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    BugID: 1005 · a0dde36e
    Martin Gels authored
    The purpose of this change is to make sure that the UVW vector in the
    Measurement Set points from ANTENNA1 to ANTENNA2, that is,
    
      UVW = UVW(ANTENNA2) - UVW(ANTENNA1)
    
      In order to comply with WSRT Measurement Sets, it is furthermore
    required that
    
      ANTENNA1 <= ANTENNA2.
    
      Before this change, the UVW vector pointed exactly in the opposite
    direction, hence the UVW vector is reversed. The orientation of the sky was
    nevertheless correct. In order to prevent point mirroring the sky with
    respect to the phase centre because of the reversal of the UVW coordinates,
    it is necessary to conjugate the visibilities prior to writing them to
    disk. This conjugation is a temporary fix until the minus signs and
    conjugations in the polyphase filter, FFT, fringe tracking,
    correlator, and MS exporter are all reviewed in order to determine the proper
    place for this conjugation.
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    BugID: 1005
    Martin Gels authored
    The purpose of this change is to make sure that the UVW vector in the
    Measurement Set points from ANTENNA1 to ANTENNA2, that is,
    
      UVW = UVW(ANTENNA2) - UVW(ANTENNA1)
    
      In order to comply with WSRT Measurement Sets, it is furthermore
    required that
    
      ANTENNA1 <= ANTENNA2.
    
      Before this change, the UVW vector pointed exactly in the opposite
    direction, hence the UVW vector is reversed. The orientation of the sky was
    nevertheless correct. In order to prevent point mirroring the sky with
    respect to the phase centre because of the reversal of the UVW coordinates,
    it is necessary to conjugate the visibilities prior to writing them to
    disk. This conjugation is a temporary fix until the minus signs and
    conjugations in the polyphase filter, FFT, fringe tracking,
    correlator, and MS exporter are all reviewed in order to determine the proper
    place for this conjugation.
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