The following documents, scripts, data files, schedules, etc. are the various products of the commissioning of the GBT. The intended primary audience is the GBT commissioning team and the NRAO staff members, though others might also be interested in the material.
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The materials below include the commissioning plans and schedule and the products of the tasks in that schedule.
The subsection names have been chosen so as to best match task names in the above commissioning schedule.
Hardware
Memo 21: Comparison of GBT Backend Total Intensity Measurements (PDF: 682 Kbytes)
Langston, Balser, Ghigo, and Maddalena
February 2, 2002Generic: LO1
CLEO script for altering LO1 frequency: aqrRepeatStub.tcl
Memo 1: Frequency Checks of the GBT RF/IF/LO System (PDF: 436 Kbytes)
McKinnon and Maddalena
January 20, 2001Glish/GO setup script: rcvr1_2_setup.g
IDL Data analysis scrip: Ttone.pro
Spectrometer
Memo 2: GBT Spectrometer Tests at L-Band (PDF: 1.1 Mbytes)
Langston and Lacasse
January 23, 2001Memo 13: Wide-Bandwidth Spectrometer Measurements at X-Band (PDF: 1006 Kbytes)
Dennison
August 25, 2001Memo 15: Spectrometer Tests with IF Rack Noise Source (PDF: 357 Kbytes)
Langston, Balser, Maddalena, and Ghigo
September 17, 2001Observing Techniques
Polarization
Memo 23: Calibrating the GBT at L, C, and X Bands (PDF: 1845 Kbytes)
Heiles, Robishaw, Troland, and Roshi
March 16, 2003Data Reduction
Focus Tracking
Prime Focus
Memo 12: GBT Prime Focus (Band 1-4): Focus Tracking (PDF: 704 Kbytes)
Balser, Ghigo, Maddalena, and Langston
August 23, 2001
Low Frequency Gregorian
Memo 7: Gregorian Focus Calibration at S-band: empirical determination of optimum subreflector focus tracking in X and Y (PDF: 53 Kbytes)
Ghigo, Maddalena, Balser, and Langston
March 29, 2001Memo 8: Comparison of feed arm metrology with focus tracking measurements (PDF: 16 Kbytes)
Ghigo and Maddalena
April 2, 2001Memo 11: Plate Scale and Pointing Effects of Subreflector Positioning at 2 GHz (PDF: 164 Kbytes)
VanWey, Ghigo, Maddalena, Balser, Langston, and McKinnon
July 18, 2001Pointing
Prime Focus
Memo 5: GBT PF 800 MHz Pointing (PDF: 458 Kbytes)
Balser, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Langston
March 2, 2001Memo 14: GBT Prime Focus (Band 1-4): All Sky pointing at 800 MHz (PDF: 619 Kbytes)
Balser, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Langston
September 14, 2001Low Frequency Gregorian
Memo 6: GBT S-band (2 GHz) Pointing (PDF: 995 Kbytes)
Balser, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Langston
March 23, 2001Memo 9: GBT S-band (2 GHz) Pointing Stability (PDF: 540 Kbytes)
Balser, Langston, Maddalena, and Ghigo
April 6, 2001Pointing files: sband.point and sband2.point
High Frequency Gregorian
Memo 17: GBT X-band (9.6 GHz): All-Sky Pointing (PDF: 556 Kbytes)
Balser, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Langston
January 30, 2002Memo 20: GBT X-band (9.6 GHz): Pointing Stability (PDF: 585 Kbytes)
Balser, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Langston
March 10, 2002Refraction
Memo 16: Improvements to the GBT Refraction Model (PDF: 294 Kbytes)
Maddalena, Ghigo, Balser, and Langston
January 23, 2002Surface
Calibrators from the Astronomical Almanac
Low Frequency Gregorian
Efficiency observing files: eff.obs; eff2.obs; eff3.obs; cal_mar23.obs; fluxcal.obs; fluxcal_22mar.obs; ott.01mar20.obs; ott.obs
Memo 10: Gain and Efficiency at S-Band (PDF: 96 Kbytes)
Ghigo, Maddalena, Balser, and Langston
May 10, 2001Astronomical Demonstrations
Spectral Line: Bandpass
Memo 3: GBT IF Tests (PDF: 601 Kbytes)
Balser
January 22, 2001Memo 4: L-band Reflection Measurement (PDF: 93 Kbytes)
Norrod and Stennes
February 20, 2001RFI
Memo 19: RFI Survey at S-Band (1.7-2.6 GHz) (PDF: 466 kBytes)
F. Ghigo
February 25, 2002Receivers
800 MHz Prime Focus
2-3 GHz
Calibration & Noise Diode
Memo 22: Comparison of Engineer's and Astronomical Noise Diode Values for Four Receivers
(PDF: 1221 Kbytes)
Johnson, Maddalena, Ghigo, and Balser
December 3, 2002Memo 24: Apparent Temperatures of Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Venus at X Band (PDF: 1097 kBytes)
Langston, Braatz, Ghigo, Maddalena, Minter, and O'Neil
April 6, 2004Memo 25: GBT Calibration and Efficiency at 285-400 MHz (PDF: 744 kBytes)
Langston and Orban
July 13, 2004