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Mon Mar 19 23:44:00 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC loop checkup 
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Tue Mar 20 16:53:03 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC loop checkup
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Tue Mar 20 21:08:03 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC loop checkup
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Tue Mar 20 22:44:45 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC loop checkup
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Wed Mar 21 15:52:45 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC error point calibration  
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Wed Mar 21 17:31:21 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC error point calibration
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Wed Mar 21 21:13:44 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC noise budget
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Tue Mar 27 01:39:44 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, PSL noise eater was off
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Tue Mar 27 19:32:03 2018, arijit, Update, IOO, PSL noise eater was off 
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Tue Mar 27 23:37:35 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC REFL PD removed
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Wed Mar 28 21:31:39 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC REFL PD removed
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Wed Mar 28 21:47:37 2018, arijit, Update, IOO, MCREFL_PD Optical response measurement 
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Thu Mar 29 17:57:36 2018, arijit, Update, IOO, MCREFL_PD Optical response measurement
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Fri Mar 30 06:14:31 2018, rana, Update, IOO, MCREFL_PD Optical response measurement
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Fri Mar 30 22:37:36 2018, Kevin, Update, IOO, MCREFL_PD Optical response measurement
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Thu Apr 5 04:36:56 2018, Kevin, Update, IOO, Coil driver noise  
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Thu Apr 5 12:13:18 2018, Koji, Update, IOO, Coil driver noise
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Fri Apr 6 21:39:09 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC2 suspension health checkup
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Mon Apr 9 18:46:03 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, Further debugging 
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Tue Apr 10 14:28:44 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, Further debugging
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Wed Apr 11 01:34:31 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, Activities today
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Thu Apr 12 18:12:49 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, NPRO channels hijacked  
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Fri Apr 13 11:02:41 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, EX fiber polarization drift
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Fri Apr 13 17:56:26 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, Fibers switched out
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Sat Apr 14 14:42:09 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, Fibers switched out
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Tue Apr 17 14:08:29 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, Fibers switched out
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Fri Apr 20 00:26:34 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, Fibers switched out
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Sat Apr 21 20:25:12 2018, gautam, Update, ALS, PSL fiber pickoff status
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Thu Apr 19 00:03:51 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, More IMC NBing 
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Thu Apr 19 17:15:35 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, More IMC NBing 
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Sun May 20 23:43:50 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, Coil driver noise re-measurement    
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Tue May 22 17:26:25 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC1 Coil Driver pulled out
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Tue May 22 23:28:01 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC1 Coil Driver pulled out
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Wed May 23 17:58:48 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC1 Coil Driver pulled out 
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Wed May 30 10:17:46 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, MC1 Coil Driver pulled out 
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Fri Apr 6 22:23:53 2018, Kevin, Update, IOO, Coil driver noise
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Message ID: 13694
Entry time: Tue Mar 20 22:44:45 2018
In reply to: 13693
Reply to this: 13696
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Author: |
gautam |
Type: |
Update |
Category: |
IOO |
Subject: |
IMC loop checkup |
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After some persistence, I managed to get the mixers off.
- Having gotten the mxiers off, I decided to temporarily solder on 50ohms between the LO pin pad and ground on the demod board and measure the RF signal levels in the LO chain with the active probe again.
- Today, with this change, I confirmed that the ERA-5SM begins to saturate closer to the +19dBm advertised on its datasheet. So we need only 2dB of attenuation at the input to have 17dBm at the LO pin of the mixer, assuming 50ohm input impedance.
- But this begs the question - what does minicircuits mean by a Level-YY mixer? Do they expect YY dBm delivered to a 50ohm load? Or do we need to supply YY dBm accounting for the dynamically changing input impedance of the mixer, as monitored by a high impedance probe?
- I soldered on some new mixers (JMS-1H) I procured from Downs earlier today.
- Re-installed the demod board in the eurocrate.
Unfortunately, the coherent noise between the arms persists so the sensing noise injection must be happening elsewhere. IMC seems to lock fine though so I'm leving the autolocker on |