COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment Exp. Code: N12X1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE, The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: 512-8-2 Notes: RCP ONLY, 8 x 16 MHz, 2 bit sampling Check antenna pointing, Please Three FTP-FT scan scheduled. Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2012 Day 57 --- Next scan frequencies: 8339.49 8371.49 8403.49 8435.49 8467.49 8499.49 8531.49 8563.49 Next BBC frequencies: 259.49 291.49 323.49 355.49 387.49 419.49 451.49 483.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 15 30 00 0528+134 03 44 19 42.7 36.7 -1.8 0.0 0 0 15 30 00 15 40 00 --- 03 54 20 44.0 33.8 -1.6 0.0 600 39 15 30 04 15 44 00 0528+134 03 58 21 44.5 32.7 -1.6 0.0 219 39 15 44 00 15 54 00 --- 04 08 23 45.7 29.6 -1.4 0.0 600 77 15 44 04 15 55 00 0528+134 04 09 23 45.8 29.3 -1.4 0.0 39 77 15 55 00 16 05 00 --- 04 19 25 46.8 26.1 -1.2 0.0 600 116 15 55 04 16 06 00 0528+134 04 20 25 46.9 25.8 -1.2 0.0 39 116 16 06 00 16 16 00 --- 04 30 26 47.9 22.5 -1.0 0.0 600 155 16 06 04 16 17 00 0528+134 04 31 27 47.9 22.1 -1.0 0.0 39 155 16 17 00 16 27 00 --- 04 41 28 48.7 18.7 -0.8 0.0 600 194 16 17 04 16 28 00 0528+134 04 42 28 48.8 18.3 -0.8 0.0 39 194 16 28 00 16 38 00 --- 04 52 30 49.4 14.7 -0.7 0.0 600 232 16 28 04 16 42 00 J0559+2353 04 56 31 37.9 18.6 -1.1 0.0 192 232 16 42 00 16 44 00 =0556+238 04 58 31 38.0 18.0 -1.0 0.0 120 240 16 42 04 16 44 00 J0559+2353 04 58 31 38.0 18.0 -1.0 0.0 -20 240 No stop 16 45 20 =0556+238 04 59 51 38.1 17.6 -1.0 0.0 60 245 16 44 04 16 45 20 J0557+2413 04 59 51 38.0 16.8 -1.0 0.0 -26 245 No stop 16 46 40 =0554+242 05 01 11 38.0 16.5 -0.9 0.0 54 250 16 45 24 16 47 00 J0604+2429 05 01 31 37.3 18.4 -1.1 0.0 -10 250 16 47 00 16 48 20 =0601+245 05 02 52 37.4 18.1 -1.0 0.0 70 255 16 47 04 16 48 20 J0559+2353 05 02 52 38.3 16.8 -1.0 0.0 -29 255 No stop 16 49 40 =0556+238 05 04 12 38.4 16.4 -0.9 0.0 51 261 16 48 24 16 49 40 J0557+2413 05 04 12 38.2 15.6 -0.9 0.0 -26 261 No stop 16 51 00 =0554+242 05 05 32 38.3 15.2 -0.9 0.0 54 266 16 49 44 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2012 Day 57 --- 16 51 20 J0604+2429 05 05 52 37.6 17.2 -1.0 0.0 -10 266 16 51 20 16 52 40 =0601+245 05 07 12 37.7 16.9 -1.0 0.0 70 271 16 51 24 16 52 40 J0559+2353 05 07 12 38.6 15.6 -0.9 0.0 -29 271 No stop 16 54 00 =0556+238 05 08 33 38.7 15.2 -0.9 0.0 51 276 16 52 44 16 54 00 J0557+2413 05 08 33 38.5 14.4 -0.8 0.0 -26 276 No stop 16 55 20 =0554+242 05 09 53 38.6 14.0 -0.8 0.0 54 281 16 54 04 16 55 40 J0604+2429 05 10 13 37.9 16.0 -0.9 0.0 -10 281 16 55 40 16 57 00 =0601+245 05 11 33 37.9 15.7 -0.9 0.0 70 286 16 55 44 16 57 00 J0559+2353 05 11 33 38.8 14.3 -0.8 0.0 -29 286 No stop 16 58 20 =0556+238 05 12 53 38.9 14.0 -0.8 