NCHAN

NCHAN gives the number of baseband channels. A baseband channel is the smallest unit that was once an analog signal. One sideband from one BBC is a baseband channel. Nothing prevents the user from assigning several channels to the same BBC/sideband. In such cases, the data in the two channels will be identical.

• Argument: An integer.
• Options: Any integer between 1 and the maximum number of channels which on the VLBA is 16.
• Default: 0 - it should be specified.
• Usage: Defaults to previous station.
• Example: NCHAN=14