COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 07 38 42 38.2 -59.2 4.3 79.6 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 07 48 44 36.4 -58.8 4.5 78.3 600 38 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 07 50 44 36.0 -58.7 4.5 78.0 118 38 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 07 55 45 35.1 -58.5 4.6 77.3 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 07 56 45 34.9 -58.4 4.6 77.2 58 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 08 03 46 33.7 -58.0 4.7 76.2 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 08 04 46 33.5 -58.0 4.7 76.1 58 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 08 11 48 32.2 -57.6 4.8 75.1 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 08 12 48 32.0 -57.5 4.9 75.0 58 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 08 19 49 30.8 -57.1 5.0 74.0 420 138 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 08 21 49 30.4 -57.0 5.0 73.7 118 138 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 08 25 50 29.7 -56.8 5.1 73.2 240 154 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 08 28 50 29.1 -56.6 5.1 72.8 178 154 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 08 38 52 27.4 -55.9 5.3 71.4 600 192 13 50 01 14 01 00 J0237+2848 08 39 52 14.2 -64.6 6.0 62.1 6 192 14 01 00 14 10 00 =0234+285 08 48 54 12.5 -63.7 6.2 61.2 540 227 14 01 01 14 12 00 J0237+2848 08 50 54 12.1 -63.4 6.2 61.0 118 227 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 08 55 55 11.2 -62.9 6.3 60.5 300 246 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 08 56 55 11.0 -62.8 6.3 60.4 58 246 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 09 03 56 9.6 -62.0 6.4 59.7 420 273 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 09 04 56 9.5 -61.9 6.4 59.6 58 273 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 09 11 57 8.1 -61.1 6.6 58.9 420 300 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 09 12 58 7.9 -61.0 6.6 58.8 58 300 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 09 19 59 6.6 -60.2 6.7 D 58.0 0 327 14 34 01 15 01 00 J0319+4130 09 40 02 16.8 -51.2 6.3 63.1 1146 327 15 01 00 15 10 00 =3C84 09 49 03 15.3 -50.3 6.5 61.8 540 362 15 01 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 --- 15 12 00 J0319+4130 09 51 04 15.0 -50.2 6.5 61.5 118 362 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 09 56 05 14.2 -49.7 6.6 60.8 300 381 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 09 57 05 14.0 -49.6 6.6 60.6 58 381 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 10 04 06 12.9 -48.9 6.7 59.6 420 408 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 10 05 06 12.7 -48.8 6.7 59.5 58 408 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 10 12 07 11.6 -48.1 6.9 58.5 420 435 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 10 13 07 11.4 -48.0 6.9 58.3 58 435 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 10 20 09 10.3 -47.3 7.0 57.3 420 462 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 10 22 09 10.0 -47.1 7.0 57.0 118 462 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 10 26 10 9.4 -46.7 7.1 56.4 240 477 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 10 29 10 8.9 -46.4 7.1 56.0 178 477 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 10 39 12 7.4 -45.3 7.3 54.4 600 515 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 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 14 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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: 7 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