SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: N20Q1 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20Q1 Start Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Dhanya G.Nair Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: nair@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 0.7 cm (Q-band) ftp fringe test for session 1/2020 (2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 x 64 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 0.7 cm Q-band fringe test on Feb 24 2020 involving 3 telescopes: Ef On60 Ys With 4 sec integration time The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 2048 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every 20 minutes throughout the experiment: 08:18:00 3C454.3 08:38:00 3C454.3 08:58:00 3C454.3 09:18:00 3C454.3 09:38:00 3C454.3 09:58:00 3C454.3 10:18:00 3C454.3 10:38:00 3C454.3 10:58:00 3C454.3 Clear skies! Dhanya G.Nair Skype account: jive.support.scientist Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): JIVE Correlator average time (2 sec): 1.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Output spectral channels per baseband (16): 16 Correlator FFT size (128): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 3 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): FTP Distribution format (FITS): FITS Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Dhanya G.Nair Correlator Notes: This band is OK DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: All scans Elapsed time for project (hours): 3.00 Total time in scheduled scans (hours): 2.41 Total time in recording scans (hours): 2.41 Total baseline hours (recording scans): 14.44 Projected max correlator output rate (kB/s): 24.6 Projected correlator output data size (MB): 213.0 NOTES: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The 'baseline hours' include the autocorrelations (for data size calculations). The correlator output data rate is for real-time processing. Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The recordings for a scan are assumed to start at the scan START minus PRESTART. Some stations (VLA, VLBA/MARK5C) wait for good data so the estimates may be high. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z Axis Offset EFLSBERG Ef 50.52483 -6.88361 417. 4033947.235 486990.794 4900431.002 0.014 ONSALA60 O6 57.39584 -11.92636 59. 3370605.780 711917.725 5349830.916 -0.008 YEBES40M Ys 40.52467 3.08686 989. 4848761.803 -261484.175 4123085.053 1.999 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 58903 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z EFLSBERG Ef -0.0144 0.0167 0.0106 56658 4033947.147 486990.897 4900431.067 ONSALA60 O6 -0.0144 0.0145 0.0105 56658 3370605.692 711917.814 5349830.980 YEBES40M Ys -0.0060 0.0189 0.0158 56658 4848761.766 -261484.059 4123085.150 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Ef O6 Ys Ef 0 832 1352 O6 832 0 2153 Ys 1352 2153 0 RECORDING SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION INFORMATION: List of scan-dependent controls seen for recording timing. MINPAUSE: 10. PRESTART: 0. DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR NBBC Tsys EFLSBERG MARK5C DBBC 16 CONT ONSALA60 MARK5C DBBC 16 GAP YEBES40M MARK5C DBBC 16 GAP EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 18 Number of scans scheduled: 18 Number of stations: 3 Number of sources input: 1 Number of setup files used: 1 STATION SCAN SUMMARIES: Station Control Scans Scan Record Record Gbytes Hours Hours Scans EFLSBERG VEX 18 2.41 2.41 18 2232. ONSALA60 VEX 18 2.41 2.41 18 2232. YEBES40M VEX 18 2.41 2.41 18 2232. Notes on the station scan summaries: "Record Scans" are periods of recording with no gap. The Mark5A disk systems have a limit of 1024 such scans. There are often multiple projects on a disk pack. If using MARK5A, try to keep above about 6 GB per record scan by using MINPAUSE and PRESTART to prevent short gaps. However, also try to prevent record scans of more than an hour to minimize risk to data from playback problems. MARK5C will have one observe scan per record scan and there is no limit to the number. SETUP FILES: ======== Setup file: sess120.Q2048globGA43A Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef7mm 7mm secondary focus: only LSB, no USB available ****** Only 256.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 BBC fr= 867.25 867.25 867.25 867.25 775.25 775.25 775.25 775.25 711.25 711.25 711.25 711.25 647.25 647.25 647.25 647.25 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess120.Q2048globGA43A --- 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: ONSALA60 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 BBC fr= 202.75 202.75 202.75 202.75 294.75 294.75 294.75 294.75 358.75 358.75 358.75 358.75 422.75 422.75 422.75 422.75 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 2 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess120.Q2048globGA43A --- 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: 3 Station: YEBES40M Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 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 = A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43002.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43094.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43158.