From bartel@polaris.phys.yorku.caMon Oct 27 13:29:44 2003
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:13:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Norbert Bartel <bartel@polaris.phys.yorku.ca>
To: "VLBI Observers (Aspen only)" <vlbiobs@nrao.edu>
Cc: Norbert Bartel <bartel@polaris.phys.yorku.ca>
Subject: Re: bb168

Lisa,
OK then, let's reobserve. It is an astrometry project
where we rely on stable phases. I assume that with 
reobservation the old observations are not correlated.
I will also assume that you rename the .key files.
Thanks very much for your advice and your help.
- norbert


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> 
> 
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Norbert Bartel wrote:
> 
> > I am a bit at a loss here. Yes, I see that the weather was
> > not the best, but what are the chances that you get much
> > better weather at all the sites at once. 
> 
> For 7mm runs, we routinely wait for good weather at all sites, 
> and it occurs randomly, but fairly often. I think this time of 
> year (autumn) has stable weather in almost all climates. Of course 
> this is a variable beyond control. But your project is high 
> priority, so it will probably observe again reasonably soon.
> 
> 
> > If we decide to reobserve, how long would
> > we have to wait for the reobservations?  
> 
> My guess would be less than a month; but no one can say.
> 
> 
> > should I just change the names of the files, a-> c, c-> a?
> > That probably would be possible to do right there at your place,
> > wouldn't it?
> 
> Yes, I can change the file names here. We'll have to use d,e,f
> since a,b,c has already observed. I would use d for the 7mm
> and step down from there.
> 
> 
> Lisa
> 
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