[daip] BL149BE: PCOR problems

[Yuri Y. Kovalev]

Dear colleagues,

I continue to have fun reducing 512 Mbps VLBA experiment BL149BE.
This time I write you about phase calibration procedure vlbapcor.

Here are parameters I use:
AIPS 1: VLBAPCOR: Procedure to correct instrumental phases
AIPS 1: Adverbs     Values                 Comments
AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 1: INNAME     'BL149BE'               Input UV file name (name)
AIPS 1: INCLASS    'UVDATA'                Input UV file name (class)
AIPS 1: INSEQ         1                    Input UV file name (seq. #)
AIPS 1: INDISK        1                    Input UV file disk unit #
AIPS 1: TIMERANG      0          12        Time range of a calibrator
AIPS 1:              55          43         1-4 = start day,hr,min,sec
AIPS 1:               0          13         5-8 = end   day,hr,min,sec
AIPS 1:               0          23        MUST BE SPECIFIED
AIPS 1: REFANT        5                    Ref. antenna, 0=>the first
AIPS 1: SUBARRAY      0                    Subarray;  0 => all.
AIPS 1: CALSOUR    *all ' '                Calibrator source name;
AIPS 1:                                    blank => any
AIPS 1: GAINUSE       0                    CL table to use; 0=>highest
AIPS 1:                                    ADVERBS FOR ANTENNAS NOT
AIPS 1:                                    CONTAINED IN PC TABLE:
AIPS 1: INVER         0                    Input  PC table, 0=>last one
AIPS 1: OPCODE     ' '                     'CALP' if you are missing PC
AIPS 1:                                    information for any antenna;
AIPS 1:                                    otherwise ' '
AIPS 1: ANTENNAS   *all 0                  antennas for which manual

It does not work reporting:
*****
PCCOR1: All rows of the PC table are bad for the selected parameters
PCCOR1: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
*****

I tried MPIfR installed AIPS 31DEC07, 31DEC08, 31DEC09 with the same 
result.
I tried PC table which I got from the correlator AIPS friendly files 
(after gluing) and I also tried "external" PC table from bl149becal.vlba 
using VLOG & PCLOD. Result did not change.

I wonder if you could take a look at it? Thank you.

I remember that Matt had some problem applying PC table to the previous 
MOJAVE VLBA 512 Mbps data (BL149BD), but I am not sure if it was the 
same problem or something else. Matt?

Cheers,
Yuri.