Abstract
In this work, we used the preliminary data of University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory (UMRAO) for the spectral index calculation for two blazars, 3C 273 (1226+023) and 3C 446 (2223-052), and found that the spectral indices are variable. Therefore, we used three methods (Jurkevich method (J), the discrete correlation analysis (D), and the Periodogram method (P)) to investigate the period in the spectral index variation curves. The results show that 3C 273 has a quasi-period of 8.8 ± 1.3 yr , and 3C 446 has a period of 5.8 ± 1.2 yr .
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