - new code for calibration scheme due from Dave McMahon
  2. No progress last week on spur detection MR
    • Last bits of the MR in progress
  3. Integration time MR
    • To be tested Thursday
    • What does that mean to the blanking time tables in the observer's guide?
      • Should be minimal, is wider for for frequency switching No changes needed
      • At some point the actual values need to be reconciled with the "rounded values" currently used
        • bandwidths are ok
        • Adam will take a look at it this week
  4. Mode 10-19 hardware fix
    • Software fix is ready to test
  5. Baseline ringing (high frequency noise) in VEGAS data
    • Okay on insertion of attenuators (Thursday)
  6. VEGAS Blanking fix and impacts
    • To be tested Thursday
  7. Test Time
    • Tuesday
      • [no power]
    • Thursday (4-5 hours reserved)
      • Integration time MR
      • Install attenuators (1st)
      • Mode 10-19 hardware fix
      • To be tested Thursday
  8. Other
    • Should we add a separate register to allow gain adjustment of each "polarization" (channels)? A common tuning frequency is okay. Randy to investigate in consultation w/UCB (Hong). Wait to see what happens in practice before making a change.

-- MartyBloss - 2014-10-13
Topic revision: r1 - 2014-10-13, MartyBloss
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