!  SAMPLE SCHED INPUT FOR VLA SPECIFIC EXPERIMENT PLANNING
!  
!  This file is a close cousin to egplan.key with the main difference
!  being in the station list.  It is used to determine when sources
!  are up, plot UV coverage, help find calibrators etc.

!  This file shows how to use SCHED to determine times when sources
!  are available, possible uv coverage, sky distribution etc.
!
!  OPTMODE=UPTIME is used to generate a psuedo schedule in which
!  each source has a day long string of scans, all on the same
!  day.  The summary file and the plotting capabilities can then 
!  be used to obtain the desired planning information.
!  Note, SCHED will not make telescope control files when
!  OPTMODE=UPTIME because the time order of scans is not enforced.
!
!  Start SCHED interactively and specify the line (without the !):
!   plot  schedule=planvla.key  /
!  ---------------------------------------------------------------
overwrit               !  Prevents need to clean out old files
expcode   = yplan
obstype   = NONE

version   = 1          !  Optional cover stuff (with obstype=none)
piname    = 'Craig Walker'    
correl    = 'Socorro'           
expt      = ' Make uv plots'

stafile   = $SCHED/catalogs/stations_VLA.dat
srcfile   = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba
nosetup

!  List the desired pads.  Recall that SCHED has a 22 station limit
!  as of April 1998.  It is easy to change the limit so it can be
!  increased if requests are sent to cwalker.  "It's only memory".
 stations  = E8,E16,E24,E32,E40,E48,E56,E64,E72, 
             W8,W16,W24,W32,W40,W48,W56,W64,W72, 
             N8,N16,N24,N32,N40,N48,N56,N64,N72
vlamode   = VS       !  VLA needs something.

sumitem   = el1, az1, ha1, pa1  ! Show these items in the summary.
optmode   = uptime   !  Show source availability.  All sources same day.
opdur     = 24:00:00 !  Total time range covered.
opminant  = 1        !  Source must be up at this many antennas.
opminel   = 15       !  Minimum elevation for source to be "up".

year      = 1997
month     = 12
day       = 10
start     = 00:00:00

dur = 15:00  gap 0:00   ! Length and spacing of dummy scans.

!  Give one scan per source for which information is desired.
source    = 3C84  /
source    = DA193 /
source    = 3C120 /
source    = 3C273 /