COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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: 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 13 00 00 J0319+4130 00 01 42 55.0 85.1 -3.3 -57.9 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 11 43 56.6 86.8 -3.2 -58.0 600 39 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 00 13 43 56.9 87.2 -3.1 -58.1 109 39 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 00 18 44 57.7 88.1 -3.0 -58.1 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 00 19 44 57.9 88.3 -3.0 -58.1 49 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 00 26 46 59.0 89.6 -2.9 -58.2 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 00 27 46 59.1 89.8 -2.9 -58.2 49 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 00 34 47 60.3 91.2 -2.8 -58.2 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 00 35 47 60.4 91.4 -2.8 -58.2 49 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 00 42 48 61.5 92.8 -2.6 -58.1 420 139 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 00 44 49 61.8 93.2 -2.6 -58.0 108 139 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 00 48 49 62.5 94.1 -2.5 -58.0 240 155 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 00 51 50 63.0 94.8 -2.5 -57.9 168 155 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 01 01 51 64.5 97.0 -2.3 -57.5 600 193 13 50 01 14 01 00 J0237+2848 01 02 52 61.8 131.1 -1.6 -33.2 -52 193 14 01 00 14 10 00 =0234+285 01 11 53 62.9 134.7 -1.4 -31.1 488 228 14 01 01 14 12 00 J0237+2848 01 13 53 63.1 135.5 -1.4 -30.6 107 228 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 01 18 54 63.6 137.6 -1.3 -29.3 300 247 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 01 19 54 63.7 138.1 -1.3 -29.0 47 247 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 01 26 55 64.5 141.2 -1.2 -27.1 420 274 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 01 27 56 64.6 141.6 -1.2 -26.8 47 274 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 01 34 57 65.2 144.9 -1.1 -24.7 420 301 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 01 35 57 65.3 145.4 -1.0 -24.4 47 301 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 01 42 58 65.9 148.8 -0.9 -22.1 420 328 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 01 44 58 66.1 149.8 -0.9 -21.4 106 328 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 01 48 59 66.4 151.8 -0.8 -20.0 240 344 14 43 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2017 Day 59 --- 14 50 00 J0237+2848 01 52 00 66.6 153.4 -0.8 -19.0 165 344 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 02 02 01 67.3 158.7 -0.6 -15.3 600 383 14 50 01 15 01 00 J0319+4130 02 03 01 73.9 116.2 -1.3 -49.7 -71 383 15 01 00 15 10 00 =3C84 02 12 03 75.1 120.4 -1.1 -47.2 469 417 15 01 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 02 14 03 75.4 121.4 -1.1 -46.5 106 417 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 02 19 04 76.1 124.0 -1.0 -44.8 300 437 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 02 20 04 76.2 124.6 -1.0 -44.4 47 437 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 02 27 05 77.1 128.7 -0.9 -41.5 420 464 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 02 28 06 77.2 129.4 -0.9 -41.1 46 464 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 02 35 07 78.1 134.1 -0.8 -37.6 420 491 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 02 36 07 78.2 134.9 -0.7 -37.0 46 491 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 02 43 08 78.9 140.3 -0.6 -32.9 420 518 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 02 45 08 79.1 141.9 -0.6 -31.6 104 518 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 02 49 09 79.5 145.4 -0.5 -28.8 240 533 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 02 52 09 79.8 148.2 -0.5 -26.6 163 533 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 03 02 11 80.5 158.3 -0.3 -18.3 600 572 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: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** Only 32.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 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 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: 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) 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