COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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: 760.51 728.51 696.51 664.51 632.51 600.51 568.51 536.51 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 15 30 00 0528+134 09 58 22 26.8 270.1 4.4 61.7 0 0 15 30 00 15 40 00 --- 10 08 24 24.6 271.4 4.6 61.7 600 39 15 30 01 15 44 00 0528+134 10 12 25 23.8 271.9 4.7 61.7 238 39 15 44 00 15 54 00 --- 10 22 26 21.6 273.2 4.8 61.6 600 77 15 44 01 15 55 00 0528+134 10 23 26 21.4 273.3 4.9 61.6 58 77 15 55 00 16 05 00 --- 10 33 28 19.3 274.5 5.0 61.4 600 116 15 55 01 16 06 00 0528+134 10 34 28 19.1 274.6 5.0 61.4 58 116 16 06 00 16 16 00 --- 10 44 30 16.9 275.9 5.2 61.2 600 155 16 06 01 16 17 00 0528+134 10 45 30 16.7 276.0 5.2 61.2 58 155 16 17 00 16 27 00 --- 10 55 32 14.6 277.2 5.4 60.9 600 194 16 17 01 16 28 00 0528+134 10 56 32 14.4 277.3 5.4 60.9 58 194 16 28 00 16 38 00 --- 11 06 33 12.2 278.6 5.6 60.6 600 232 16 28 01 16 42 00 J0559+2353 11 10 34 22.2 285.4 5.2 64.6 218 232 16 42 00 16 44 00 =0556+238 11 12 34 21.8 285.6 5.2 64.4 120 240 16 42 01 16 44 00 J0559+2353 11 12 34 21.8 285.6 5.2 64.4 -2 240 No stop 16 45 20 =0556+238 11 13 55 21.5 285.7 5.2 64.4 78 245 16 44 01 16 45 20 J0557+2413 11 13 55 21.1 286.3 5.3 64.3 -4 245 No stop 16 46 40 =0554+242 11 15 15 20.9 286.4 5.3 64.2 76 250 16 45 21 16 47 00 J0604+2429 11 15 35 22.5 285.9 5.2 64.8 13 250 16 47 00 16 48 20 =0601+245 11 16 55 22.3 286.0 5.2 64.7 80 255 16 47 01 16 48 20 J0559+2353 11 16 55 20.9 286.0 5.3 64.2 -6 255 No stop 16 49 40 =0556+238 11 18 15 20.6 286.2 5.3 64.1 74 261 16 48 21 16 49 40 J0557+2413 11 18 15 20.3 286.8 5.3 64.0 -4 261 No stop 16 51 00 =0554+242 11 19 36 20.0 286.9 5.4 64.0 76 266 16 49 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 11 19 56 21.6 286.4 5.2 64.5 13 266 16 51 20 16 52 40 =0601+245 11 21 16 21.4 286.5 5.3 64.5 80 271 16 51 21 16 52 40 J0559+2353 11 21 16 20.0 286.5 5.3 63.9 -6 271 No stop 16 54 00 =0556+238 11 22 36 19.7 286.6 5.4 63.8 74 276 16 52 41 16 54 00 J0557+2413 11 22 36 19.4 287.2 5.4 63.8 -4 276 No stop 16 55 20 =0554+242 11 23 56 19.1 287.4 5.4 63.7 76 281 16 54 01 16 55 40 J0604+2429 11 24 16 20.7 286.8 5.3 64.3 13 281 16 55 40 16 57 00 =0601+245 11 25 37 20.5 287.0 5.3 64.2 80 286 16 55 41 16 57 00 J0559+2353 11 25 37 19.1 287.0 5.4 63.6 -6 286 No stop 16 58 20 =0556+238 11 26 57 18.8 287.1 5.4 63.5 74 292 16 57 01 16 58 20 J0557+2413 11 26 57 18.5 287.7 5.5 63.5 -4 292 No stop 16 59 40 =0554+242 11 28 17 18.2 287.8 5.5 63.4 76 297 16 58 21 17 00 00 J0604+2429 11 28 37 19.9 287.3 5.4 64.0 13 297 17 00 00 17 01 20 =0601+245 11 29 57 19.6 287.4 5.4 63.9 80 302 17 00 01 17 01 20 J0559+2353 11 29 57 18.2 287.4 5.5 63.3 -6 302 No stop 17 02 40 =0556+238 11 31 17 17.9 287.6 5.5 63.2 74 307 17 01 21 17 02 40 J0557+2413 11 31 17 17.6 288.2 5.6 63.2 -4 307 No stop 17 04 00 =0554+242 11 32 38 17.3 288.3 5.6 63.1 76 312 17 02 41 17 04 20 J0604+2429 11 32 58 19.0 287.7 5.5 63.7 13 312 17 04 20 17 05 40 =0601+245 