[daip] Trouble reading in lowband data set with OBIT, in AIPS.

Eric Greisen egreisen at nrao.edu
Tue Oct 9 10:25:47 EDT 2012


Susan Neff wrote:
> Hi Bill and Frazer,
> 
> Bill, you're right, it's 1024 - sorry, that's me being 
> dystypic again.
> 
> Both of you came back with reading the data in config 
> 1 by specifying
> spectral windows and channels.  I will do that.
> 
> I had a very strong memory of just running BDF2AIPS 
> with the
> instructions that Eric provides for "normal" EVLA data 
> - where
> I ran BDF2AIPS with nearly no inputs and it does 
> everything magically.
> However, this morning I went back through my email 
> from August,
> where Frazer was coaching me through this, and there 
> are instructions
> for how to read in the data in 3 different passes of 
> BDF2AIPS.
> So, my very strong memory is apparently a pipe-dream.
> 
> My apologies for bothering you - will make sure I 
> capture this in my
> notes this time.

I suspect that one could run BDF2AIPS in a FOR loop over CONFIG - which 
is what is suggested in the CookBook Appendix E - without setting any 
other parameter.

BTW - the CookBook is being updated and there are revisions to Appendix 
E (quite a few).

ERic




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