====== 2.8cm secondary focus receiver (10300-10600 MHz) ====== This is a 2-horn system for sensitive continuum measurement, polarimetry, VLBI, and pulsar observations. ==== Calibration Information ==== ^ Frequency [GHz] ^ Channel ^ Polarisation ^ Tcal [K] ^ Tsys [K] ^ Sensitivity [K/Jy] ^ SEFD [Jy] ^ Aperture Eff. [%] ^ TMB/S [K/Jy] ^ Main Beam Eff. [%] ^ FWHM [arcsec] ^ Last update ^ |10.45 | A (BB) | LCP |6.4 |47 |1.34 |37 |49 |2.3 |59 |69 |Jan 2014| |10.45 | B (BB) | RCP |6.3 |53 |1.35 |38 |50 |2.3 |59 |69 |Jan 2014| ^ normalized Gain curve (G = A0 + A1·Elv + A2·Elv2)^^^ Observed in ^ confirmed ^ |A0 = 0.9616|A1 = 1.820E-3|A2 = -2.153E-5|Aug 2023| | **Comments:** * If no other information about the opacity is available a typical zenith tau value of about 0.02 should do a good job. ==== Version description for OBSINP ==== ^ RX Name ^ Wavelength [cm] ^ Frequency (center) [GHz] ^ Nr. of Horns ^ | **S28mm 4-beam** | 2.8 | 10.3-10.6 (10.45) | 2 | | **Version:** | **Comment** ||| |1. Continuum/Line (BW: 300 MHz) | Continuum/Spectroscopy + Polarimeter ||| |2. Pulsar (BW: 100 MHz) | Pulsar narrow band ||| | **Horn offsets** [arcsec]| Horn 1: -535.0,-450.0, 2: -825.0,-450.0||| ==== Channel assignment in the MBFITS data files ==== ^ 2.8cm SFK multi horn receiver with polarimeter, 1 horns ^^^^ ^ Channel ^ IF ^ Pol. ^ Comment ^ | 1 | BB | LCP | Horn 2, TP A | | 2 | BB | RCP | Horn 2, TP B | | 3 | BB | cross | Horn 2, cos AB | | 4 | BB | cross | Horn 2, sin AB | | 5 | BB | LCP | Horn 1, TP A | | 6 | BB | RCP | Horn 1, TP B | | 7 | BB | cross | Horn 1, cos AB | | 8 | BB | cross | Horn 1, sin AB | ==== Spectroscopy modes and resolution ==== ^ BW ^ nchan ^ nu ^ Df ^ Dv ^ dv ^ ^ MHz ^ ^ MHz ^ kHz ^ km/s ^ km/s ^ | 100 | 32768 | 10300 | 3.1 | 0.089 | 0.103 | | 100 | 32768 | 10400 | 3.1 | 0.088 | 0.102 | | 100 | 32768 | 10500 | 3.1 | 0.087 | 0.101 | | 100 | 32768 | 10600 | 3.1 | 0.086 | 0.100 | BW ... band width\\ nchan ... number of spectral channels\\ nu ... center frequency\\ Df ... Channel separation (in frequency)\\ Dv ... Channel separation (in velocity)\\ dv ... Velocity resolution (dv=1.16*Dv) ==== Tcal and Tsys measurements ==== TODO