11 34 18 18.7 287.9 5.5 63.6 80 317 17 04 21 17 05 40 J0559+2353 11 34 18 17.3 287.9 5.6 63.0 -6 317 No stop 17 07 00 =0556+238 11 35 38 17.1 288.0 5.6 62.9 74 323 17 05 41 17 07 00 J0557+2413 11 35 38 16.7 288.6 5.6 62.9 -4 323 No stop 17 08 20 =0554+242 11 36 58 16.4 288.8 5.7 62.8 76 328 17 07 01 17 08 40 J0604+2429 11 37 18 18.1 288.2 5.5 63.4 13 328 17 08 40 17 10 00 =0601+245 11 38 39 17.8 288.3 5.5 63.3 80 333 17 08 41 17 10 00 J0559+2353 11 38 39 16.4 288.4 5.6 62.7 -6 333 No stop 17 11 20 =0556+238 11 39 59 16.2 288.5 5.7 62.6 74 338 17 10 01 17 11 20 J0557+2413 11 39 59 15.8 289.1 5.7 62.5 -4 338 No stop 17 12 40 =0554+242 11 41 19 15.6 289.2 5.7 62.4 76 343 17 11 21 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 11 41 39 17.2 288.7 5.6 63.1 13 343 17 13 00 17 14 20 =0601+245 11 42 59 16.9 288.8 5.6 63.0 80 348 17 13 01 17 14 20 J0559+2353 11 42 59 15.6 288.8 5.7 62.4 -6 348 No stop 17 15 40 =0556+238 11 44 20 15.3 289.0 5.7 62.3 74 354 17 14 21 17 15 40 J0557+2413 11 44 20 15.0 289.6 5.8 62.2 -4 354 No stop 17 17 00 =0554+242 11 45 40 14.7 289.7 5.8 62.1 76 359 17 15 41 17 17 20 J0604+2429 11 46 00 16.3 289.1 5.7 62.7 13 359 17 17 20 17 18 40 =0601+245 11 47 20 16.1 289.3 5.7 62.6 80 364 17 17 21 17 18 40 J0559+2353 11 47 20 14.7 289.3 5.8 62.1 -6 364 No stop 17 20 00 =0556+238 11 48 40 14.4 289.5 5.8 62.0 74 369 17 18 41 17 20 00 J0557+2413 11 48 40 14.1 290.1 5.8 61.9 -4 369 No stop 17 21 20 =0554+242 11 50 01 13.8 290.2 5.9 61.8 76 374 17 20 01 17 21 40 J0604+2429 11 50 21 15.4 289.6 5.7 62.4 13 374 17 21 40 17 23 00 =0601+245 11 51 41 15.2 289.8 5.8 62.3 80 379 17 21 41 17 23 00 J0559+2353 11 51 41 13.8 289.8 5.9 61.8 -6 379 No stop 17 24 20 =0556+238 11 53 01 13.5 290.0 5.9 61.7 74 384 17 23 01 17 24 20 J0557+2413 11 53 01 13.2 290.5 5.9 61.6 -4 384 No stop 17 25 40 =0554+242 11 54 21 12.9 290.7 5.9 61.5 76 390 17 24 21 17 26 00 J0604+2429 11 54 41 14.6 290.1 5.8 62.1 13 390 17 26 00 17 27 20 =0601+245 11 56 02 14.3 290.2 5.8 62.0 80 395 17 26 01 17 27 20 J0559+2353 11 56 02 12.9 290.3 5.9 61.5 -6 395 No stop 17 28 40 =0556+238 11 57 22 12.7 290.4 6.0 61.4 74 400 17 27 21 17 28 40 J0557+2413 11 57 22 12.3 291.0 6.0 61.2 -4 400 No stop 17 30 00 =0554+242 11 58 42 12.1 291.2 6.0 61.1 76 405 17 28 41 17 30 20 J0604+2429 11 59 02 13.7 290.6 5.9 61.8 13 405 17 30 20 17 31 40 =0601+245 12 00 22 13.4 290.7 5.9 61.7 80 410 17 30 21 17 31 40 J0559+2353 12 00 22 12.1 290.8 6.0 61.1 -6 410 No stop 17 33 00 =0556+238 12 01 42 11.8 290.9 6.0 61.0 74 415 17 31 41 17 33 00 J0557+2413 12 01 42 11.5 291.5 6.1 60.9 -4 415 No stop 17 34 20 =0554+242 12 03 03 11.2 291.7 6.1 60.8 76 421 17 33 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 12 03 23 12.8 291.1 6.0 61.4 13 421 17 34 40 17 36 00 =0601+245 12 04 43 12.6 291.2 6.0 61.3 80 426 17 34 41 17 36 00 J0559+2353 12 04 43 11.2 291.3 6.1 60.8 -6 426 No stop 17 37 20 =0556+238 12 06 03 10.9 291.4 6.1 60.7 74 431 17 36 01 17 37 20 J0557+2413 12 06 03 10.6 292.0 6.1 60.5 -4 