1.0cm primary focus receiver (27-36 GHz)

This receiver was build for spectroscopic observations. It has a linearly polarized feed.

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
27.0 A linear 7.2 68 0.94 71 34 1.8 54 30.5 Mar 2010
30.0 A linear 8.0 70 0.85 82 31 1.6 53 29.0 Mar 2010
34.0 A linear 12.0 75 0.86 86 30 1.5 61 25.0 Mar 2010
36.3 A linear 12.5 79 0.85 93 30 1.8 48 23.0 Aug 2007

normalized Gain curve     (G = A0 + A1·Elv + A2·Elv2) Observed in
A0 =  0.81500      A1 =  1.0624E-2      A2 =  -1.5237E-4 Mar 1999

Comments:

  • Typical zenith opacities range from 0.05 to 0.2 depending on the sky frequency and weather conditions.