[evlatests] tests, June 12
Barry Clark
bclark at nrao.edu
Wed Jun 13 09:58:29 EDT 2007
> 2. I spent some time looking at flagging of VLA antennas while
> doing pointing at X band to see how the ACU position alerts are
> behaving. The answer is not well. The response is not quick
> enough, especially on the side of lifting the alert. Two of the
> measurements were erroneously flagged in every pointing trial
> I examined. EVLA antennas were perfectly fine. Not all moves
> were flagged, but when a move was flaggged it did not extend to
> the next, good record.
>
> I don't know how to reconcile this with the good pointing result
> from last week. I believe that Barry had things arranged to
> automatically turn on ACU alertsd at that time, so the only
> conclusion is that flagging is less sensitive at C band than
> X band. We need to fix this or defeat it by Wednesday night
> if we expect to have a usefuk Modcomp free pointing run.
>
> _______________________________________________
As we discussed some time ago, I made the flagging limit angle a function
of band; Yes, flagging is more sensitive at X band than at C band.
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