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u-v PLANE COVERAGE

 

Plots of the u-v plane coverage with the VLBA for sources at declinations of +64, +30, +06, and -18 degrees are shown in Figure 1 for horizon-to-horizon tracks and in Figure 2 for single ``snapshot'' tracks of duration tex2html_wrap_inline1476 hour approximately when the source transits New Mexico. Similar plots can be generated with the NRAO program SCHED (Walker 1997) or the Haystack program PC-SCHED (see Section 26.1).



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Figure 1: VLBA u-v plane coverage at four declinations. Horizon-to-horizon tracks for an elevation limit of tex2html_wrap_inline1490. Plotted range is tex2html_wrap_inline1422 9000 km.

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Figure 2: VLBA u-v plane coverage at four declinations. Single ``snapshot'' tracks at New Mexico transit.