[mmaimcal] Solar Attenuator
    Mark Holdaway 
    mholdawa at nrao.edu
       
    Tue Jul 11 17:30:34 EDT 2006
    
    
  
Another issue which I have been ignoring, but should not if it
takes 7 seconds cycle time on removing/inserting the solar attenuator:
People observing the sun would probably like to have a fairly continuous
time series.  If we do fast switching, that means that we have data for 
26 seconds
and we miss the sun's dancing for 4 seconds.   With a 7second 
remove/insert, then
we will probably be on the sun for like 22 seconds and off for 8-9 
seconds, resulting in
larger gaps in the solar coverage.
    -Mark
    
    
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