CORAVG

CORAVG specifies the correlator averaging time in seconds. For the Socorro VLBA correlator, valid values are an integer N times the speed up factor times 0.131072 seconds. Round values such as 2, 4, 8 seconds etc may be specified and the nearest possible value will be used. This is what is expected from most users. The correlator default is 2 seconds but, at most frequencies, more is probably ok most of the time. The longer the on-line averaging, the smaller the output data rates and the smaller the output data set.

• Argument: A real or integer number.
• Options: Any, but see above for useful numbers.
• Default: 2.0
• Usage: Only one value used -- the last.
• Example: CORAVG = 4