COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: FT013 Schedule Version: 2.00 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: 7mm (Q-band) ftp fringe test for session 1/2017 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 7mm Q band test on 15 Feb 2017 involving 4 antennas: Ys, On, Ef, Mh Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 09:18:00 - SCrB (Maser) 09:48:00 - SCrB (Maser) 10:18:00 - 3C345 10:48:00 - 3C345 11:18:00 - 3C345 11:48:00 - 3C345 12:18:00 - 3C345 12:48:00 - 3C345 Clear skies! Benito. Skype account: jive.support.scientist 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 15 Feb 2017 Day 46 --- Next scan frequencies: 43103.18 43103.18 43103.18 43103.18 43135.19 43135.19 43135.19 43135.19 Next BBC frequencies: 766.82 766.82 766.82 766.82 734.81 734.81 734.81 734.81 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 09 15 00 SCRB 19 24 49 41.8 270.6 4.0 48.1 0 0 09 15 00 09 20 00 --- 19 29 50 41.0 271.5 4.1 48.1 300 19 09 15 01 09 30 00 SCRB 19 39 52 39.4 273.4 4.3 48.0 587 19 09 30 00 09 35 00 --- 19 44 53 38.7 274.3 4.4 47.9 300 39 09 30 01 09 45 00 SCRB 19 54 54 37.1 276.1 4.5 47.7 588 39 09 45 00 09 50 00 --- 19 59 55 36.3 277.0 4.6 47.6 300 58 09 45 01 10 00 00 3C345 20 09 57 52.9 273.6 3.4 55.6 507 58 10 00 00 10 05 00 --- 20 14 58 52.1 274.5 3.5 55.6 300 77 10 00 01 10 15 00 3C345 20 24 59 50.5 276.3 3.7 55.3 588 77 10 15 00 10 20 00 --- 20 30 00 49.7 277.1 3.8 55.2 300 97 10 15 01 10 30 00 3C345 20 40 02 48.1 278.8 3.9 54.8 588 97 10 30 00 10 35 00 --- 20 45 02 47.3 279.6 4.0 54.6 300 116 10 30 01 10 45 00 3C345 20 55 04 45.8 281.3 4.2 54.2 588 116 10 45 00 10 50 00 --- 21 00 05 45.0 282.1 4.3 54.0 300 135 10 45 01 11 00 00 3C345 21 10 07 43.4 283.7 4.4 53.5 588 135 11 00 00 11 05 00 --- 21 15 07 42.7 284.5 4.5 53.2 300 155 11 00 01 11 15 00 3C345 21 25 09 41.1 286.0 4.7 52.7 588 155 11 15 00 11 20 00 --- 21 30 10 40.4 286.8 4.8 52.4 300 174 11 15 01 11 30 00 3C345 21 40 12 38.8 288.3 4.9 51.7 588 174 11 30 00 11 35 00 --- 21 45 12 38.1 289.1 5.0 51.4 300 193 11 30 01 11 45 00 3C345 21 55 14 36.6 290.6 5.2 50.7 588 193 11 45 00 11 50 00 --- 22 00 15 35.8 291.4 5.3 50.4 300 213 11 45 01 12 00 00 3C345 22 10 16 34.4 292.9 5.4 49.7 588 213 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 22 15 17 33.6 293.6 5.5 49.3 300 232 12 00 01 12 15 00 3C345 22 25 19 32.2 295.1 5.7 48.5 588 232 12 15 00 12 20 00 --- 22 30 20 31.5 295.9 5.8 48.1 300 251 12 15 01 12 30 00 3C345 22 40 21 30.0 297.4 5.9 47.3 588 251 12 30 00 12 35 00 --- 22 45 22 29.3 298.2 6.0 46.8 300 271 12 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 15 Feb 2017 Day 46 --- 12 45 00 3C345 22 55 24 27.9 299.7 6.2 45.9 588 271 12 45 00 12 50 00 --- 23 00 25 27.3 300.4 6.3 45.5 300 290 12 45 01 12 55 00 3C345 23 05 25 26.6 301.2 6.4 45.0 289 290 12 55 00 13 00 00 --- 23 10 26 25.9 302.0 6.4 44.6 300 309 12 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess117.Q512tst Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef7mm 7mm secondary focus: only LSB, no USB available ****** 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: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used with PCAL = 1MHz **** Warning Only 64.00 MHz of 128.00 MHz in scheduled channels is within IFs. LO sum= 43103.18 43103.18 43103.18 43103.18 43135.19 43135.19 43135.19 43135.19 BBC fr= 766.82 766.82 766.82 766.82 734.81 734.81 734.81 734.81 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * SCRB 15 19 21.530495 * 15 21 23.960000 15 22 05.442593 0.00 31 32 45.32397 * 31 22 02.60000 31 18 15.83645 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on LSR frame and radio definition. Velocities: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 * 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 32.561432 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 46 35.40894 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 observations. Doppler based on other sources. 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 SCRB sess117.Q512tst 1 2 3 4 0.250 1.500 3C345 sess117.Q512tst 1 2 3 4 1.083 6.500 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) SCRB 103.8 3C345 89.2 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