[daip] solint in calib and other routines

[Jim Ulvestad]

Claire Chandler wrote:
> 
> it seems that if I specify SOLINT to be greater than a scan length, AIPS
> uses the scan length and does not average over the time specified by
> SOLINT.  this is true for CALIB and VPLOT, I have not checked other
> routines.  please, could this feature either be written up in the help
> files, or (preferably) could these routines actually use the averaging
> time specified by SOLINT irrespective of scan length?
> 
> the situation where I would like to average over longer than a scan is a
> high-frequency, fast-switching observation using a faint calibrator, and I
> would like to see whether averaging over longer times (several scans)
> improves the gain solutions.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> Claire

Hi Claire,

There is a way around this if you want to do it in a hurry.  Run
UVCOP to make a new file with just your calibrator (i.e., select
the source to be just your calibrator name).  Then run
INDXR with the default CPARMs.  This will give you a file that
has only your calibrator in it, and 1-hour scans that you can
play with to your heart's content using SOLINT.

jim