COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N22L1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Gabor Orosz Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 686337748 EMAIL: orosz@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: L-band (18/21cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 1, 2022. 1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 BBC, 32 MHz filters MER: 512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 BBC, 64 MHz filters Including 21cm mode in last half hour for FAST COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on February 24, 2022 involving 14 EVN antennas + eMERLIN + FAST: Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, O8, T6, Ur, Tr, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Cm, Da, Kn, Pi, De, Fa. The NME uses a standard setup with 1024 Mbps (512 Mbps for eMERLIN). The schedule has two segments: 12:00-14:15 long scans on J0237+2848 with ftp grabs every other scan (18cm setup); 14:20-15:00 a long scan on J0730+4049 with an ftp grab then alternating short scans on J0730+4049 and J0727+4052 with an ftp grab in scans 17 and 23 (21cm setup). The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 12:40:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 13:10:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 13:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 14:10:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 14:25:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0730+4049, 21cm setup) 14:41:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J0730+4049, 21cm setup) 14:56:00 (scan 23, 2 sec, J0730+4049, 21cm setup) Thank you for taking part in this NME. With kind regards, Gabor Orosz 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 24 Feb 2022 Day 55 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J0237+2848 05 06 20 54.4 604.4 2.5 39.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0234+285 05 11 20 53.7 605.8 2.5 40.1 300 38 12 00 01 12 10 00 J0237+2848 05 16 21 53.0 607.2 2.6 40.7 293 38 12 10 00 12 20 00 =0234+285 05 26 23 51.6 609.9 2.8 41.6 600 115 12 10 01 12 25 00 J0237+2848 05 31 24 50.8 611.2 2.9 42.0 293 115 12 25 00 12 35 00 =0234+285 05 41 25 49.4 613.7 3.0 42.7 600 192 12 25 01 12 40 00 J0237+2848 05 46 26 48.6 615.0 3.1 43.0 293 192 12 40 00 12 50 00 =0234+285 05 56 28 47.1 617.3 3.3 43.6 600 269 12 40 01 12 55 00 J0237+2848 06 01 29 46.4 618.5 3.4 43.8 293 269 12 55 00 13 05 00 =0234+285 06 11 30 44.8 620.8 3.5 44.2 600 346 12 55 01 13 10 00 J0237+2848 06 16 31 44.1 621.9 3.6 44.4 293 346 13 10 00 13 20 00 =0234+285 06 26 33 42.5 624.0 3.8 44.7 600 423 13 10 01 13 25 00 J0237+2848 06 31 34 41.8 625.1 3.9 44.8 293 423 13 25 00 13 35 00 =0234+285 06 41 35 40.2 627.1 4.0 44.9 600 500 13 25 01 13 40 00 J0237+2848 06 46 36 39.4 628.1 4.1 44.9 293 500 13 40 00 13 50 00 =0234+285 06 56 38 37.9 630.1 4.3 45.0 600 577 13 40 01 13 55 00 J0237+2848 07 01 39 37.1 631.1 4.4 45.0 293 577 13 55 00 14 05 00 =0234+285 07 11 40 35.6 633.0 4.5 44.9 600 654 13 55 01 14 10 00 J0237+2848 07 16 41 34.8 634.0 4.6 44.8 294 654 14 10 00 14 15 00 =0234+285 07 21 42 34.0 634.9 4.7 44.8 300 692 14 10 01 Next scan frequencies: 1337.85 1337.85 1337.85 1337.85 1401.85 1401.85 1401.85 1401.85 Next BBC frequencies: 77.85 77.85 77.85 77.85 141.85 141.85 141.85 141.85 14 20 00 J0730+4049 07 26 43 79.0 534.4 -0.1 -4.6 172 692 14 20 00 14 24 00 =0727+409 07 30 43 79.0 538.3 -0.0 -1.4 240 723 14 20 01 14 25 00 J0730+4049 07 31 43 79.0 539.3 -0.0 -0.5 