[daip] FITLD broken?

[Adam Deller]

Hmmm, ok.  Yes, this is a partially processed file (and so are all the
others I found to be faulty).  I'm guessing its a date problem (either
with the epoch or with the observation) somewhere.

Cheers,
Adam

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Can't be since I loaded some hardware correlator data on the weekend and it
> was fine.  Also that looks like one of the partially processed files (rather
> than the correlator job files), is that correct?
>
> Amy
>
> Adam Deller wrote:
>>
>> Hi Amy,
>>
>> An example can be found at
>>
>>
>> /home/marathon2/data/1023+0038/bd141a/BD141A_UG_HPOL4IF8MHZ16CH_1.6515GHZ00
>>
>> Although I suspect any and all VLBA hardware correlator data is
>> probably affected.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yea, Eric made some changes.  Point me at the data you are using.
>>>  Although
>>> I cannot promise too much since I am taking Thurs/Friday off.
>>>
>>> Amy
>>>
>>> Adam Deller wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Amy,
>>>>
>>>> Running from version 'NEW' works.  Running from 'TST' does not.  I
>>>> notice they have different adverbs, so obviously some code surgery has
>>>> been done somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Amy Mioduszewski <amiodusz at nrao.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ack, and Eric isn't here.  Can you test it in version 'new'?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam Deller wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is something very strange going on with FITLD for VLBA data in
>>>>>> AIPS - it is scrambling the SU table for some files (but not all).  I
>>>>>> have checked out this particular file (you can see it at
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /home/marathon2/data/1023+0038/bd141a/BD141A_UG_HPOL4IF8MHZ16CH_1.6515GHZ00)
>>>>>> using fv and see a sensible looking SU table.  However, as soon as I
>>>>>> load it into AIPS with FITLD the SU table reads:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     1    5.0000000000D+05    1.4176255806D+02     3.9039125519D+01
>>>>>>  2.0000000000D+03    1.0792773795D+02    4.5395855014D+01
>>>>>>     2    5.0000000000D+05    1.5612327792D+02    -8.8208229444D-01
>>>>>>  2.0000000000D+03    1.3016422419D+02    7.9956464878D+00
>>>>>>     3    5.0000000000D+05    1.5591154583D+02     4.0463333333D-01
>>>>>>  2.0000000000D+03    1.2979993496D+02    9.2488222431D+00
>>>>>>     4    5.0000000000D+05    1.5271527786D+02    -2.0054371833D+00
>>>>>>  2.0000000000D+03    1.2689149360D+02    6.4704735040D+00
>>>>>>
>>>>>> where the columns are channel bandwidth, RA epoch (deg), Dec epoch
>>>>>> (deg), Epoch (years), RA apparent (deg) and Dec apparent (deg).  You
>>>>>> can see that the apparent source positions have changed by many
>>>>>> degrees - something is amiss.  I tried running FITLD from 31DEC09 but
>>>>>> got the same result.  This is data from the hardware correlator from
>>>>>> late 2008.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Adam
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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