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February 2024 C-configuration

Each link in the list below presents scalar-averaged cross correlation spectra using several baselines in the C-configuration for each respective receiver band obtained in February 2024. The channel separation is 125 kHz. The antennas are pointed to the north celestial pole and away from known RFI sources. Hanning smoothing has been applied to minimize Gibbs ringing. The scale is logarithmic, in dB, with arbitrary offset. The scale can be roughly calibrated by noting that the mean power level is roughly equal to the antenna SEFD in Jy. There is no bandpass calibration, so the downturns at the edges are due to the analog and/or digital filters.

In addition, each link contains two .CSV files. These files contain the values needed to plot Amplitude vs Frequency for the RR and LL correlations. Similar to the above, the values are scalar-averaged cross correlations, Hanning smoothing has been applied, and no bandpass calibration has been performed. The amplitudes are in Janskys calibrated using the system temperature of the antennas. Due to the gain compression effect the reported values are better thought of as lower limits than absolute fluxes of the RFI.