52 723 14 25 00 14 30 00 =0727+409 07 36 44 79.0 544.3 0.1 3.5 300 762 14 25 01 14 31 00 J0730+4049 07 37 44 79.0 545.3 0.1 4.3 52 762 14 31 00 14 32 00 =0727+409 07 38 45 79.0 546.3 0.1 5.1 60 769 14 31 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 24 Feb 2022 Day 55 --- 14 33 00 J0727+4052 07 39 45 78.9 550.5 0.2 8.6 38 769 14 33 00 14 35 00 =0724+409 07 41 45 78.8 552.5 0.2 10.2 120 785 14 33 01 14 36 00 J0730+4049 07 42 45 78.9 550.2 0.2 8.3 39 785 14 36 00 14 37 00 =0727+409 07 43 45 78.8 551.2 0.2 9.1 60 792 14 36 01 14 38 00 J0727+4052 07 44 46 78.7 555.3 0.3 12.5 38 792 14 38 00 14 40 00 =0724+409 07 46 46 78.6 557.2 0.3 14.0 120 808 14 38 01 14 41 00 J0730+4049 07 47 46 78.7 555.0 0.3 12.2 40 808 14 41 00 14 42 00 =0727+409 07 48 46 78.7 556.0 0.3 13.0 60 815 14 41 01 14 43 00 J0727+4052 07 49 46 78.5 560.0 0.3 16.2 39 815 14 43 00 14 45 00 =0724+409 07 51 47 78.4 561.8 0.4 17.7 120 831 14 43 01 14 46 00 J0730+4049 07 52 47 78.5 559.7 0.3 16.0 40 831 14 46 00 14 47 00 =0727+409 07 53 47 78.4 560.6 0.4 16.7 60 838 14 46 01 14 48 00 J0727+4052 07 54 47 78.2 564.5 0.4 19.8 39 838 14 48 00 14 50 00 =0724+409 07 56 48 78.1 566.2 0.5 21.2 120 854 14 48 01 14 51 00 J0730+4049 07 57 48 78.2 564.1 0.4 19.5 40 854 14 51 00 14 52 00 =0727+409 07 58 48 78.1 565.0 0.4 20.2 60 862 14 51 01 14 53 00 J0727+4052 07 59 48 77.9 568.7 0.5 23.1 39 862 14 53 00 14 55 00 =0724+409 08 01 48 77.7 570.4 0.5 24.4 120 877 14 53 01 14 56 00 J0730+4049 08 02 49 77.8 568.4 0.5 22.9 41 877 14 56 00 14 57 00 =0727+409 08 03 49 77.8 569.2 0.5 23.5 60 885 14 56 01 14 58 00 J0727+4052 08 04 49 77.5 572.8 0.6 26.3 40 885 14 58 00 15 00 00 =0724+409 08 06 49 77.3 574.3 0.6 27.4 120 900 14 58 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess122.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess122.H1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 107.70 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 23 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 29 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1337.85 1337.85 1337.85 1337.85 1401.85 1401.85 1401.85 1401.85 BBC fr= 77.85 77.85 77.85 77.85 141.85 141.85 141.85 141.85 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 29 30 31 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0234+285 02 34 55.589593 * 02 37 52.405680 02 39 09.238752 0.11 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 53 52.27119 0.10 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2021d Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 21528 observations 0727+409 07 27 24.091632 * 07 30 51.346591 07 32 23.320556 0.15 * J0730+4049 40 56 10.73890 * 40 49 50.82638 40 47 07.55893 0.12 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2021d Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 894 observations 0724+409 07 24 05.305952 * 07 27 32.941920 07 29 05.068700 0.97 * J0727+4052 40 58 16.62792 * 40 52 10.14373 40 49 32.89930 0.90 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2021d Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 35 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 sess122.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 1.500 285.000 J0730+4049 sess122.H1024 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 + 0.250 43.383 J0727+4052 sess122.H1024 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 + 0.200 36.100 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 71.0 J0730+4049 129.6 J0727+4052 129.1 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