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Application within the TEL task

The designers of the JCMT software require azimuth, yaw, roll, and pitch as the columns of the file MODEL1.dat, where the three motions are known as F1, F2 & F3. This file is referenced by the TEL task by toggling the parameter point_model to 1 inside radio_telescope.dat. These files may be found in the directory known as jcmtdata_dir.

F1, F2 & F3 are described in MTUN025 thus :

F1 - Change in the azimuth encoder value.
F2 - Variation of . . the telescope model parameter describing the non-orthogonality
of the elevation axis w.r.t. the azimuth axis.
F3 - Change in elevation encoder value.

As Section 5 of MTUN025, "SIGNS", says, "There is ample scope for confusion", and I refer the concerned reader to that document if the following is not clear.

F1 is +ve when the antenna experiences a clockwise yaw. This occurs when
the top of the RHAF tilts backwards, and / or
the top of the LHAF tilts forwards. These occur when
the RHAF front leg rises and /or
the RHAF rear leg drops and /or
the LHAF front leg drops and /or
the LHAF front leg rises. (RHAF = Right Hand A-Frame, etc)

F2 is +ve when the elevation axis tilts down to the right or up to the left.

F3 is +ve when the antenna tips upwards.



Iain Coulson
Thu Mar 13 14:59:48 HST 1997