COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20SX1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6/13cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 1 2020 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE v2 - Wb upper two "dummy" channels in SX mode lowered COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6/13cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 20 February 2020 The first half of the NME will run with the dual 3.6/13cm RCP-only geo setup involving antennas: Wb, Ef, On60, T6, Ur, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir (Wb only at 13cm). The second half of the NME will run with the 3.6cm dual pol setup involving antennas: Wb, Ef, On60, T6, Ur, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J0237+2848 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0237+2848) --- SX512geo mode 12:30:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 12:50:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:10:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:30:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0237+2848) --- X512 mode 13:50:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:10:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:30:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:50:00 (scan 18, 2 sec, J0237+2848) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 20 Feb 2020 Day 51 --- Next scan frequencies: 8237.99 8237.99 8287.99 8367.99 8480.99 8625.99 8697.99 8816.99 8906.99 8906.99 2200.99 2232.99 2264.99 2296.99 2328.99 2360.99 Next BBC frequencies: 157.99 157.99 207.99 287.99 400.99 545.99 617.99 736.99 826.99 826.99 180.99 212.99 244.99 276.99 308.99 340.99 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 12 00 00 J0237+2848 04 48 31 56.8 599.0 2.2 37.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =0234+285 04 50 32 56.6 599.6 2.2 37.6 120 8 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0237+2848 04 55 33 55.9 601.2 2.3 38.3 293 8 12 07 00 12 12 00 =0234+285 05 00 33 55.2 602.7 2.4 38.9 300 27 12 07 01 12 17 00 J0237+2848 05 05 34 54.5 604.2 2.4 39.5 293 27 12 17 00 12 22 00 =0234+285 05 10 35 53.8 605.6 2.5 40.1 300 46 12 17 01 12 27 00 J0237+2848 05 15 36 53.1 607.0 2.6 40.6 293 46 12 27 00 12 32 00 =0234+285 05 20 37 52.4 608.4 2.7 41.1 300 65 12 27 01 12 37 00 J0237+2848 05 25 38 51.7 609.7 2.8 41.5 293 65 12 37 00 12 42 00 =0234+285 05 30 38 50.9 611.0 2.9 41.9 300 85 12 37 01 12 47 00 J0237+2848 05 35 39 50.2 612.3 2.9 42.3 293 85 12 47 00 12 52 00 =0234+285 05 40 40 49.5 613.6 3.0 42.7 300 104 12 47 01 12 57 00 J0237+2848 05 45 41 48.7 614.8 3.1 43.0 293 104 12 57 00 13 02 00 =0234+285 05 50 42 48.0 616.0 3.2 43.3 300 123 12 57 01 13 07 00 J0237+2848 05 55 42 47.2 617.2 3.3 43.6 293 123 13 07 00 13 12 00 =0234+285 06 00 43 46.4 618.3 3.4 43.8 300 142 13 07 01 ---------- X512 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 Next BBC frequencies: 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 13 17 00 J0237+2848 06 05 44 45.7 619.5 3.4 44.0 293 142 13 17 00 13 22 00 =0234+285 06 10 45 44.9 620.6 3.5 44.2 300 162 13 17 25 13 27 00 J0237+2848 06 15 46 44.2 621.7 3.6 44.4 293 162 13 27 00 13 32 00 =0234+285 06 20 47 43.4 622.8 3.7 44.5 300 181 13 27 01 13 37 00 J0237+2848 06 25 47 42.6 623.9 3.8 44.6 293 181 13 37 00 13 42 00 =0234+285 06 30 48 41.8 624.9 3.9 44.7 300 200 13 37 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 20 Feb 2020 Day 51 --- 13 47 00 J0237+2848 06 35 49 41.1 625.9 3.9 44.8 293 200 13 47 00 13 52 00 =0234+285 06 40 50 40.3 627.0 4.0 44.9 300 219 13 47 01 13 57 00 J0237+2848 06 45 51 39.5 628.0 4.1 44.9 293 219 13 57 00 14 02 00 =0234+285 06 50 51 38.7 629.0 4.2 45.0 300 238 13 57 01 14 07 00 J0237+2848 06 55 52 38.0 630.0 4.3 45.0 293 238 14 07 00 14 12 00 =0234+285 07 00 53 37.2 631.0 4.4 45.0 300 258 14 07 01 14 17 00 J0237+2848 07 05 54 36.4 631.9 4.4 44.9 293 258 14 17 00 14 22 00 =0234+285 07 10 55 35.6 632.9 4.5 44.9 300 277 14 17 01 14 27 00 J0237+2848 07 15 56 34.9 633.8 4.6 44.8 294 277 14 27 00 14 32 00 =0234+285 07 20 56 34.1 634.8 4.7 44.8 300 296 14 27 01 14 37 00 J0237+2848 07 25 57 33.3 635.7 4.8 44.7 294 296 14 37 00 14 42 00 =0234+285 07 30 58 32.6 636.7 4.9 44.6 300 315 14 37 01 14 47 00 J0237+2848 07 35 59 31.8 637.6 4.9 44.5 294 315 14 47 00 14 52 00 =0234+285 07 41 00 31.0 638.5 5.0 44.3 300 335 14 47 01 14 55 00 J0237+2848 07 44 00 30.6 639.0 5.1 44.3 174 335 14 55 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 07 49 01 29.8 640.0 5.2 44.1 300 354 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.SX512geo Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 ****** Only 80.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 19 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 Net SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BBC SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF = A A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 8237.99 8237.99 8287.99 8367.99 8480.99 8625.99 8697.99 8816.99 8906.99 8906.99 2200.99 2232.99 2264.99 2296.99 2328.99 2360.99 BBC fr= 157.99 157.99 207.99 287.99 400.99 545.99 617.99 736.99 826.99 826.99 180.99 212.99 244.99 276.99 308.99 340.99 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: 8 9 10 Track assignments are: track1= 30, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 32, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess120.X512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 19 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 BBC fr= 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 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: 19 20 21 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 39 02.204393 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98999 28 53 17.29921 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 58420 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 sess120.X512 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 0.917 50.417 sess120.SX512geo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 0.617 33.917 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 75.4 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