COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18M1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Katharina Immer Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: immer@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2018 (128 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 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 27th Feb 2017 involving antennas: Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Tr, Hh, Ir, Sr, Km, Cm, Da, Kn, Ta The NME uses a standard setup with 128 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 4, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 14:15:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:45:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 15:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 15:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0319+4130) Good luck with the session! Katharina 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 27 Feb 2018 Day 58 --- Next scan frequencies: 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 Next BBC frequencies: 761.49 761.49 761.49 761.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 769.49 769.49 769.49 769.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 13 00 00 J0319+4130 23 56 48 54.2 84.2 -3.4 -57.7 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 06 49 55.8 86.0 -3.2 -58.0 600 10 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 00 08 50 56.1 86.3 -3.2 -58.0 109 10 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 00 13 50 56.9 87.2 -3.1 -58.1 300 14 13 12 01 13 20 00 J0319+4130 00 16 51 57.4 87.8 -3.1 -58.1 168 14 13 20 00 13 32 00 =3C84 00 28 53 59.3 90.0 -2.9 -58.2 720 26 13 20 01 13 35 00 J0319+4130 00 31 53 59.8 90.6 -2.8 -58.2 168 26 13 35 00 13 47 00 =3C84 00 43 55 61.7 93.0 -2.6 -58.1 720 38 13 35 01 13 50 00 J0237+2848 00 46 56 59.8 125.2 -1.9 -36.4 74 38 13 50 00 14 02 00 =0234+285 00 58 58 61.3 129.6 -1.7 -34.0 720 49 13 50 01 14 05 00 J0237+2848 01 01 58 61.7 130.7 -1.6 -33.4 167 49 14 05 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 01 14 00 63.1 135.5 -1.4 -30.6 720 61 14 05 01 14 20 00 J0237+2848 01 17 01 63.4 136.8 -1.4 -29.8 166 61 14 20 00 14 32 00 =0234+285 01 29 03 64.7 142.1 -1.2 -26.5 720 72 14 20 01 14 35 00 J0319+4130 01 32 03 69.2 105.0 -1.8 -55.2 60 72 14 35 00 14 47 00 =3C84 01 44 05 71.1 108.8 -1.6 -53.5 720 84 14 35 01 14 50 00 J0319+4130 01 47 06 71.5 109.9 -1.6 -53.1 167 84 14 50 00 15 02 00 =3C84 01 59 08 73.3 114.5 -1.4 -50.7 720 96 14 50 01 15 05 00 J0319+4130 02 02 08 73.7 115.7 -1.3 -49.9 166 96 15 05 00 15 17 00 =3C84 02 14 10 75.4 121.4 -1.1 -46.5 720 107 15 05 01 15 20 00 J0319+4130 02 17 11 75.8 123.0 -1.1 -45.5 165 107 15 20 00 15 32 00 =3C84 02 29 13 77.4 130.1 -0.9 -40.6 720 119 15 20 01 15 35 00 J0319+4130 02 32 13 77.7 132.1 -0.8 -39.1 164 119 15 35 00 15 47 00 =3C84 02 44 15 79.0 141.1 -0.6 -32.2 720 130 15 35 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 02 47 16 79.3 143.7 -0.6 -30.2 163 130 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 02 57 17 80.2 153.1 -0.4 -22.6 600 140 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: sess118.M128nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef5cm3 5cm prime focus receiver. 500-1000 MHz IF. Setup group: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 128 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 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 = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 BBC fr= 761.49 761.49 761.49 761.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 769.49 769.49 769.49 769.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 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 55.463966 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 43.66182 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 59.331794 1.30 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 34.55387 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 sess118.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.600 81.600 J0319+4130 sess118.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 1.817 238.700 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 68.0 J0319+4130 80.7 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