Measured horn positions
08may04
The horns are surveyed into position using a theodolite.
A cap with targets is placed over the mouth of the horn. This cap has 5
targets mounted at known positions. The theodolite shoots the secondary
to define the reference dome centerline coordinate system. The turret
is moved to the correct position for this feed and then the targets on
the horn cap are shot. This gives the cap location in dome centerline coordinates.
The horn position is then computed using the distance from the horn cap
to the horn phase center. The positions are then converted to focus
coordinate system where z is along the paraxial ray, y is toward the stairwell,
and x is up the elevation rails. The table below shows the corrections
that must be made to the horns to put them at the nominal positions (you
move in the direction of the correction).
NOTES:
When moving the turret, increasing the turret encoder angle moves a horn
at focus towards the stairwell (+y).
The Alfa receiver wants to be located -1.063 inches in x from the nominal
position to balance the uphill and downhill horns. The values reported
are relative to this position.
KEY:
xxC Translation correction. Distance to move in focus coordinates
to correct error. +X uphill,+Y toward stairwell, +Z up focus direction.
TxC Rotation correction(right handed). TYC + is clockwise around Y axis.
TXC + is clockwise about +X axis.
<-- This marks the most recent survey for this receiver
X + along azimuth arm. Y perpendicular to az arm + is toward the stairwell.
Z is along the focus direction + makes the focal length longer.
nominal: this is the nominal postion for the measurement in the focus (ray
trace coordinates). If you subtract the correction from the nominal, you
will get the current reading.
HORN SURVEY RESULTS
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Feed
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turDeg
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XC
Inches
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YC
Inches
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ZC
Inches
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TYC
Deg
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TXC
Deg
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notes
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nominal
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-354.00
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0.
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-234.0
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1.74
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0.
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LBN |
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28jan00
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309.12
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-.193
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.104
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.296
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.099
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-.7779
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<--see #4.
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21aug02
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see #9
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LBW
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28jan00
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285.5
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-.124
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-.922
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-.048
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-.225
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.9985
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see #5.
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11feb04
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286.52
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-.46
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-1.36
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1.00
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.22
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.97
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14feb04
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285.42
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-.47
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-.03
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1.00
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.23
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-.76
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see #12
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28apr04
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285.42
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-.93
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-.07
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.94
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<-- |
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ALFA
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28apr04
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26.27
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-.42*
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0
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-.51
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see #15
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| 02may02 |
26.64 |
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<-- see survey notes. |
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SBN
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28jan00
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76.6
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-.003
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.292
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.112
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-.069
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-.1328
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28jan00
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76.6
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-.038
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.253
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.079
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-.057
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-.1620
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see #1
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04feb02
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76.83
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-.021
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-.257
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.158
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-.028
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-.0743
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29mar02
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76.88
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-.013
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-.132
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.123
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-.032
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-.1558
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#8
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11feb04
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76.83
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-.13
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-.35
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.02
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-.07
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-.05
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14feb04
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76.56
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-.07
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-.05
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-.11
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.04
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.20
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see # 12
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28apr04
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76.555
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-.59
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-.02
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-.26
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02may04
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76.90
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-0.59
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-0.01
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-0.20
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<-- |
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08may04
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76.94
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.01
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see survey notes
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SBTX
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28jan00
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62.25
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-.143
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.093
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-.067
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-.086
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.3677
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see #6
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11feb04
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62.16
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-.25
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-.24
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-.19
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.00
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.31
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14feb04
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61.97
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-.20
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-.06
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-.27
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.01
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-.32
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see # 12
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28apr04
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61.96
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-.62
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-.01
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-.43
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02may04
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62.29
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-0.66
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-0.00
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-0.38
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<--
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08may04
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62.29
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-.02
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see survey notes
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SBW
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28jan00
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103.8
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.447
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.141
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-.379
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-.821
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.3547
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see #7
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11feb04
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103.88
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-.14
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-.28
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-2.54
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.25
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.5
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14feb04
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103.66
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-.09
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-.07
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-2.64
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.17
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-.55
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see # 12,#14
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28apr04
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103.66
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-.58
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.01
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-.269
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02may04
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104.03
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-0.24
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0.01
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-2.80
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<-- |
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SBH
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29mar02
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124.99
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-0.027
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1.068
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.703
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.284
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-.6941
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see #8
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11feb04
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125.83
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-.12
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-.36
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-.91
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.23
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-.56
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14feb04
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125.55
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-.08
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-.05
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-.12
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.31
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.59
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see #12 ,#13
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28apr04
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125.55
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-.53
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0
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-.23
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02may04
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125.94
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-0.15
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0.02
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-0.08
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<-- |
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CB
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28jan00
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206.65
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-.124
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-.001
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.010
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.410
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-.1998
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28jan00
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206.65
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-.165
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.023
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0.020
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.396
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-.2013
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repeated
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28aug02
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see #10
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11feb04
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206.65
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-.17
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-.34
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-.11
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.17
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-.42
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14feb04
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206.38
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-.15
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-.05
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-.17
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.32
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.43
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see # 12
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28apr04
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206.38
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-.66
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.05
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-.21
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02may04
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206.77
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0.01
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0.01
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-0.29
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<-- |
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CBH_1
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11feb04
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164.57
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-.13
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-.14
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2.33
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.27
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.96
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14feb04
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164.67
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.23
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0.00
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.36
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-.74
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-.34
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28apr04
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164.67
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-.28
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.01
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.23
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02may04
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165.01
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-0.22
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0.00
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0.05
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<-- |
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08may04
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165.03
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.02
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see survey notes
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CBH_2
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11feb04
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158.45
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.05
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-.71
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2.28
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.27
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-.42
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14feb04
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158.01
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.51
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-.03
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.34
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-.69
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.86
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02may04
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158.38
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<--see survey notes |
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XB
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04feb02
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161.99
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-.085
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-.449
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.441
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.259
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.0412
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see #2.
