COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13C1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2013 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 25 February 2013 involving 15 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh Ir (Jm Od Nd Yd Hd). The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 0234+285 and DA193 as well as phase-referencing parts with a continuum source as target. The schedule also include an additional wb-test scans after the regular NME. The involved antennas are Wb, Tr, Ys, and On (Yd and Od). There will be a ftp-fringe test for each scan. Three ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~14:07:58 (scan 2, 2 sec,0234+285) ~15:03:56 (scan 15, 2 sec, DA193) ~15:57:58 (scan 27, 2 sec, DA193) Four ftp-fringe extra tests are schedules for (Wb, Tr, Ys, and On) first ftp (scan=28) starts 16:09:56 ends 16:10:00 second ftp (scan=29) starts 16:18:56 ends 16:19:00 third ftp (scan=30) starts 16:28:56 ends 16:29:00 fourth ftp (scan=31) starts 16:38:56 ends 16:39:00 Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Feb 2013 Day 56 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 14 00 00 0234+285 08 27 10 16.7 -65.9 5.8 63.2 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 08 31 11 15.9 -65.5 5.9 62.9 240 15 14 00 01 14 05 00 0234+285 08 32 11 15.7 -65.4 5.9 62.8 58 15 14 05 00 14 09 00 --- 08 36 12 14.9 -65.0 6.0 62.4 240 31 14 05 01 14 10 00 0234+285 08 37 12 14.7 -64.9 6.0 62.3 58 31 14 10 00 14 12 00 --- 08 39 12 14.3 -64.7 6.0 62.1 120 39 14 10 01 14 16 00 DA193 08 43 13 55.3 -63.7 2.8 91.3 167 39 14 16 00 14 19 00 --- 08 46 13 54.7 -63.8 2.8 90.8 180 50 14 16 01 14 19 00 0548+378 08 46 13 54.0 -67.0 2.9 87.6 -7 50 No stop 14 24 00 --- 08 51 14 53.1 -66.9 3.0 86.9 293 70 14 19 01 14 24 00 DA193 08 51 14 53.7 -63.8 2.9 90.0 -7 70 No stop 14 27 00 --- 08 54 15 53.2 -63.8 3.0 89.5 173 81 14 24 01 14 27 30 0548+378 08 54 45 52.4 -66.9 3.0 86.4 23 81 14 27 30 14 32 30 --- 08 59 46 51.4 -66.8 3.1 85.8 300 101 14 27 31 14 32 30 DA193 08 59 46 52.1 -63.7 3.1 88.6 -7 101 No stop 14 35 30 --- 09 02 46 51.5 -63.7 3.1 88.2 173 112 14 32 31 14 35 30 0548+378 09 02 46 50.8 -66.7 3.2 85.3 -7 112 No stop 14 40 30 --- 09 07 47 49.8 -66.6 3.2 84.7 293 132 14 35 31 14 41 00 DA193 09 08 17 50.5 -63.6 3.2 87.3 23 132 14 41 00 14 44 00 --- 09 11 17 49.9 -63.6 3.2 86.9 180 143 14 41 01 14 44 00 0548+378 09 11 17 49.1 -66.5 3.3 84.2 -7 143 No stop 14 49 00 --- 09 16 18 48.1 -66.3 3.4 83.6 293 163 14 44 01 14 50 00 DA193 09 17 18 48.7 -63.5 3.3 86.0 53 163 14 50 00 14 53 00 --- 09 20 19 48.2 -63.4 3.4 85.6 180 174 14 50 01 14 53 00 0548+378 09 20 19 47.3 -66.2 3.5 83.1 -7 174 No stop 14 58 00 --- 09 25 20 46.4 -66.0 3.5 82.4 293 194 14 53 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Feb 2013 Day 56 --- 14 59 00 DA193 09 26 20 47.0 -63.3 3.5 84.7 53 194 14 59 00 15 01 00 --- 09 28 20 46.6 -63.2 3.5 84.4 120 201 14 59 01 15 02 00 DA193 09 29 20 46.4 -63.2 3.5 84.3 58 201 15 02 00 15 06 00 --- 09 33 21 45.7 -63.1 3.6 83.7 240 217 15 02 01 15 07 00 DA193 09 34 21 45.5 -63.1 3.6 83.6 58 217 15 07 00 15 10 00 --- 09 37 22 44.9 -63.0 3.7 83.2 180 228 15 07 01 15 10 00 0548+378 09 37 22 44.0 -65.5 3.7 80.9 -7 228 No stop 15 15 00 --- 09 42 22 43.0 -65.3 3.8 80.3 293 248 15 10 01 15 15 30 DA193 09 42 53 43.8 -62.8 3.8 82.4 24 248 15 15 30 15 18 30 --- 09 45 53 43.3 -62.7 3.8 82.0 180 259 15 15 31 15 18 30 0548+378 09 45 53 42.4 -65.1 3.9 79.9 -6 259 No stop 15 23 30 --- 09 50 54 41.4 -64.9 4.0 79.3 294 279 15 18 31 15 24 00 DA193 09 51 24 42.2 -62.5 3.9 81.3 24 279 15 24 00 15 27 00 --- 09 54 24 41.7 -62.3 4.0 80.9 180 290 15 24 01 15 27 00 0548+378 09 54 24 40.7 -64.7 4.0 78.8 -6 290 No stop 15 32 00 --- 09 59 25 39.7 -64.4 4.1 78.2 294 310 15 27 01 15 32 00 DA193 09 59 25 40.7 -62.1 4.0 80.2 -6 310 No stop 15 35 00 --- 10 02 26 40.1 -62.0 4.1 79.8 174 321 15 32 01 15 36 00 0548+378 10 03 26 39.0 -64.2 4.2 77.7 54 321 15 36 00 15 41 00 --- 10 08 27 38.0 -63.9 4.3 77.1 300 341 15 36 01 15 41 00 DA193 10 08 27 39.0 -61.7 4.2 79.0 -6 341 No stop 15 44 00 --- 10 11 27 38.4 -61.6 4.2 78.6 174 352 15 41 01 15 44 00 0548+378 10 11 27 37.4 -63.8 4.3 76.8 -6 352 No stop 15 49 00 --- 10 16 28 36.5 -63.5 4.4 76.2 294 372 15 44 01 15 50 00 DA193 10 17 28 37.3 -61.3 4.4 77.9 54 372 15 50 00 15 55 00 --- 10 22 29 36.4 -61.0 4.4 77.2 300 391 15 50 01 15 56 00 DA193 10 23 29 36.2 -61.0 4.5 77.1 58 391 15 56 00 16 00 00 --- 10 27 30 35.4 -60.8 4.5 76.6 240 406 15 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess113.C512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 11 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring 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) J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 39.584037 0.11 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98998 28 51 35.13252 0.10 J0237+28 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 56811 observations 0.167 scan and 31.667 baseline hours in setup: sess113.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 J0552+3754 05 48 52.231755 * 05 52 17.936920 05 53 13.927785 0.13 * 0548+378 37 53 44.15048 * 37 54 25.28236 37 54 33.33372 0.11 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 889 observations 0.833 scan and 148.436 baseline hours in setup: sess113.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 27.822805 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 53.96926 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.750 scan and 132.141 baseline hours in setup: sess113.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 0.117 scan and 0.700 baseline hours in setup: sess113.C8usb Frequency sets (dups not shown): 21 22 23 24 0.350 scan and 2.100 baseline hours in setup: sess113.C4usb Frequency sets (dups not shown): 25 26 27 28 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) 0234+285 69.6 0548+378 110.7 DA193 111.2 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