COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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: 587.99 587.99 637.99 717.99 830.99 525.99 597.99 716.99 806.99 806.99 670.99 702.99 734.99 766.99 798.99 830.99 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 21 47 14 30.6 76.5 -4.9 -57.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =0234+285 21 49 15 31.0 76.8 -4.8 -57.7 120 8 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0237+2848 21 54 16 31.9 77.5 -4.7 -57.9 285 8 12 07 00 12 12 00 =0234+285 21 59 16 32.8 78.2 -4.7 -58.2 300 27 12 07 01 12 17 00 J0237+2848 22 04 17 33.8 78.9 -4.6 -58.4 285 27 12 17 00 12 22 00 =0234+285 22 09 18 34.7 79.6 -4.5 -58.6 300 46 12 17 01 12 27 00 J0237+2848 22 14 19 35.6 80.3 -4.4 -58.8 285 46 12 27 00 12 32 00 =0234+285 22 19 20 36.6 81.0 -4.3 -59.0 300 66 12 27 01 12 37 00 J0237+2848 22 24 21 37.5 81.7 -4.2 -59.2 285 66 12 37 00 12 42 00 =0234+285 22 29 21 38.5 82.4 -4.2 -59.4 300 85 12 37 01 12 47 00 J0237+2848 22 34 22 39.4 83.1 -4.1 -59.5 285 85 12 47 00 12 52 00 =0234+285 22 39 23 40.4 83.8 -4.0 -59.7 300 104 12 47 01 12 57 00 J0237+2848 22 44 24 41.3 84.6 -3.9 -59.8 285 104 12 57 00 13 02 00 =0234+285 22 49 25 42.3 85.3 -3.8 -59.9 300 124 12 57 01 13 07 00 J0237+2848 22 54 25 43.2 86.0 -3.7 -60.0 285 124 13 07 00 13 12 00 =0234+285 22 59 26 44.2 86.8 -3.7 -60.1 300 143 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: 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 749.49 749.49 749.49 749.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 781.49 781.49 781.49 781.49 13 17 00 J0237+2848 23 04 27 45.1 87.6 -3.6 -60.2 285 143 13 17 00 13 22 00 =0234+285 23 09 28 46.1 88.3 -3.5 -60.2 300 162 13 17 25 13 27 00 J0237+2848 23 14 29 47.0 89.1 -3.4 -60.2 285 162 13 27 00 13 32 00 =0234+285 23 19 30 48.0 89.9 -3.3 -60.2 300 182 13 27 01 13 37 00 J0237+2848 23 24 30 48.9 90.8 -3.2 -60.2 285 182 13 37 00 13 42 00 =0234+285 23 29 31 49.9 91.6 -3.2 -60.2 300 201 13 37 01 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 23 34 32 50.8 92.5 -3.1 -60.2 285 201 13 47 00 13 52 00 =0234+285 23 39 33 51.8 93.3 -3.0 -60.1 300 220 13 47 01 13 57 00 J0237+2848 23 44 34 52.7 94.2 -2.9 -60.0 285 220 13 57 00 14 02 00 =0234+285 23 49 34 53.7 95.1 -2.8 -59.8 300 240 13 57 01 14 07 00 J0237+2848 23 54 35 54.6 96.1 -2.7 -59.7 285 240 14 07 00 14 12 00 =0234+285 23 59 36 55.6 97.1 -2.7 -59.5 300 259 14 07 01 14 17 00 J0237+2848 00 04 37 56.5 98.1 -2.6 -59.3 285 259 14 17 00 14 22 00 =0234+285 00 09 38 57.5 99.1 -2.5 -59.0 300 278 14 17 01 14 27 00 J0237+2848 00 14 39 58.4 100.2 -2.4 -58.7 285 278 14 27 00 14 32 00 =0234+285 00 19 39 59.3 101.3 -2.3 -58.4 300 298 14 27 01 14 37 00 J0237+2848 00 24 40 60.3 102.4 -2.2 -58.0 285 298 14 37 00 14 42 00 =0234+285 00 29 41 61.2 103.6 -2.2 -57.5 300 317 14 37 01 14 47 00 J0237+2848 00 34 42 62.1 104.9 -2.1 -57.0 285 317 14 47 00 14 52 00 =0234+285 00 39 43 63.0 106.2 -2.0 -56.5 300 336 14 47 01 14 55 00 J0237+2848 00 42 43 63.6 107.0 -1.9 -56.1 165 336 14 55 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 00 47 44 64.5 108.4 -1.9 -55.5 300 356 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 --- 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: 15 Station: YEBES40M Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 1530.00 1530.00 1530.00 1530.00 1530.00 1530.00 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 = A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 C2 C2 C2 C2 D2 D2 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 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= 587.99 587.99 637.99 717.99 830.99 525.99 597.99 716.99 806.99 806.99 670.99 702.99 734.99 766.99 798.99 830.99 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: 6 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.X512 --- 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: 8 Station: YEBES40M Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 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: 17 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= 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 749.49 749.49 749.49 749.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 765.49 781.49 781.49 781.49 781.49 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: 17 22 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 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