0.0 51 292 16 57 04 16 58 20 J0557+2413 05 12 53 38.7 13.2 -0.7 0.0 -26 292 No stop 16 59 40 =0554+242 05 14 14 38.8 12.8 -0.7 0.0 54 297 16 58 24 17 00 00 J0604+2429 05 14 34 38.1 14.8 -0.9 0.0 -10 297 17 00 00 17 01 20 =0601+245 05 15 54 38.2 14.5 -0.8 0.0 70 302 17 00 04 17 01 20 J0559+2353 05 15 54 39.1 13.1 -0.7 0.0 -29 302 No stop 17 02 40 =0556+238 05 17 14 39.1 12.7 -0.7 0.0 51 307 17 01 24 17 02 40 J0557+2413 05 17 14 38.9 11.9 -0.7 0.0 -26 307 No stop 17 04 00 =0554+242 05 18 34 39.0 11.5 -0.7 0.0 54 312 17 02 44 17 04 20 J0604+2429 05 18 54 38.4 13.6 -0.8 0.0 -10 312 17 04 20 17 05 40 =0601+245 05 20 15 38.4 13.2 -0.8 0.0 70 317 17 04 24 17 05 40 J0559+2353 05 20 15 39.3 11.9 -0.7 0.0 -29 317 No stop 17 07 00 =0556+238 05 21 35 39.3 11.5 -0.6 0.0 51 323 17 05 44 17 07 00 J0557+2413 05 21 35 39.1 10.7 -0.6 0.0 -26 323 No stop 17 08 20 =0554+242 05 22 55 39.2 10.3 -0.6 0.0 54 328 17 07 04 17 08 40 J0604+2429 05 23 15 38.6 12.4 -0.7 0.0 -10 328 17 08 40 17 10 00 =0601+245 05 24 35 38.6 12.0 -0.7 0.0 70 333 17 08 44 17 10 00 J0559+2353 05 24 35 39.5 10.6 -0.6 0.0 -29 333 No stop 17 11 20 =0556+238 05 25 55 39.5 10.2 -0.6 0.0 51 338 17 10 04 17 11 20 J0557+2413 05 25 55 39.3 9.4 -0.5 0.0 -26 338 No stop 17 12 40 =0554+242 05 27 16 39.3 9.0 -0.5 0.0 54 343 17 11 24 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2012 Day 57 --- 17 13 00 J0604+2429 05 27 36 38.8 11.1 -0.6 0.0 -10 343 17 13 00 17 14 20 =0601+245 05 28 56 38.8 10.8 -0.6 0.0 70 348 17 13 04 17 14 20 J0559+2353 05 28 56 39.6 9.3 -0.5 0.0 -29 348 No stop 17 15 40 =0556+238 05 30 16 39.7 8.9 -0.5 0.0 51 354 17 14 24 17 15 40 J0557+2413 05 30 16 39.4 8.2 -0.5 0.0 -26 354 No stop 17 17 00 =0554+242 05 31 36 39.5 7.8 -0.4 0.0 54 359 17 15 44 17 17 20 J0604+2429 05 31 56 39.0 9.9 -0.6 0.0 -10 359 17 17 20 17 18 40 =0601+245 05 33 17 39.0 9.5 -0.5 0.0 70 364 17 17 24 17 18 40 J0559+2353 05 33 17 39.8 8.0 -0.5 0.0 -29 364 No stop 17 20 00 =0556+238 05 34 37 39.8 7.7 -0.4 0.0 51 369 17 18 44 17 20 00 J0557+2413 05 34 37 39.6 6.9 -0.4 0.0 -26 369 No stop 17 21 20 =0554+242 05 35 57 39.6 6.5 -0.4 0.0 54 374 17 20 04 17 21 40 J0604+2429 05 36 17 39.1 8.6 -0.5 0.0 -10 374 17 21 40 17 23 00 =0601+245 05 37 37 39.2 8.2 -0.5 0.0 70 379 17 21 44 17 23 00 J0559+2353 05 37 37 39.9 6.8 -0.4 0.0 -29 379 No stop 17 24 20 =0556+238 05 38 58 39.9 6.4 -0.4 0.0 51 384 17 23 04 17 24 20 J0557+2413 05 38 58 39.7 5.6 -0.3 0.0 -26 384 No stop 17 25 40 =0554+242 05 40 18 39.7 5.2 -0.3 0.0 54 390 17 24 24 17 26 00 J0604+2429 05 40 38 39.3 7.4 -0.4 0.0 -10 390 17 26 00 17 27 20 =0601+245 05 41 58 39.3 7.0 -0.4 0.0 70 395 17 26 04 17 27 20 J0559+2353 05 41 58 40.0 5.5 -0.3 0.0 -29 395 No stop 17 28 40 =0556+238 05 43 18 40.0 5.1 -0.3 0.0 51 400 17 27 24 17 28 40 