1.3cm secondary focus receiver (21.7-24.4 GHz)
This is a 2-channel system for VLBI observations.

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
21.73 A LCP 5.1 78 0.90 96 28 1.8 47 36.5 Jul 2007
21.73 B RCP 4.9 84 0.90 105 28 1.8 47 36.4 Jul 2007
22.23 A LCP 5.0 91 0.9 110 30 1.8 47 36.5 Jul 2008
22.23 B RCP 5.0 88 0.9 105 30 1.8 47 36.5 Jul 2008
23.05 A LCP 3.4 83 0.9 97 30 1.8 48 36 Jul 2008
23.05 B RCP 3.7 70 0.9 91 30 1.8 47 36 Jul 2008

normalized Gain curve     (G = A0 + A1·Elv + A2·Elv2) Observed in
A0 = 0.95282      A1 = 3.6092E-3      A2 = -6.8913E-5 Mar 2003
A0 = 0.91119      A1 = 4.7557E-3      A2 = -6.2902E-5 Feb 2007


Comments:

  • Note that the system temperature at this frequency depends strongly on weather conditions!
  • The new gain curve (Feb 2007) was corrected for opacity. Because of the previous point it is always recommended to correct data at 1.3cm for opacity.
  • Typical zenith tau values range from 0.05 to 0.2. An option might be also the use of data from the water-vapour radiometer.