Cookbook Formulae for Estimating Observing Times at the 30m Telescope

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• Foreword
• Telescope efficiencies
• Receiver characteristics
• Receiver tunings
• Backend characteristics
• Dead times
• Examples of calculation of time efficiency ratios
• Example of calculation of integration times
  • Applying the radiometer formula
  • Application of the formulae: one practical example
• Overheads
• References