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Control of CAL Chopper

The cal chopper provides three positions to conduct observations.

HOME
move cal chopper to its home position
AMBI
move cal chopper to place ambient temperature absorber in front of receiver horn
SKY
move cal chopper out of beam path

A display is provided at the top of TEK4023 screen 1 to indicate the state of the cal choppers. (The display also is used to indicate whether frequency switching or filterbank blanking is in progress.)