COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: e-EVN: 2 Gbps test TE117 Exp. Code: TE117 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Arpad Szomoru Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.eu Fax: +31 521 596 539 Phone during observation: +31 521 596 530 Observing mode: realtime e-vlbi Notes: Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 2 e-EVN: 2 Gbps test TE117 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 3 Feb 2016 Day 34 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 730.49 730.49 730.49 730.49 794.49 794.49 794.49 794.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 00 00 0234+285 22 20 08 37.7 88.7 -4.3 -46.5 0 0 13 00 00 13 15 00 --- 22 35 11 40.0 91.6 -4.1 -46.5 900 232 13 00 01 13 15 40 0234+285 22 35 51 40.1 91.8 -4.0 -46.5 29 232 13 15 40 13 30 00 --- 22 50 13 42.4 94.6 -3.8 -46.4 860 453 13 15 41 13 30 40 0234+285 22 50 53 42.5 94.8 -3.8 -46.3 29 453 13 30 40 13 45 00 --- 23 05 16 44.8 97.8 -3.6 -46.0 860 675 13 30 41 13 45 40 0234+285 23 05 56 44.9 97.9 -3.5 -46.0 29 675 13 45 40 14 00 00 --- 23 20 18 47.2 101.1 -3.3 -45.4 860 897 13 45 41 14 00 40 0234+285 23 20 58 47.3 101.2 -3.3 -45.4 29 897 14 00 40 14 15 00 --- 23 35 21 49.5 104.6 -3.1 -44.6 860 1118 14 00 41 14 15 40 0234+285 23 36 01 49.6 104.8 -3.0 -44.6 29 1118 14 15 40 14 30 00 --- 23 50 23 51.8 108.3 -2.8 -43.6 860 1340 14 15 41 14 30 40 0234+285 23 51 03 51.9 108.5 -2.8 -43.5 29 1340 14 30 40 14 45 00 --- 00 05 26 54.0 112.3 -2.6 -42.2 860 1561 14 30 41 14 45 40 0234+285 00 06 06 54.1 112.5 -2.5 -42.1 29 1561 14 45 40 15 00 00 --- 00 20 28 56.2 116.7 -2.3 -40.5 860 1783 14 45 41 15 00 40 0234+285 00 21 08 56.3 116.9 -2.3 -40.4 28 1783 15 00 40 15 15 00 --- 00 35 31 58.3 121.4 -2.1 -38.3 860 2004 15 00 41 15 15 40 0234+285 00 36 11 58.4 121.6 -2.0 -38.2 28 2004 15 15 40 15 30 00 --- 00 50 33 60.3 126.5 -1.8 -35.7 860 2226 15 15 41 15 30 40 0234+285 00 51 13 60.4 126.7 -1.8 -35.6 28 2226 15 30 40 15 45 00 --- 01 05 35 62.1 132.2 -1.6 -32.6 860 2448 15 30 41 15 45 40 0234+285 01 06 16 62.2 132.4 -1.5 -32.4 28 2448 15 45 40 16 00 00 --- 01 20 38 63.8 138.4 -1.3 -28.8 860 2669 15 45 41 16 00 40 0234+285 01 21 18 63.9 138.7 -1.3 -28.6 28 2669 16 00 40 16 15 00 --- 01 35 40 65.3 145.3 -1.1 -24.4 860 2891 16 00 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 3 e-EVN: 2 Gbps test TE117 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 3 Feb 2016 Day 34 --- 16 15 40 0234+285 01 36 21 65.3 145.6 -1.0 -24.2 27 2891 16 15 40 16 30 00 --- 01 50 43 66.5 152.7 -0.8 -19.4 860 3112 16 15 41 16 30 40 0234+285 01 51 23 66.6 153.1 -0.8 -19.2 27 3112 16 30 40 16 45 00 --- 02 05 45 67.5 160.8 -0.6 -13.8 860 3334 16 30 41 16 45 40 0234+285 02 06 25 67.5 161.2 -0.5 -13.5 27 3334 16 45 40 17 00 00 --- 02 20 48 68.1 169.4 -0.3 -7.7 860 3555 16 45 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess116.C2048e Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** Only 128.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 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 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 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 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 730.49 730.49 730.49 730.49 794.49 794.49 794.49 794.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 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) * 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 49.603523 0.00 J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 16.00026 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.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3.833 80.500 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 92.1 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