CHECKLIST FOR VLBA DATA CHECKOUT  (Version 6.2   13 January 2006)
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PROJECT: RDV58   ON 2006Aug30   AT 1754   TO Aug31   AT 1759

JOBS: pass1: 3120,3180,3121-3132; pass2: 3140-3152; pass3: 3160-3172 
CORR. DATE: Sep 02-04 
#TAPES: none 

STATIONS: SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK HO KB NY ON TS WF WZ ZC  #stns _18_ 

_x_  1. Check tape distribution log(s) against job creation checksheet(s).

_-_  2. If necessary, copy the proposal coversheet and place in project folder.

_-_  3. Make a file called 'sniffer_srcs.lis' with a list of sniffing sources
	 with a format like:   3C84  CONT  1.5 (time in hours between plots)

_x_  4. Ran fitsniffer & flagger.

		  refant   startfile   endfile           Source LIST  LINE/CONT

	 Pass1:    ON       3120        3132		     ALL        CONT
		   LA        "           "
		   MK        "           "

	 Pass2:    ON 	    3140	3152		      "          "
		   LA        "		 "
		   MK	     "           "
		   	
	 Pass3:    WZ	    3160	3172                  "          "
		   PT        "           "
                   BR        "           "


	
_x_  5. a. Was polarization requested? no   Is it ON? no

        b. Were special coordinates requested? no, but used coords.
					           from *sksum
	   Which sources?  0835-339, 0125+628, 1855+031, 2333-415 


  *** Check the plots for the following ***

_x_  1. WEIGHTS: gaps? stations missing? low values?

	Noisy weights for HO, NY, ON, KB, WZ, TS. Reason unknown.

	FD gap from ~08:30 to ~17:30, no data for this time. Probably
	due to comm. failure, see operators log.

_x_  2. AUTOCORRELATION: plots for all stations? consistent amplitudes?

_x_  3. CROSS-CORRELATION: plots for all stations?  linear phase solutions?

	KB BBCs 7&8 are not fringing, reason unknown.
 	
_x_  4. RAPD: good delay, phase and amplitude solutions for all calibrator 
	scans? (range of 20 mHz for rate and 100 ns for delay)

_x_  Give the folder and data tape to local contact.

Additional Notes:

The ZC pack had an anomaly which prevented it from correlating. The
directories were rearranged (restored) and it worked thereafter.
 
Multiple CALC server errors were encountered during correlation. The
CALC model_range time was increased from 1200s to 3600s in jobs 3121,
3141, 3145-3148, 3161, 3180. This basically allowed the CALC server 
more time to prepare models, preventing further server errors.