[daip] DBCON error message I can't decipher

[Eric Greisen]

Cornelia C Lang writes:
 > The D-array data (taken & calibrated in 2003) seems to have weights on
 > the order of:
 > 
 > 15 x 1.0E-04
 > 
 > The C-array data (taken & calibrated in 2006) seem to have weights on
 > the order of:
 > 
 > 500-1000
 > 
 > What should I do to combine these two datasets? Note  - we are using 31DEC05
 > version of aips (I know; we'll try to update it, but it won't be anytime soon).
 > 

So both of these data sets could have had the weights properly
calibrated - but I bet you did not set DOCAL=2 with the D array data.

But these weights are contrary to what you said about the C array data
not adding any high resolution to your image.  I would have predicted
the reverse for the weights given that statement.  The best thing to
do would be to go back and run SPLIT with DOCAL=2 in your version of
AIPS.  You could run DBCON with REWEIGHT set in some way - an
approximation but better than nothing.  But I worry about the
resolution issue which suggests you may not be understanding the PRTUV
output correctly.

Eric Greisen