[daip] VLA+Pt Calibration Problem

[Emma Rigby]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Eric Greisen wrote:

> That uvrange should leave PT out entirely I would have thought.  3C286
> is just too extended for such baselines.  The curiosity is why the
> other data set worked - perhaps other calibration sources?
>
> We are working on models for 3C286 and the other 3 main flux cals but
> have not yet reached L band.  These models come with aips and use verb
> CALDIR to tell you which are currently available.  With the models one
> can calibrate much better than with uvrange.
>
> Eric Greisen
>

Yes, there are other calibration sources (1727+455 for this data set) so I
think you're right about the other data. Would it be appropriate to use
one of the models for the other bands for the calibration?

Thanks again
Emma Rigby