Title: One year of monitoring the Vela pulsar using a Phased Array Feed,
Abstract: We have observed the Vela pulsar for one year using a Phased Array Feed (PAF)
receiver on the 12-metre antenna of the Parkes Test-Bed Facility. These
observations have allowed us to investigate the stability of the PAF
beam-weights over time, to demonstrate that pulsars can be timed over long
periods using PAF technology and to detect and study the most recent glitch
event that occurred on 12 December 2016. The beam-weights are shown to be
stable to 1% on time scales on the order of three weeks. We discuss the
implications of this for monitoring pulsars using PAFs on single dish
telescopes.