COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17C1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Ross Burns Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2017 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 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 28th Feb 2017 involving antennas: Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrators J0319+4130 and J0237+2848 for ftp-fringe tests; The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 13:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0319+4130 (AKA 3C84)) 13:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 14:15:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:45:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 15:15:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 15:45:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, J0319+4130) Good luck with the session! Ross Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2017 Day 59 --- 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: 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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 13 00 00 J0319+4130 06 23 06 57.7 629.9 3.0 55.8 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 06 33 07 56.2 631.8 3.2 55.8 600 38 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 06 35 08 55.9 632.2 3.2 55.7 114 38 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 06 40 08 55.1 633.1 3.3 55.7 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 06 41 09 54.9 633.3 3.3 55.7 54 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 06 48 10 53.9 634.6 3.5 55.5 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 06 49 10 53.7 634.8 3.5 55.5 54 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 06 56 11 52.6 636.0 3.6 55.3 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 06 57 11 52.5 636.2 3.6 55.3 54 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 07 04 12 51.4 637.4 3.7 55.1 420 138 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 07 06 13 51.1 637.8 3.8 55.0 114 138 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 07 10 13 50.5 638.4 3.8 54.9 240 154 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 07 13 14 50.0 638.9 3.9 54.8 174 154 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 07 23 15 48.5 640.6 4.0 54.4 600 192 13 50 01 14 01 00 J0237+2848 07 24 16 33.5 635.4 4.8 44.7 15 192 14 01 00 14 10 00 =0234+285 07 33 17 32.2 637.1 4.9 44.5 540 227 14 01 01 14 12 00 J0237+2848 07 35 17 31.9 637.5 4.9 44.5 114 227 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 07 40 18 31.1 638.4 5.0 44.4 300 246 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 07 41 18 30.9 638.6 5.0 44.3 54 246 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 07 48 20 29.9 639.8 5.2 44.1 420 273 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 07 49 20 29.7 640.0 5.2 44.1 54 273 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 07 56 21 28.6 641.3 5.3 43.9 420 300 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 07 57 21 28.5 641.5 5.3 43.8 54 300 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 08 04 22 27.4 642.7 5.4 43.6 420 327 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 08 06 23 27.1 643.1 5.5 43.5 114 327 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 08 10 23 26.5 643.8 5.5 43.3 240 342 14 43 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2017 Day 59 --- 14 50 00 J0237+2848 08 13 24 26.1 644.3 5.6 43.2 174 342 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 08 23 25 24.6 646.1 5.7 42.8 600 381 14 50 01 15 01 00 J0319+4130 08 24 25 39.4 650.2 5.1 50.9 15 381 15 01 00 15 10 00 =3C84 08 33 27 38.1 651.6 5.2 50.3 540 415 15 01 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 08 35 27 37.8 651.9 5.2 50.1 114 415 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 08 40 28 37.1 652.7 5.3 49.8 300 435 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 08 41 28 36.9 652.8 5.3 49.7 54 435 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 08 48 29 35.9 653.9 5.5 49.1 420 462 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 08 49 30 35.8 654.0 5.5 49.1 54 462 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 08 56 31 34.8 655.1 5.6 48.5 420 488 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 08 57 31 34.6 655.2 5.6 48.4 54 488 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 09 04 32 33.7 656.3 5.7 47.9 420 515 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 09 06 32 33.4 656.6 5.8 47.7 114 515 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 09 10 33 32.8 657.2 5.8 47.4 240 531 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 09 13 34 32.4 657.6 5.9 47.1 174 531 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 09 23 35 31.1 659.2 6.0 46.2 600 569 15 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess117.C512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 4 Station: BADARY 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 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= 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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: 11 12 13 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 52.258213 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 28.35649 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 54650 observations. 3C84 03 16 29.567263 * 03 19 48.160094 03 20 55.734227 1.30 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 21.40159 2.69 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 10208 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 J0237+2848 sess117.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 0.817 92.080 J0319+4130 sess117.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 1.650 178.984 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) J0237+2848 66.7 J0319+4130 79.5 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