COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Expt Exp. Code: N01C2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 30 Jan. 2001 PI: Lorant Sjouwerman Address: JIVE Phone: +31-653-831122 (home) EMAIL: sjouwerm@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596517 (work) Observing mode: Notes: Network Monitoring Experiment may01 Please send tape by express to JIVE ----------------------------------- One thin/three THICK tapes/station Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Jun 2001 Day 160 --- Next scan frequencies: 4982.49 4982.49 4986.49 4986.49 4990.49 4990.49 4994.49 4994.49 Next BBC frequencies: 782.49 782.49 786.49 786.49 790.49 790.49 794.49 794.49 Next scan bandwidths: 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 13 30 00 J1159+2914 14 46 45 54.0 278.1 2.8 76.3 0 1 1 0 13 30 00 13 33 00 =1156+295 14 49 45 53.4 278.3 2.8 76.2 180 F 1 1200 13 33 00 FIRST__051 14 49 45 53.3 280.9 2.9 77.9 -7 1 1 1200 13 33 00 13 43 00 --- 14 59 47 51.1 281.6 3.0 77.3 593 F 1 5200 13 44 30 J1159+2914 15 01 17 51.0 279.3 3.0 75.6 83 1 1 5200 13 44 30 13 47 30 =1156+295 15 04 18 50.3 279.6 3.1 75.4 180 F 1 6400 13 47 30 FIRST__051 15 04 18 50.2 282.0 3.1 76.9 -7 1 1 6400 13 47 30 13 57 30 --- 15 14 19 48.1 282.7 3.3 76.2 593 F 1 10400 13 59 00 J1159+2914 15 15 50 47.9 280.6 3.3 74.7 84 1 1 10400 13 59 00 14 02 00 =1156+295 15 18 50 47.3 280.8 3.3 74.6 180 F 1 11600 14 02 00 FIRST__051 15 18 50 47.2 283.1 3.4 75.9 -7 1 1 11600 14 02 00 14 12 00 --- 15 28 52 45.1 283.9 3.5 75.2 593 F 1 15600 14 13 30 J1159+2914 15 30 22 44.8 281.8 3.5 73.9 84 1 2 15600 14 13 30 14 16 30 =1156+295 15 33 22 44.2 282.1 3.6 73.7 180 R 1 14400 14 16 30 FIRST__051 15 33 22 44.1 284.2 3.6 74.9 -6 1 2 14400 14 16 30 14 26 30 --- 15 43 24 42.1 285.0 3.8 74.1 594 R 1 10400 14 28 00 J1159+2914 15 44 54 41.8 283.1 3.8 72.9 84 1 2 10400 14 28 00 14 31 00 =1156+295 15 47 55 41.2 283.3 3.8 72.7 180 R 1 9200 14 31 00 FIRST__051 15 47 55 41.1 285.4 3.8 73.8 -6 1 2 9200 14 31 00 14 35 00 --- 15 51 55 40.3 285.7 3.9 73.5 234 R 1 7600 14 35 00 J1159+2914 15 51 55 40.3 283.7 3.9 72.5 -6 1 2 7600 14 35 00 14 37 00 =1156+295 15 53 56 39.9 283.8 3.9 72.3 114 R 1 6800 14 39 00 J0927+3902 15 55 56 14.0 307.4 6.5 61.1 32 1 2 6800 14 39 00 14 43 00 =0923+392 15 59 57 13.3 307.8 6.5 60.6 240 R 1 5200 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Jun 2001 Day 160 --- 14 45 00 J1159+2914 16 01 57 38.3 284.5 4.0 71.8 35 1 2 5200 14 45 00 14 48 00 =1156+295 16 04 58 37.6 284.8 4.1 71.6 180 R 1 4000 14 48 00 FIRST__051 16 04 58 37.6 286.7 4.1 72.5 -6 1 2 4000 14 48 00 14 58 00 --- 16 14 59 35.6 287.6 4.3 71.7 594 R 1 0 14 59 30 J1159+2914 16 16 30 35.3 285.8 4.3 70.8 84 1 3 0 14 59 30 15 02 30 =1156+295 16 19 30 34.6 286.1 4.3 70.6 180 F 1 1200 15 02 30 FIRST__051 16 19 30 34.7 287.9 4.4 71.3 -6 1 3 1200 15 02 30 15 12 30 --- 16 29 32 32.6 288.8 4.5 70.5 594 F 1 5200 15 14 00 J1159+2914 16 31 02 32.3 287.1 4.5 69.7 85 1 3 5200 15 14 00 15 17 00 =1156+295 16 34 02 31.7 287.4 4.6 69.5 180 F 1 6400 15 17 00 FIRST__051 16 34 02 31.7 289.2 4.6 70.2 -6 1 3 6400 15 17 00 15 27 00 --- 16 44 04 29.7 290.0 4.8 69.3 594 F 1 10400 15 28 30 J1159+2914 16 45 34 29.3 288.4 4.8 68.6 85 1 3 10400 15 28 30 15 31 30 =1156+295 16 48 35 28.7 288.7 4.8 68.4 180 F 1 11600 15 31 30 FIRST__051 16 48 35 28.8 