Contents

• Generalities
  • The radiometer equation
  • System temperature
  • Elapsed telescope time
  • The number of polarizations
  • Switching modes and observation kinds
  
  
• Tracked observations
  • Frequency switched
  • Position switched
  • Comparison
  
  
• On-The-Fly observations
  • Additional notions and notations
  • Frequency switched
  • Position switched
  • Comparison
  
  
• Acknowledgement
• Bibliography
• Numerical values
  • Overheads
  • Atmosphere
  • Telescope
  • Frontends
  • Backends
  • On-The-Fly
  
  
• Optimal number of ON per OFF measurements