RADIO ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION/TECHNIQUES HANDOUTS by me, myself, and I

---------------- TUTORIALS ON RADIO ASTRONOMY AND CALIBRATION -----------
File Name
Description
sch1.ps A Heuristic Introduction to Radioastronomical Polarization
fount.ps Specific intensity, brightness temperature, antenna temperature: the fount of all knowledge!
cal_intensity.ps Calibrating the intensity and shape of spectral lines
f_filter.ps How to Fourier filter your reference spectrum when calibrating the shape of spectral lines.
fsw.ps Obtaining the I.F. bandpass and R.F. spectrum using Least-Squares Frequency Switching (LSFS)
ao4.ps The original Mueller Matrix tech memo AOTM99-01. See also the PASP version with Arecibo Staff: Also, the Green-Bank version with Rick Fisher
ao5.ps The original Arecibo spider-scan beam-properties tech memo AOTM 99-02. See also the PASP version with Arecibo Staff:
gbt13.ps Calibrating the GBT at L, C, and X Bands in all 4 Stokes Parameters (same as GBT Commissioning Memo 23)
2003GBT.memo.23.pdf The Proper Production of Full-Stokes Spectra Using the Fully-Functioning Full-Stokes Mode of the GBT Spectrometer (Robishaw/Heiles) (same as GBT Technical Memo 244)
mixerlab_06.ps Principles of double- and single- sideband mixers (as embodied in our undergrad mixer lab writeup)
interf_06.ps VLB fringe fitting and Sun/Moon diameters with our 12 GHz interferometer

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