J0557+2413 05 43 18 39.8 4.3 -0.2 0.0 -26 400 No stop 17 30 00 =0554+242 05 44 39 39.8 3.9 -0.2 0.0 54 405 17 28 44 17 30 20 J0604+2429 05 44 59 39.4 6.1 -0.3 0.0 -10 405 17 30 20 17 31 40 =0601+245 05 46 19 39.4 5.7 -0.3 0.0 70 410 17 30 24 17 31 40 J0559+2353 05 46 19 40.1 4.2 -0.2 0.0 -29 410 No stop 17 33 00 =0556+238 05 47 39 40.1 3.8 -0.2 0.0 51 415 17 31 44 17 33 00 J0557+2413 05 47 39 39.8 3.0 -0.2 0.0 -26 415 No stop 17 34 20 =0554+242 05 48 59 39.8 2.6 -0.1 0.0 54 421 17 33 04 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 5 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2012 Day 57 --- 17 34 40 J0604+2429 05 49 19 39.5 4.8 -0.3 0.0 -10 421 17 34 40 17 36 00 =0601+245 05 50 40 39.5 4.4 -0.3 0.0 70 426 17 34 44 17 36 00 J0559+2353 05 50 40 40.2 2.9 -0.2 0.0 -29 426 No stop 17 37 20 =0556+238 05 52 00 40.2 2.5 -0.1 0.0 51 431 17 36 04 17 37 20 J0557+2413 05 52 00 39.9 1.7 -0.1 0.0 -26 431 No stop 17 38 40 =0554+242 05 53 20 39.9 1.3 -0.1 0.0 54 436 17 37 24 17 39 00 J0604+2429 05 53 40 39.5 3.5 -0.2 0.0 -10 436 17 39 00 17 40 20 =0601+245 05 55 00 39.5 3.2 -0.2 0.0 70 441 17 39 04 17 40 20 J0559+2353 05 55 00 40.2 1.6 -0.1 0.0 -29 441 No stop 17 41 40 =0556+238 05 56 20 40.2 1.2 -0.1 0.0 51 446 17 40 24 17 41 40 J0557+2413 05 56 20 39.9 0.4 -0.0 0.0 -26 446 No stop 17 43 00 =0554+242 05 57 41 39.9 0.1 -0.0 0.0 54 452 17 41 44 17 43 20 J0604+2429 05 58 01 39.6 2.3 -0.1 0.0 -10 452 17 43 20 17 44 40 =0601+245 05 59 21 39.6 1.9 -0.1 0.0 70 457 17 43 24 17 44 40 J0559+2353 05 59 21 40.2 0.3 -0.0 0.0 -29 457 No stop 17 46 00 =0556+238 06 00 41 40.2 359.9 0.0 0.0 51 462 17 44 44 17 46 00 J0557+2413 06 00 41 39.9 359.2 0.0 0.0 -26 462 No stop 17 47 20 =0554+242 06 02 01 39.9 358.8 0.1 0.0 54 467 17 46 04 17 47 40 J0604+2429 06 02 21 39.6 1.0 -0.1 0.0 -10 467 17 47 40 17 49 00 =0601+245 06 03 42 39.6 0.6 -0.0 0.0 70 472 17 47 44 17 49 00 J0559+2353 06 03 42 40.2 359.0 0.1 0.0 -29 472 No stop 17 50 20 =0556+238 06 05 02 40.2 358.6 0.1 0.0 51 477 17 49 04 17 50 20 J0557+2413 06 05 02 39.8 357.9 0.1 0.0 -26 477 No stop 17 51 40 =0554+242 06 06 22 39.8 357.5 0.1 0.0 54 483 17 50 24 17 52 00 J0604+2429 06 06 42 39.6 359.7 0.0 0.0 -10 483 17 52 00 17 53 20 =0601+245 06 08 02 39.6 359.3 0.0 0.0 70 488 17 52 04 17 53 20 J0559+2353 06 08 02 40.2 357.7 0.1 0.0 -29 488 No stop 17 54 40 =0556+238 06 09 23 40.2 357.3 0.2 0.0 51 493 17 53 24 17 54 40 J0557+2413 06 09 23 39.8 356.6 0.2 0.0 -26 493 No stop 17 56 00 =0554+242 06 10 43 39.8 356.2 0.2 0.0 54 498 17 54 44 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 6 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2012 Day 57 --- 17 56 20 J0604+2429 06 11 03 39.6 358.4 0.1 0.0 -10 498 17 56 20 17 57 40 =0601+245 06 12 23 39.6 358.0 0.1 0.0 70 503 17 