431 No stop 17 38 40 =0554+242 12 07 23 10.3 292.2 6.2 60.4 76 436 17 37 21 17 39 00 J0604+2429 12 07 43 12.0 291.5 6.0 61.1 13 436 17 39 00 17 40 20 =0601+245 12 09 04 11.7 291.7 6.1 61.0 80 441 17 39 01 17 40 20 J0559+2353 12 09 04 10.3 291.8 6.1 60.4 -6 441 No stop 17 41 40 =0556+238 12 10 24 10.1 291.9 6.2 60.3 74 446 17 40 21 17 41 40 J0557+2413 12 10 24 9.7 292.5 6.2 60.2 -4 446 No stop 17 43 00 =0554+242 12 11 44 9.5 292.7 6.2 60.1 76 452 17 41 41 17 43 20 J0604+2429 12 12 04 11.1 292.0 6.1 60.7 13 452 17 43 20 17 44 40 =0601+245 12 13 24 10.8 292.2 6.1 60.6 80 457 17 43 21 17 44 40 J0559+2353 12 13 24 9.5 292.3 6.2 60.1 -6 457 No stop 17 46 00 =0556+238 12 14 45 9.2 292.4 6.2 60.0 74 462 17 44 41 17 46 00 J0557+2413 12 14 45 8.9 293.0 6.3 59.8 -4 462 No stop 17 47 20 =0554+242 12 16 05 8.6 293.2 6.3 59.7 76 467 17 46 01 17 47 40 J0604+2429 12 16 25 10.2 292.5 6.2 60.4 13 467 17 47 40 17 49 00 =0601+245 12 17 45 10.0 292.7 6.2 60.3 80 472 17 47 41 17 49 00 J0559+2353 12 17 45 8.6 292.8 6.3 59.7 -6 472 No stop 17 50 20 =0556+238 12 19 05 8.3 292.9 6.3 59.6 74 477 17 49 01 17 50 20 J0557+2413 12 19 05 8.0 293.5 6.4 59.4 -4 477 No stop 17 51 40 =0554+242 12 20 26 7.8 293.7 6.4 59.3 76 483 17 50 21 17 52 00 J0604+2429 12 20 46 9.4 293.0 6.3 60.0 13 483 17 52 00 17 53 20 =0601+245 12 22 06 9.1 293.2 6.3 59.9 80 488 17 52 01 17 53 20 J0559+2353 12 22 06 7.8 293.3 6.4 59.3 -6 488 No stop 17 54 40 =0556+238 12 23 26 7.5 293.4 6.4 59.2 74 493 17 53 21 17 54 40 J0557+2413 12 23 26 7.2 294.0 6.4 59.1 -4 493 No stop 17 56 00 =0554+242 12 24 46 6.9 294.2 6.4 58.9 76 498 17 54 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 12 25 06 8.5 293.5 6.3 59.6 13 498 17 56 20 17 57 40 =0601+245 12 26 27 8.3 293.7 6.3 59.5 80 503 17 56 21 17 57 40 J0559+2353 12 26 27 6.9 293.8 6.4 59.0 -6 503 No stop 17 59 00 =0556+238 12 27 47 6.6 294.0 6.5 58.9 74 508 17 57 41 17 59 00 J0557+2413 12 27 47 6.3 294.5 6.5 58.7 -4 508 No stop 18 00 20 =0554+242 12 29 07 6.1 294.7 6.5 58.6 76 514 17 59 01 18 00 40 J0604+2429 12 29 27 7.7 294.0 6.4 59.2 13 514 18 00 40 18 02 00 =0601+245 12 30 47 7.4 294.2 6.4 59.1 80 519 18 00 41 18 05 00 DA193 12 33 48 12.9 309.0 6.6 60.1 162 519 18 05 00 18 17 00 --- 12 45 50 11.0 310.2 6.8 58.4 720 565 18 05 01 18 18 00 DA193 12 46 50 10.8 310.3 6.8 58.3 58 565 18 18 00 18 30 00 --- 12 58 52 8.8 311.5 7.0 56.6 720 612 18 18 01 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: shsx From An Tao 18May2006 Setup group: 4 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 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= L L L L L L L L IF = A A A A A A A A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 8339.49 8371.49 8403.49 8435.49 8467.49 8499.49 8531.49 8563.49 BBC fr= 760.51 728.51 696.51 664.51 632.51 600.51 568.51 536.51 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 Matching frequency sets: 5 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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