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29mar02
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162.39
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-.066
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-1.131
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-.011
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.097
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-.1208
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see #3.
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08jan04
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309.94
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see #11
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11feb04
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309.94
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-.17
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-.28
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-.11
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.1
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-.82
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14feb04
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309.72
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-.15
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.02
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-.19
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.22
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.90
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see #12
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28apr04
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309.72
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-.43
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.07
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-.15
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02may04
|
310.06
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-0.22
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-0.00
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-0.14
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<-- |
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The beam under the floor by the sbn receiver was removed to work on the
seti IF box. This caused the floor to shift. The beam was replaced and
then this receiver was remeasured. After the measurement, the turret position
was moved to 76.83 deg.
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After the measurement the horn was moved up .44 inches. The turret was
moved 161.99 -> 162.34. This turned out to be the wrong turret direction
to move. The next survey measured twice the error.
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The large y error was because the turret was moved the wrong direction
on 04feb02. After the measurement the turret was moved to 161.50.
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After the measurement, the lbn turret position was moved to 310.14.
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After the measurement the lbw turret position was changed to 286.52. This
looks like it was the WRONG direction.
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After the measurement, the sbtx turret position was moved to 62.16 deg.
This was the WRONG direction
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After the measurement the sbw turret position was moved to 103.8->103.88
degrees.
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After the measurement (and getting the sign right!), the turret was moved,
124.99->125.827 degrees.
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21aug02 lbn horn moved down 3.84 inches to correct for phase
center error.
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28aug02 cband horn moved down 1.08 inches to put phase center at focus.
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jan04 receivers moved on floor to get ready for alfa
installation.
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14feb04. The 11feb04 survey yCorrection was set to zero by moving the turret
positions and then the 14feb04 survey was done.
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14feb04 sbhigh was moved down .91 inches before the survey to put the phase
center at focus.
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14feb04 sbw was out of focus in z. It was not moved down because there
was no more adjustment room on the mount. We need to make a new bracket.
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Alfa x listed is measuredCorrection - 1.063 . Alfa wants to be 1.063 downhill
from the nominal focus to balance the outer feeds.
Survey notes:
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28apr04: after kevlar cables and alfa installed. The tilt values
were small and were not reported.
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02may04: Horn survey after horns moved (sbtx,sbrx,lbw,sbw(focus)
were not moved). The corrections quoted are after the turret postions were
updated. Previous surveys (11feb04 till 01may04) had been using an "old"
secondary reference set for the secondary. On 01may04 we switched
back to the "new" set. This caused a motion of about .45 inches y (.37
turret degrees). The turret position for cbh_2, lbw,alfa were also
updated by .37 turret degrees because of the reference system change (even
though they were not measured).
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08may04:The turret encoder lost its position index on 06may04 (alfa
cover broke encoder). I aligned the encoder tracking some lbw sources.
Mike and Ellen then surveyed sbtx,sbn, and cbh_1. Using all of the measurements
there was a -.027Deg (before-after) difference in the turret encoder.
This is .034 inches or -1.199 arcseconds on the sky. Since this is small
we'll continue to use the turret positions computed by lynn. If you wanted
to correct for this, you would subtract .027 turret degrees from
the offset i've put in the encoder offset of the little stars. The current
offset in the little stars is 40843 enc counts. The correct value should
be: (40843 - (.027TurDeg*477.867TurDegToEncCnts))=40830 encoder counts.
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