COVER INFORMATION Station: TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 TORUN (Code Tr ) 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: 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 Next BBC frequencies: 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 13 00 00 J0319+4130 00 48 25 62.1 98.9 -2.5 -52.5 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 58 26 63.6 101.4 -2.4 -51.9 600 38 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 01 00 27 63.9 101.9 -2.3 -51.8 113 38 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 01 05 28 64.6 103.3 -2.3 -51.4 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 01 06 28 64.8 103.5 -2.2 -51.3 54 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 01 13 29 65.8 105.5 -2.1 -50.7 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 01 14 29 66.0 105.8 -2.1 -50.6 54 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 01 21 30 67.0 107.9 -2.0 -49.8 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 01 22 30 67.1 108.2 -2.0 -49.7 54 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 01 29 32 68.1 110.5 -1.9 -48.8 420 138 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 01 31 32 68.4 111.1 -1.8 -48.5 113 138 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 01 35 33 68.9 112.5 -1.8 -47.9 240 154 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 01 38 33 69.4 113.6 -1.7 -47.4 173 154 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 01 48 35 70.7 117.4 -1.5 -45.5 600 192 13 50 01 14 01 00 J0237+2848 01 49 35 64.1 154.6 -0.8 -17.1 -30 192 14 01 00 14 10 00 =0234+285 01 58 36 64.7 159.0 -0.7 -14.2 510 227 14 01 01 14 12 00 J0237+2848 02 00 37 64.8 160.0 -0.6 -13.5 113 227 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 02 05 37 65.0 162.6 -0.6 -11.9 300 246 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 02 06 38 65.1 163.1 -0.5 -11.5 53 246 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 02 13 39 65.3 166.7 -0.4 -9.1 420 273 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 02 14 39 65.4 167.2 -0.4 -8.7 53 273 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 02 21 40 65.6 170.9 -0.3 -6.3 420 300 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 02 22 40 65.6 171.4 -0.3 -5.9 53 300 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 02 29 41 65.7 175.1 -0.2 -3.4 420 327 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 02 31 42 65.7 176.2 -0.1 -2.6 112 327 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 02 35 42 65.8 178.3 -0.1 -1.2 240 342 14 43 01 14 50 00 J0237+2848 02 38 43 65.8 179.9 -0.0 -0.1 172 342 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 02 48 45 65.7 185.3 0.2 3.6 600 381 14 50 01 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 01 00 J0319+4130 02 49 45 77.3 152.4 -0.5 -21.8 -20 381 15 01 00 15 10 00 =3C84 02 58 46 77.9 159.9 -0.4 -16.0 520 415 15 01 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 03 00 47 78.0 161.6 -0.3 -14.7 111 415 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 03 05 47 78.2 166.0 -0.3 -11.2 300 435 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 03 06 47 78.2 166.9 -0.2 -10.5 52 435 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 03 13 49 78.4 173.4 -0.1 -5.3 420 462 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 03 14 49 78.4 174.3 -0.1 -4.6 52 462 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 03 21 50 78.5 180.8 0.0 0.7 420 488 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 03 22 50 78.5 181.8 0.0 1.4 52 488 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 03 29 51 78.4 188.3 0.1 6.7 420 515 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 03 31 52 78.3 190.2 0.2 8.1 111 515 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 03 35 52 78.2 193.8 0.2 11.0 240 531 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 03 38 53 78.1 196.5 0.3 13.2 171 531 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 03 48 54 77.6 205.0 0.5 19.8 600 569 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 --- 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: 16 Station: TORUN Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 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 IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 3 7 3 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 BBC fr= 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 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