56 24 17 57 40 J0559+2353 06 12 23 40.1 356.4 0.2 0.0 -29 503 No stop 17 59 00 =0556+238 06 13 43 40.1 356.0 0.2 0.0 51 508 17 57 44 17 59 00 J0557+2413 06 13 43 39.7 355.3 0.3 0.0 -26 508 No stop 18 00 20 =0554+242 06 15 04 39.7 354.9 0.3 0.0 54 514 17 59 04 18 00 40 J0604+2429 06 15 24 39.6 357.1 0.2 0.0 -10 514 18 00 40 18 02 00 =0601+245 06 16 44 39.5 356.7 0.2 0.0 70 519 18 00 44 18 05 00 DA193 06 19 44 24.1 355.1 0.4 0.0 122 519 18 05 00 18 17 00 --- 06 31 46 23.8 352.6 0.6 0.0 720 565 18 05 04 18 18 00 DA193 06 32 46 23.7 352.4 0.6 0.0 39 565 18 18 00 18 30 00 --- 06 44 48 23.3 349.9 0.8 0.0 720 612 18 18 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess112.X512rcp Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 7 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = 1N 2A 1N 2A 1N 2A 1N 2A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. LO sum= 8339.49 8371.49 8403.49 8435.49 8467.49 8499.49 8531.49 8563.49 BBC fr= 259.49 291.49 323.49 355.49 387.49 419.49 451.49 483.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 Matching frequency sets: 11 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 39.243847 0.21 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 20.74711 0.23 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 133158 Observations 1.000 scan and 66.000 baseline hours in setup: sess112.X512rcp Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 23.833769 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 56.39005 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.400 scan and 26.400 baseline hours in setup: sess112.X512rcp Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 * J0557+2413 05 54 00.912113 * 05 57 04.713581 05 57 51.239337 0.04 0554+242 24 13 35.83082 * 24 13 55.29866 24 13 55.72347 0.05 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 624 Observations 0.400 scan and 20.963 baseline hours in setup: sess112.X512rcp Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 * J0559+2353 05 56 28.691733 * 05 59 32.033132 06 00 18.453855 0.01 0556+238 23 53 45.20891 * 23 53 53.92678 23 53 51.52307 0.01 J0559+23 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 12584 Observations 0.433 scan and 22.020 baseline hours in setup: sess112.X512rcp Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 * J0604+2429 06 01 50.936478 * 06 04 55.121383 06 05 41.780821 0.04 0601+245 24 30 09.83058 * 24 29 55.03651 24 29 46.86487 0.05 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 259 Observations 0.400 scan and 24.987 baseline hours in setup: sess112.X512rcp Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) 0528+134 105.3 DA193 110.8 J0557+2413 112.0 J0559+2353 112.6 J0604+2429 113.8 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg