COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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: 397.49 397.49 397.49 397.49 401.49 401.49 401.49 401.49 405.49 405.49 405.49 405.49 409.49 409.49 409.49 409.49 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 55 38 54.2 87.3 -3.4 0.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 05 39 55.7 89.3 -3.3 0.0 600 10 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 00 07 40 56.0 89.6 -3.2 0.0 109 10 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 00 12 40 56.8 90.7 -3.1 0.0 300 14 13 12 01 13 20 00 J0319+4130 00 15 41 57.2 91.3 -3.1 0.0 169 14 13 20 00 13 32 00 =3C84 00 27 43 59.0 93.8 -2.9 0.0 720 26 13 20 01 13 35 00 J0319+4130 00 30 43 59.5 94.4 -2.8 0.0 169 26 13 35 00 13 47 00 =3C84 00 42 45 61.3 97.2 -2.6 0.0 720 37 13 35 01 13 50 00 J0237+2848 00 45 46 58.2 128.0 -1.9 0.0 125 37 13 50 00 14 02 00 =0234+285 00 57 48 59.6 132.3 -1.7 0.0 720 49 13 50 01 14 05 00 J0237+2848 01 00 48 60.0 133.4 -1.6 0.0 169 49 14 05 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 01 12 50 61.2 138.1 -1.4 0.0 720 61 14 05 01 14 20 00 J0237+2848 01 15 51 61.5 139.4 -1.4 0.0 169 61 14 20 00 14 32 00 =0234+285 01 27 53 62.6 144.5 -1.2 0.0 720 72 14 20 01 14 35 00 J0319+4130 01 30 53 68.3 110.5 -1.8 0.0 125 72 14 35 00 14 47 00 =3C84 01 42 55 70.0 114.7 -1.6 0.0 720 84 14 35 01 14 50 00 J0319+4130 01 45 56 70.4 115.8 -1.6 0.0 169 84 14 50 00 15 02 00 =3C84 01 57 58 72.0 120.8 -1.4 0.0 720 95 14 50 01 15 05 00 J0319+4130 02 00 58 72.4 122.1 -1.3 0.0 169 95 15 05 00 15 17 00 =3C84 02 13 00 73.9 128.0 -1.1 0.0 720 107 15 05 01 15 20 00 J0319+4130 02 16 01 74.3 129.5 -1.1 0.0 169 107 15 20 00 15 32 00 =3C84 02 28 03 75.6 136.5 -0.9 0.0 720 118 15 20 01 15 35 00 J0319+4130 02 31 03 75.9 138.5 -0.8 0.0 169 118 15 35 00 15 47 00 =3C84 02 43 05 77.0 146.8 -0.6 0.0 720 130 15 35 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 02 46 06 77.2 149.1 -0.6 0.0 169 130 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 02 56 07 77.9 157.2 -0.4 0.0 600 139 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 --- 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: 2 Station: WSTRBORK Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B 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= 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 6264.00 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 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 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= 397.49 397.49 397.49 397.49 401.49 401.49 401.49 401.49 405.49 405.49 405.49 405.49 409.49 409.49 409.49 409.49 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: 2 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 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