[evlatests] Misc. upchuck from testing.
Eric Greisen
egreisen at nrao.edu
Mon Mar 8 10:18:14 EST 2010
Vivek Dhawan wrote:
> b. AIPS UVFIX on EVLA data (last week at least) should be run not with
> defaults, but with tiny but non-zero time change. To compare UVFIX
> with the FIXVIS, i ran it with 10^-6 time offset and differential
> aberration turned off. The changes it makes are then smaller than
> changes made with any other parameter inputs, and are delta UVW
> ~300 ppm, 0.03%.
The issue with DATUTC has been fixed in 31DEC10. No need to force a
1.e-6 DATUTC now.
> The same test done on a VLBA dataset (thanks Leonia) gives ~few ppm.
> So - no panic, but it would be nice to understand where this comes
> from, and if/when we need it better.
>
> I do not believe UVFIX is necessary for users now.
>
> c. While checking this, the RAAPP and DECAPP were re-discovered to be
> set to 1858. Again not of interest to users unless they change
> RAAPP/DECAPP in CLCOR, when it will be quite wrong.
UVLOD and FITLD now recompute the apparent coordinates bypassing this issue.
>
> 4. AIPS: UVFLG on shadowed antennas. A bug was reported (James Miller-Jones?)
> and fixed. I tried it after the fix and have doubts its actually working.
> People should test it. I'll send some details to the AIPS helpdesk ASAP.
>
>
Don't know about this one - the bug was an incorrect call sequence (not
updated when routine was). It should be okay but I will look at it if
there is evidence otherwise.
Eric
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