[daip] VLBATECR/VLATECR/TECOR question

Eric Greisen egreisen at nrao.edu
Wed Jun 17 15:55:06 EDT 2009


Hanno Spreeuw wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a question about correcting for ionospheric faraday rotation.
> The VLATECR helpfile says:
> "It uses
> the header and the NX table to calculate what files to download
> from CDDIS."
> This is WSRT data, "Telescope=WSRT" in the header.
> Can VLATECR deal with this?
> 
> Or, if I download the right file, can TECOR do its job for WSRT data 
> (given that I have a workaround for the fact that the WSRT uses linear 
> polarization instead of circular)?

Perhaps Amy when she returns from vacation will have further knowledge. 
  the header and NX table are used to determine the times.  The AN table 
will determine the antenna location(s) and TECOR and VLATECR should work 
just fine.

Eric Greisen




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