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 43222.75 BBC fr= 702.75 702.75 702.75 702.75 794.75 794.75 794.75 794.75 858.75 858.75 858.75 858.75 922.75 922.75 922.75 922.75 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 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 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 1 55 08:00:00 3C454.3 - 29 31 23 55 08:05:00 048globGA43A - 0 0 0 2 55 08:07:00 3C454.3 - 31 31 25 55 08:20:00 - - 101 115 105 3 55 08:22:45 3C454.3 - 33 33 28 55 08:25:00 - - 146 160 150 4 55 08:27:00 3C454.3 - 34 34 28 55 08:40:00 - - 101 115 105 5 55 08:42:45 3C454.3 - 36 36 31 55 08:45:00 - - 146 160 150 6 55 08:47:00 3C454.3 - 37 36 32 55 09:00:00 - - 101 115 105 7 55 09:02:00 3C454.3 - 39 38 35 55 09:05:00 - - 101 115 105 8 55 09:07:00 3C454.3 - 40 39 36 55 09:20:00 - - 101 115 105 9 55 09:22:05 3C454.3 - 42 40 39 55 09:25:00 - - 106 120 110 10 55 09:27:00 3C454.3 - 42 41 40 55 09:40:00 - - 101 115 105 11 55 09:42:00 3C454.3 - 44 42 42 55 09:45:00 - - 101 115 105 12 55 09:47:00 3C454.3 - 45 43 43 55 10:00:00 - - 101 115 105 13 55 10:02:00 3C454.3 - 47 44 46 55 10:05:00 - - 100 115 105 14 55 10:07:00 3C454.3 - 48 44 47 55 10:20:00 - - 100 115 105 15 55 10:22:00 3C454.3 - 49 46 50 55 10:25:00 - - 100 115 105 16 55 10:27:00 3C454.3 - 50 46 50 55 10:40:00 - - 100 115 105 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 17 55 10:42:00 3C454.3 - 51 47 53 55 10:45:00 048globGA43A - 100 115 105 18 55 10:47:00 3C454.3 - 52 47 54 55 11:00:00 - - 100 115 105 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start azimuth. Bottom item is: End azimuth. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 1 55 08:00:00 3C454.3 - 100 469 88 55 08:05:00 048globGA43A - 101 470 89 2 55 08:07:00 3C454.3 - 102 470 89 55 08:20:00 - - 105 474 91 3 55 08:22:45 3C454.3 - 105 474 92 55 08:25:00 - - 106 475 92 4 55 08:27:00 3C454.3 - 106 475 92 55 08:40:00 - - 109 479 95 5 55 08:42:45 3C454.3 - 110 479 95 55 08:45:00 - - 110 480 95 6 55 08:47:00 3C454.3 - 111 480 96 55 09:00:00 - - 114 484 98 7 55 09:02:00 3C454.3 - 114 484 99 55 09:05:00 - - 115 485 99 8 55 09:07:00 3C454.3 - 116 486 99 55 09:20:00 - - 119 489 102 9 55 09:22:05 3C454.3 - 119 490 102 55 09:25:00 - - 120 491 103 10 55 09:27:00 3C454.3 - 121 491 103 55 09:40:00 - - 124 495 106 11 55 09:42:00 3C454.3 - 125 496 106 55 09:45:00 - - 126 497 107 12 55 09:47:00 3C454.3 - 126 497 107 55 10:00:00 - - 130 501 110 13 55 10:02:00 3C454.3 - 131 502 111 55 10:05:00 - - 132 503 112 14 55 10:07:00 3C454.3 - 132 503 112 55 10:20:00 - - 136 508 115 15 55 10:22:00 3C454.3 - 137 508 116 55 10:25:00 - - 138 509 117 16 55 10:27:00 3C454.3 - 139 510 117 55 10:40:00 - - 143 514 121 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start azimuth. Bottom item is: End azimuth. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 17 55 10:42:00 3C454.3 - 144 515 121 55 10:45:00 048globGA43A - 145 516 122 18 55 10:47:00 3C454.3 - 146 517 123 55 11:00:00 - - 151 521 127 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Top item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. Bottom item is: Nothing requested with SUMITEM. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 1 55 08:00:00 3C454.3 - 0 0 0 55 08:05:00 048globGA43A - 2 55 08:07:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 08:20:00 - - 3 55 08:22:45 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 08:25:00 - - 4 55 08:27:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 08:40:00 - - 5 55 08:42:45 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 08:45:00 - - 6 55 08:47:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:00:00 - - 7 55 09:02:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:05:00 - - 8 55 09:07:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:20:00 - - 9 55 09:22:05 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:25:00 - - 10 55 09:27:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:40:00 - - 11 55 09:42:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 09:45:00 - - 12 55 09:47:00 3C454.3 - 19 5 15 55 10:00:00 - - 13 55 10:02:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 10:05:00 - - 14 55 10:07:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 10:20:00 - - 15 55 10:22:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 10:25:00 - - 16 55 10:27:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 10:40:00 - - 17 55 10:42:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 10:45:00 - - SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N20Q1 Network Monitoring Experiment Top item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. Bottom item is: Nothing requested with SUMITEM. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 55 is Mon 24 Feb 2020 MJD 58903 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Ef O6 Ys 18 55 10:47:00 3C454.3 - 20 5 15 55 11:00:00 048globGA43A - TIME RANGE OF RECORDINGS and TOTAL BYTES: Obs. start time. Obs. end time. Total Station Day Time Day Time GBytes (UT) (UT) EFLSBERG 55 08:00:00 55 11:00:00 2232.4 ONSALA60 55 08:00:00 55 11:00:00 2232.4 YEBES40M 55 08:00:00 55 11:00:00 2232.4 POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519739 * 22 53 57.747939 22 54 55.243536 0.65 J2253+1608 15 52 54.34808 * 16 08 53.56091 16 15 08.89061 0.73 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 41272 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 3C454.3 ess120.Q2048globGA43A 1 2 3 2.407 7.221 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) 3C454.3 26.7 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 CATALOGS, FILES, and CODE VERSIONS Catalogs: Station: ../sta.sess120.115q_RDBE.dat Version: 2018Sep07-20:14:11 Location: ../loc.sess120.115.dat Version: 2016Dec19-16:00:00 Frequency: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat Version: 2018Sep07-20:14:11 Source: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc Version: Not given Source2: NONE Version: --- Other external files: Ephemeris: NONE PEAKFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/peak.cmd MSGFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/messages.txt Code versions: Release version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.87 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 0.00 Version of PGPLOT: v5.3.1 This schedule produced on: Mon Feb 17 16:19:30 2020