[daip] [!4381]: aips - Changes in VLA U-Band gain curves

[Eric Greisen]

Eric Greisen updated #4381
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              Status: Closed (was: Open)
                 Due: - Cleared - (was: 05 February 2014 04:57 PM)

Changes in VLA U-Band gain curves
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           Ticket ID: 4381
                 URL: https://help.nrao.edu/staff/index.php?/Tickets/Ticket/View/4381
           Full Name: Andy Biggs
               Email: abiggs at eso.org
             Creator: User
          Department: AIPS Data Processing
       Staff (Owner): Eric Greisen
                Type: Issue
              Status: Closed
            Priority: Default
      Template Group: Default
             Created: 03 February 2014 04:33 PM
             Updated: 03 February 2014 05:40 PM



The gain curve tables provided with AIPS are the inverse
of the numbers from ELINT.  The latter are a perfectly suitable
and sensible description of the gain curve.  Presumably for
historical reasons, however, they are inverted for the tables
which are then applied by AIPS.

Eric Greisen




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