Telescope and Receiver
Name Telescope Band Back End
EVLA WIDAR Correlator
OSRO Mode
Frequency
  1. ν-32 MHz, ν+32 MHz
  2. ν-32 MHz, ν+32 MHz
  1. Separate tuning is only available in full polarization mode.
Correlator Setup
  • 10 MB/s

  • Integration times less than 10 seconds are not recommended.

    • Table 1: Correlator capabilities per sub-band for full-polarization continuum applications and spectro-polarimetry
    Sub-band BW (MHz) Channel width (kHz)1
    128 2000
    64 1000
    32 500
    16 250
    8 125
    4 62.5
    2 31.25
    1 15.625
    0.5 7.813
    0.25 3.906
    0.125 1.953
    0.0625 0.977
    0.03125 0.488
    Table 2: Correlator capabilities for spectral line applications, dual polarization
    Sub-band BW (MHz) Channel width (kHz)1
    128 500
    64 250
    32 125
    16 62.5
    8 31.25
    4 15.625
    2 7.813
    1 3.906
    0.5 1.953
    0.25 0.977
    0.125 0.488
    0.0625 0.244
    0.03125 0.122

  • 1This is the “natural” channel width before any smoothing takes place.

  • Some of the subband bandwidth options are disabled because they exceed the width of your chosen band.

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