COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16M1 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 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: 5cm NME and 3 ftp fringe test for session 1/2016 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE v.3 includes parallel-testing Ys/Yd (fila10G+vdif) COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 25 February 2016 involving 10 antennas: Ef Wb1 Jb2 Mc Nt O8 Tr Ys Hh Sr. The NME uses a standard setup with 128 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators like 0234+285 for ftp-fringe tests; Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:09:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, 0234+285) 13:01:58 (scan 7, 2 sec, 0234+285) 13:53:58 (scan 12, 2 sec, 0234+285) 13:58:58 (scan 18, 2 sec, 0234+285) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 25 Feb 2016 Day 56 --- Next scan frequencies: 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 Next BBC frequencies: 151.49 151.49 151.49 151.49 155.49 155.49 155.49 155.49 159.49 159.49 159.49 159.49 163.49 163.49 163.49 163.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 0234+285 00 09 55 24.6 35.6 -2.5 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 00 14 56 25.3 34.7 -2.4 0.0 300 5 12 00 01 12 06 00 0234+285 00 15 56 25.4 34.5 -2.4 0.0 39 5 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 00 20 57 26.0 33.5 -2.3 0.0 300 10 12 06 01 12 14 00 0234+285 00 23 57 26.4 32.9 -2.2 0.0 159 10 12 14 00 12 24 00 --- 00 33 59 27.6 30.8 -2.1 0.0 600 19 12 14 01 12 25 00 0234+285 00 34 59 27.7 30.6 -2.1 0.0 39 19 12 25 00 12 35 00 --- 00 45 01 28.8 28.4 -1.9 0.0 600 29 12 25 01 12 36 00 0234+285 00 46 01 28.9 28.2 -1.9 0.0 39 29 12 36 00 12 46 00 --- 00 56 03 29.9 26.0 -1.7 0.0 600 38 12 36 01 12 47 00 0234+285 00 57 03 30.0 25.8 -1.7 0.0 39 38 12 47 00 12 57 00 --- 01 07 05 31.0 23.5 -1.5 0.0 600 48 12 47 01 12 58 00 0234+285 01 08 05 31.1 23.2 -1.5 0.0 39 48 12 58 00 13 03 00 --- 01 13 06 31.5 22.0 -1.4 0.0 300 53 12 58 01 13 06 00 0234+285 01 16 06 31.8 21.3 -1.4 0.0 159 53 13 06 00 13 16 00 --- 01 26 08 32.5 18.9 -1.2 0.0 600 62 13 06 01 13 17 00 0234+285 01 27 08 32.6 18.7 -1.2 0.0 39 62 13 17 00 13 27 00 --- 01 37 09 33.3 16.2 -1.0 0.0 600 72 13 17 01 13 28 00 0234+285 01 38 10 33.3 15.9 -1.0 0.0 39 72 13 28 00 13 38 00 --- 01 48 11 33.9 13.4 -0.8 0.0 600 82 13 28 01 13 39 00 0234+285 01 49 11 34.0 13.1 -0.8 0.0 39 82 13 39 00 13 49 00 --- 01 59 13 34.4 10.5 -0.7 0.0 600 91 13 39 01 13 50 00 0234+285 02 00 13 34.5 10.3 -0.6 0.0 39 91 13 50 00 13 55 00 --- 02 05 14 34.6 8.9 -0.6 0.0 300 96 13 50 01 13 58 00 0234+285 02 08 15 34.7 8.2 -0.5 0.0 159 96 13 58 00 14 08 00 --- 02 18 16 35.0 5.5 -0.3 0.0 600 106 13 58 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 25 Feb 2016 Day 56 --- 14 09 00 0234+285 02 19 16 35.0 5.2 -0.3 0.0 39 106 14 09 00 14 19 00 --- 02 29 18 35.2 2.6 -0.2 0.0 600 115 14 09 01 14 20 00 0234+285 02 30 18 35.2 2.3 -0.1 0.0 39 115 14 20 00 14 30 00 --- 02 40 20 35.2 359.6 0.0 0.0 600 125 14 20 01 14 31 00 0234+285 02 41 20 35.2 359.3 0.0 0.0 39 125 14 31 00 14 41 00 --- 02 51 22 35.2 356.6 0.2 0.0 600 135 14 31 01 14 42 00 0234+285 02 52 22 35.1 356.4 0.2 0.0 39 135 14 42 00 14 52 00 --- 03 02 23 34.9 353.7 0.4 0.0 600 144 14 42 01 14 53 00 0234+285 03 03 24 34.9 353.4 0.4 0.0 39 144 14 53 00 15 00 00 --- 03 10 25 34.7 351.6 0.5 0.0 420 151 14 53 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess116.M128nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh5cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 16.00 of 32.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 Station: HART Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 6510.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 BBC fr= 151.49 151.49 151.49 151.49 155.49 155.49 155.49 155.49 159.49 159.49 159.49 159.49 163.49 163.49 163.49 163.49 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 49.205990 0.00 J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 14.42404 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 54650 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 0234+285 sess116.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.617 172.700 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) 0234+285 70.4 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