290.4 4.9 68.9 -5 1 3 11600 15 31 30 15 41 30 --- 16 58 36 26.8 291.3 5.0 68.1 595 F 1 15600 15 43 00 J1159+2914 17 00 07 26.4 289.7 5.0 67.5 85 1 4 15600 15 43 00 15 46 00 =1156+295 17 03 07 25.8 290.0 5.1 67.2 180 R 1 14400 15 46 00 FIRST__051 17 03 07 25.9 291.7 5.1 67.7 -5 1 4 14400 15 46 00 15 56 00 --- 17 13 09 23.9 292.6 5.3 66.8 595 R 1 10400 15 57 30 J1159+2914 17 14 39 23.4 291.1 5.3 66.3 85 1 4 10400 15 57 30 16 00 30 =1156+295 17 17 40 22.8 291.4 5.3 66.0 180 R 1 9200 16 00 30 FIRST__051 17 17 40 23.0 293.1 5.3 66.4 -5 1 4 9200 16 00 30 16 10 30 --- 17 27 41 21.0 294.0 5.5 65.5 595 R 1 5200 16 12 00 J1159+2914 17 29 11 20.6 292.5 5.5 65.0 85 1 4 5200 16 12 00 16 15 00 =1156+295 17 32 12 20.0 292.8 5.5 64.8 180 R 1 4000 16 15 00 FIRST__051 17 32 12 20.1 294.4 5.6 65.0 -5 1 4 4000 16 15 00 16 25 00 --- 17 42 14 18.2 295.4 5.7 64.1 595 R 1 0 16 26 30 J1159+2914 17 43 44 17.7 294.0 5.7 63.7 85 1 5 0 16 26 30 16 29 30 =1156+295 17 46 44 17.1 294.3 5.8 63.4 180 F 1 1200 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Jun 2001 Day 160 --- 16 29 30 FIRST__051 17 46 44 17.3 295.9 5.8 63.6 -5 1 5 1200 16 29 30 16 39 30 --- 17 56 46 15.4 296.9 6.0 62.6 595 F 1 5200 16 41 00 J1159+2914 17 58 16 14.9 295.5 6.0 62.4 85 1 5 5200 16 41 00 16 44 00 =1156+295 18 01 17 14.3 295.8 6.0 62.1 180 F 1 6400 16 44 00 FIRST__051 18 01 17 14.5 297.4 6.1 62.2 -5 1 5 6400 16 44 00 16 51 00 --- 18 08 18 13.2 298.1 6.2 61.5 415 F 1 9200 16 51 00 J1159+2914 18 08 18 12.9 296.5 6.1 61.4 -5 1 5 9200 16 51 00 16 54 00 =1156+295 18 11 18 12.4 296.9 6.2 61.1 175 F 1 10400 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NME.6CM Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat from Huang Xinyong 170300, change in LO Setup group: 10 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 8 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 2.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 135.000 ips, High density - 80.00 ips Time per pass for 15800 ft, High density tapes is: 00:39:30 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4982.49 4982.49 4986.49 4986.49 4990.49 4990.49 4994.49 4994.49 BBC fr= 782.49 782.49 786.49 786.49 790.49 790.49 794.49 794.49 Bandwd= 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 510 510 510 510 2510 2510 2510 2510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 2510 2510 2510 2510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Expt Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files 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) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * FIRST__051 11 54 43.272401 * 11 57 17.726680 11 57 21.301253 30 58 42.26242 * 30 42 00.47980 30 41 47.27931 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319194 * 09 27 03.013915 09 27 06.236571 0923+392 39 15 23.56652 * 39 02 20.85193 39 02 12.59797 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 USNO - Ref Frame 1998-6, Eubanks June 1998 * J1159+2914 11 56 57.786213 * 11 59 31.833914 11 59 35.414473 1156+295 29 31 25.73877 * 29 14 43.82687 29 14 30.16763 J1159+29 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba USNO - Ref Frame 1998-6, Eubanks June 1998 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) FIRST__051 87.5 J0927+3902 55.8 J1159+2914 88.6 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