[evla-sw-discuss] Ka band and the archive record

[Bryan Butler]

this is probably a good idea.

i'm curious why you prefer a single character.  i myself do not feel 
constrained in that way, the software doesn't (or shouldn't) care, and 
it will provide a miniscule inflation if we allow multiple characters 
(dare i call that a string?).

	-bryan


Ken Sowinski wrote:
> Up till now only the signed sum of the LOs is preserved in the VLA
> archive record (both Modcomp and IDCAF) and we have been able to
> derive the receiver in use because none of the bands overlap.
> with the Ka receiver that will no longer be true as overlap is
> possible on both sides with the existing K and Q band receivers.
> 
> This the question arises of whether we need to know the receiver
> in use for an observation.  If that is the case then we need to
> find room in the archive record for a receiver name or code and
> provide that information to idcaf if that is not already done.
> There are several places in the SDA of the archive record where
> a band code could be inserted.  My preference is to use a single
> character to specify the receiver rather than the M301 numeric
> band code.
> 
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