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newsimhelper - Constructor

	Package	synthesis
	Module	newsimulator
	Tool	newsimhelper

Construct a newsimhelper tool

Synopsis
newsimhelper(schedtable)

Description
This is used to construct newsimhelper tools. An optional argument is the name of a table containing the antenna locations drawn from Craig Walker's SCHED data file. Usually the table in the AIPS++ data repository (geodetic/SCHED_locations) is adequate and should be used (the default).

Arguments

schedtable		Table of antenna locations
		Allowed:	Table
		Default:	unset

Returns
newsimhelper tool

Example

include 'newsimhelper.g';
- ns:=newsimhelper()
- ns.getarrays()
VLAA VLAB VLAC VLAD VLBA EVN ATCA6.0A ATCA6.0B ATCA6.0C ATCA6.0D
ATCA1.5A ATCA1.5B ATCA1.5C ATCA1.5D ATCA0.75A ATCA0.75B ATCA0.75C
ATCA0.75D ATCA0.375 ATCA0.210 ATCA0.122A ATCA0.122B ATCA0.244 
- ns.getarray('ATCA0.244')
[names=ATCA_01 ATCA_03 ATCA_05 ATCA_07 ATCA_09 ATCA_37, diam=[22 22 22
22 22 22] , telescope=ATCA0point244, x=[-4.75245e+06 -4.75242e+06
-4.75239e+06 -4.75235e+06 -4.75232e+06 -4.7494e+06] , y=[2.79033e+06
2.79038e+06 2.79043e+06 2.79048e+06 2.79054e+06 2.7955e+06] ,
z=[-3.20049e+06 -3.20049e+06 -3.20049e+06 -3.20049e+06 -3.20049e+06
-3.20049e+06] , mount=alt-az alt-az alt-az alt-az alt-az alt-az,
offset=[0 0 0 0 0 0] ]