COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16C1 Schedule Version: 4.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2016 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE v.4 includes parallel-testing Ys/Yd (fila10G+vdif) COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 18 February 2016 involving 14 antennas: Jb2 Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On8 Sh T6 Ur Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C84 and J0418+3801 for ftp-fringe tests; Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:09:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C84) 13:04:58 (scan 8, 2 sec, 3C84) 13:59:58 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0418+3801) 14:44:58 (scan 19, 2 sec, J0418+3801) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Benito Skype account: benito.blackhawk Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 18 Feb 2016 Day 49 --- 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: 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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 12 00 00 3C84 22 19 07 39.2 69.1 -5.0 -52.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 22 24 08 39.9 69.8 -4.9 -52.9 300 19 12 00 01 12 07 00 3C84 22 26 08 40.2 70.1 -4.9 -53.0 109 19 12 07 00 12 12 00 --- 22 31 09 41.0 70.9 -4.8 -53.4 300 39 12 07 01 12 15 00 3C84 22 34 09 41.4 71.3 -4.8 -53.6 169 39 12 15 00 12 25 00 --- 22 44 11 42.9 72.8 -4.6 -54.3 600 77 12 15 01 12 26 00 3C84 22 45 11 43.1 72.9 -4.6 -54.3 49 77 12 26 00 12 35 00 --- 22 54 13 44.5 74.3 -4.4 -54.9 540 112 12 26 01 12 36 00 3C84 22 55 13 44.6 74.5 -4.4 -55.0 49 112 12 36 00 12 45 00 --- 23 04 14 46.0 75.8 -4.3 -55.5 540 147 12 36 01 12 46 00 3C84 23 05 14 46.2 76.0 -4.3 -55.5 49 147 12 46 00 12 55 00 --- 23 14 16 47.6 77.4 -4.1 -56.0 540 182 12 46 01 12 55 00 3C84 23 14 16 47.6 77.4 -4.1 -56.0 -9 182 No stop 13 00 00 --- 23 19 17 48.3 78.1 -4.0 -56.3 291 201 12 55 01 13 02 00 3C84 23 21 17 48.7 78.5 -4.0 -56.4 109 201 13 02 00 13 07 00 --- 23 26 18 49.4 79.2 -3.9 -56.6 300 220 13 02 01 13 10 00 3C84 23 29 18 49.9 79.7 -3.9 -56.7 169 220 13 10 00 13 20 00 --- 23 39 20 51.5 81.3 -3.7 -57.1 600 259 13 10 01 13 21 00 J0418+3801 23 40 20 40.5 76.2 -4.7 -51.6 -6 259 13 21 00 13 30 00 =0415+379 23 49 22 41.9 77.6 -4.5 -52.1 534 294 13 21 01 13 31 00 J0418+3801 23 50 22 42.0 77.8 -4.5 -52.1 49 294 13 31 00 13 40 00 =0415+379 23 59 23 43.4 79.3 -4.3 -52.5 540 328 13 31 01 13 41 00 J0418+3801 00 00 23 43.6 79.4 -4.3 -52.5 49 328 13 41 00 13 50 00 =0415+379 00 09 25 45.0 80.9 -4.2 -52.9 540 363 13 41 01 13 50 00 J0418+3801 00 09 25 45.0 80.9 -4.2 -52.9 -9 363 No stop 13 55 00 =0415+379 00 14 26 45.8 81.8 -4.1 -53.1 291 383 13 50 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 18 Feb 2016 Day 49 --- 13 57 00 J0418+3801 00 16 26 46.1 82.1 -4.1 -53.1 109 383 13 57 00 14 02 00 =0415+379 00 21 27 46.9 83.0 -4.0 -53.3 300 402 13 57 01 14 05 00 J0418+3801 00 24 27 47.4 83.5 -3.9 -53.3 169 402 14 05 00 14 15 00 =0415+379 00 34 29 48.9 85.3 -3.7 -53.6 600 441 14 05 01 14 16 00 J0418+3801 00 35 29 49.1 85.4 -3.7 -53.6 49 441 14 16 00 14 25 00 =0415+379 00 44 31 50.5 87.1 -3.6 -53.7 540 475 14 16 01 14 26 00 J0418+3801 00 45 31 50.7 87.3 -3.6 -53.8 49 475 14 26 00 14 35 00 =0415+379 00 54 32 52.1 88.9 -3.4 -53.8 540 510 14 26 01 14 35 00 J0418+3801 00 54 32 52.1 88.9 -3.4 -53.8 -9 510 No stop 14 40 00 =0415+379 00 59 33 52.9 89.9 -3.3 -53.9 291 529 14 35 01 14 41 00 J0418+3801 01 00 33 53.1 90.1 -3.3 -53.9 49 529 14 41 00 14 46 00 =0415+379 01 05 34 53.9 91.1 -3.2 -53.8 300 549 14 41 01 14 49 00 J0418+3801 01 08 35 54.4 91.7 -3.2 -53.8 168 549 14 49 00 14 54 00 =0415+379 01 13 35 55.2 92.7 -3.1 -53.8 300 568 14 49 01 14 55 00 J0418+3801 01 14 36 55.3 92.9 -3.1 -53.8 49 568 14 55 00 15 00 00 =0415+379 01 19 36 56.1 93.9 -3.0 -53.7 300 587 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess116.C512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 6 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C84 03 16 29.567263 * 03 19 48.160094 03 20 52.502635 1.30 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 10.00953 2.69 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 10208 observations. 0415+379 04 15 00.610255 * 04 18 21.277228 04 19 26.513391 0.07 * J0418+3801 37 54 19.28067 * 38 01 35.80014 38 03 51.88633 0.07 3C111 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0418+38 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 151 observations. SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 3C84 sess116.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.117 133.736 J0418+3801 sess116.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.417 168.194 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) 3C84 89.5 J0418+3801 99.8 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