Two examples will be worked through.
1. An observer want to observe a source of strength 2 Jy between 40.5 and 41.5 m, reaching a S/N of 30. This wavelength range corresponds to 50 scanner steps. From figure 6.4 we see that we reach a S/N of 20 on a 6 Jy source in 2500 seconds while scanning 100 steps. Therefore to reach 2 Jy with 50 steps will take seconds. PGA reports this observation will require 23600 seconds OTT.
2. An observer wants to observe a source of strength 10 Jy between 25 and 26.25 m (100 scanner steps) and reach a S/N of 40. From figure 6.4 we see that we reach a S/N of 20 on a 1.5 Jy source in 2500 seconds while scanning 100 steps. Therefore our observation will require seconds. However, the minimum observation time is 420 seconds from table 6.7. PGA reports this observation will require 580 seconds OTT.