Occasionally, a hardware failure could make one or more coarse channels not be recorded, e.g. ObsID 1407498208, which only has 23 coarse channels. The problem can come when trying to apply a calibration solution that contains a different number of coarse channels, e.g. 24.
It's unclear whether it matters if the missing coarse channel is the first or the last one.
In any case, having a mode so that dummy channels are included would be useful.
Occasionally, a hardware failure could make one or more coarse channels not be recorded, e.g. ObsID 1407498208, which only has 23 coarse channels. The problem can come when trying to apply a calibration solution that contains a different number of coarse channels, e.g. 24.
It's unclear whether it matters if the missing coarse channel is the first or the last one.
In any case, having a mode so that dummy channels are included would be useful.