[evlatests] A new UVW problem
Walter Brisken
wbrisken at nrao.edu
Fri Jul 20 12:37:47 EDT 2007
All modcomp-free data is afflicted by a problem recently discovered by
Neal Miller. Negative valued U, V, and W baseline coordinates were
subjected to a bit-packing problem that results in an error up to about
100 meters. This means that imaging more than a few 10s of synthesized
beams away from the phase center will be noticably degraded. UVFIX
remedies the situation.
A fix for this exists and has been tested, but due to other pending
changes in the EVLA software this fix is not likely to be installed until
sometime mid or late next week.
We are discussing if and how to mend the archive. In the meantime, all
EVLA data should be UVFIXed...
-Walter
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