2.0cm secondary focus receiver (13.6-15.6 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
14.60 C LCP 3.3 50 1.14 44 43 2.2 51 50.8 Aug 2008
14.60 D RCP 3.2 49 1.14 44 43 2.2 51 49.5 Aug 2008

normalized Gain curve     (G = A0 + A1·Elv + A2·Elv2) Observed in
A0 = 0.96053      A1 = 2.4319E-3      A2 = -3.7304E-5 Mar 2003
A0 = 0.97099      A1 = 1.8327e-03      A2 = -2.8674e-05 Feb 2007

Comments:

  • The new gain curve (Feb 2007) was corrected for opacity.
  • If no other information about the opacity is available a typical zenith tau value of about 0.02 should do a good job at 2cm.