Is that 10dB increase simply the higher feed for HERA above the ground? or also that the feeds are above the edge of the dish too?
cc > Hi Everyone, > > Here's a comparison of the FM (104.29 MHz) between the HERA and the PAPER. > > 0 & 62 are PAPER dishes > 96,104 are HERA dishes > > The FM lines are ~10 dB brighter for the HERA dish. This seems to be in > line with the expected difference between the horizon response for the > HERA > feed vs the PAPER dish. > > ie PAPER attenuates the horizon about 10db more than the HERA feed does. > > Cheers, > ~Danny > > -- > > National Science Foundation Fellow > Arizona State University > School of Earth and Space Exploration > Low Frequency Cosmology > Phone: (505) 500 4521 > Homepage: http://loco.lab.asu.edu/danny_jacobs/ >
