[daip] GC table error at APCAL

[Amy Mioduszewski]

Did you use VLBALOAD, VLBAFIX, VLBAMCAL or MERGECAL?  These merge redundant 
entries in the calibration tables.

Amy

makoto.miyoshi at nao.ac.jp wrote:
> Dear sirs,
> 
> I met a trouble at APCAL, making SN table from GC + TY information.
> 
> Used APCAL is in AIPS-2007 version, I tried to make SN table
> from GC and TY, but failed.
> 
> I also tested the APCAL in AIPS-2003 version but failed to make SN 
> table, too.
> 
> The UV data set are somewhat old ones, obeserved at 2001 to 2002, 
> taken from archive of BB130C, D,F, & G.  They have 4-IF, both of R&L 
> channels.
> I investigated the GC file (=output text file from TBOUT), but the table 
> seems OK, there are no strange value.
> 
> Could you help me ?
> 
> M. Miyoshi
> NAOJ
> 
> ****************RUN Time Messages************************************** 
> 
> localh> APCAL1: Task APCAL  (release of 31DEC07) begins
> localh> APCAL1: Writing SN table  3
> localh> APCAL1: GETGC: PARAMETER MAXVAL TOO SMALL: CONTACT AIPS ADMIN
> localh> APCAL1: GCVAL: ERROR  3 LOADING GC TABLE
> localh> APCAL1: GETGC: PARAMETER MAXVAL TOO SMALL: CONTACT AIPS ADMIN
> localh> APCAL1: GCVAL: ERROR  3 LOADING GC TABLE
> localh> APCAL1: GETGC: PARAMETER MAXVAL TOO SMALL: CONTACT AIPS ADMIN
> localh> APCAL1: GCVAL: ERROR  3 LOADING GC TABLE
> localh> APCAL1: GETGC: PARAMETER MAXVAL TOO SMALL: CONTACT AIPS ADMIN
> localh> APCAL1: GCVAL: ERROR  3 LOADING GC TABLE
> localh> APCAL1: AMPCAL: NO GAIN FOR ANT:   1 POL: 1 IF:    1
> localh> APCAL1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
> localh> APCAL1: localhost    31DEC07 TST: Cpu=       0.0  Real=       0
> 
> *****************Parameters in APCAL**********************************
>> inp
> AIPS 1: APCAL     Task to generate an amplitude calibration SN table
> AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
> AIPS 1: INNAME     'BB130C'                Input UV file name (name)
> AIPS 1: INCLASS    'UVSRT'                 Input UV file name (class)
> AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
> AIPS 1: INDISK        2                    Input UV file disk unit #
> AIPS 1:
> AIPS 1: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  Antennas to calibrate
> AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray 0 -> 1
> AIPS 1: STOKES     ' '                     Stokes type ('R','L',' ')
> AIPS 1: BIF           0                    Start IF number
> AIPS 1: EIF           0                    End IF number
> AIPS 1: FREQID        1                    Freq. ID to calibrate
> AIPS 1: SOURCES    *all ' '                Sources to calibrate
> AIPS 1: TIMERANG   *all 0                  Time range to calibrate
> AIPS 1:
> AIPS 1: TYVER         1                    TY table version number.
> AIPS 1: GCVER         1                    GC table version number.
> AIPS 1: SNVER         0                    Output SN table version.
> AIPS 1:                                      0 -> highest unique
> AIPS 1: OPCODE     ' '                     Opacity correction opcode:
> AIPS 1:                                    '    ' -> no opacity corr.
> AIPS 1:                                    'GRID','GRDR','OPAC','OPCR',
> AIPS 1:                                      'LESQ' -> fit for opacity
> AIPS 1: APARM      *all 0                  Calibration parameters:
> AIPS 1:                                    (1) -> B factor (def. 1.0)
> AIPS 1:                                    Opacity parameters:
> AIPS 1:                                    (2) -> ZA limit (deg)
> AIPS 1:                                    (3) >=0  use spillover
> AIPS 1:                                             correction
> AIPS 1:                                    (4) > 0  use all FQ in
> AIPS 1:                                             opac. soln.
> AIPS 1:                                    (5) Limit to sec(z) plotted
> AIPS 1: SOLINT        0                    Solution interval (min)
> AIPS 1:                                       0 -> use all data
> AIPS 1: INVERS        1                    WX table version number.
> AIPS 1:                                       0 -> use text file
> AIPS 1: INFILE     *all ' '                Text file with weather info.
> AIPS 1:                                       Must be ' ' if using WX
> AIPS 1:                                       table (INVERS).
> AIPS 1: TRECVR     *all 0                    Receiver temperatures (K);
> AIPS 1:                                       in (R,L) pairs.
> AIPS 1: TAU0       *all 0                  Zenith opacities (per ant.)
> AIPS 1: DOFIT      *all 0                  Fit type (per ant.)
> AIPS 1:                                      -1 -> no opacity correction
> AIPS 1:                                       0 -> apply TRECVR only
> AIPS 1:                                       1 -> solve for Trec using
> AIPS 1:                                            fitting method spec.
> AIPS 1:                                            in OPCODE; then apply
> AIPS 1: PRTLEV        1                    Print level
> AIPS 1: DOTV         -1                    TV selection (<0 -> PL file)
> AIPS 1: LTYPE         3                    Plot labeling
> AIPS 1: GRCHAN        0                    TV Graphics channel to use
> 
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