CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility
ATCA Users Guide
Preface
About this Guide
Conventions
(1) The Australia Telescope Compact Array
/1./The Australia Telescope Compact Array
/1.1/The Australia Telescope National Facility
/1.2/Overview of the ATCA
/1.3/Planning a proposal
/1.4/Centimetre Observations (20–3 cm bands)
/1.5/Millimetre-wave observations (12mm–3mm)
/1.6/Choosing an Observing Frequency
/1.7/Choosing Angular and Frequency Resolution
/1.8/Additional Observing Notes and Techniques
/1.9/High Time Resolution, Pulsars, Planets and VLBI
/1.10/Other Things to Consider
/1.11/Submitting a proposal
/1.12/Successful Proposals
(2) Preparing for Observations
/2./Preparing for Observations
/2.1/How to Prepare a Schedule File
/2.2/How to Prepare a Mosaic File
/2.3/Scheduling Strategy
/2.4/Observation Requirements
/2.5/Pre-observation Checklist
(3) Observing
/3./Observing
/3.1/Continuum Observations
/3.2/Zoom Modes
/3.3/Monitoring and Trouble Shooting
/3.4/cm Observing Startup Checklist
/3.5/mm Observing Startup Checklist
(4) After your Observations
/4./After your Observations
/4.1/Archiving Your Data
/4.2/Report Your Experiences
/4.3/Data Analysis
/4.4/Publishing Results
 A. Technical Reference
B. caobs
C. cacor
D. spd
E. vis
F. People to Contact
Index
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2. Preparing for Observations

This chapter deals with how to prepare for observations on the compact array after having been granted observing time. The compact array online observing control program CAOBS requires a schedule file, and how to create this file is the main focus of this chapter.