11cm secondary focus receiver (2.595-2.675 GHz)
This system is mainly used for sensitive continuum observations. Be aware, that this band may be influenced by RFI. Hence, the bandwidth should not be too large.

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
2.6395 A / B LCP / RCP 2.5 17 1.5 11 53 2.6 58 260 Jun 2008

normalized Gain curve     (G = A0 + A1·Elv + A2·Elv2) Observed in
A0 = 1.0      A1 = 0.0      A2 = 0.0 Feb 2007

Comments:

  • The values for LCP and RCP do not differ significantly.
  • A typical value for the zenith opacity is 0.015.