COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: e-VLBI formatter test Exp. Code: te060 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Z. Paragi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 (0)521 596 500 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 e-VLBI formatter test 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. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 22 Jun 2007 Day 173 --- ---------- ff ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 10 00 00 4C39.25 12 05 38 57.0 -65.1 2.6 91.5 0 1 1 0 10 00 00 10 14 20 --- 12 20 01 54.2 -65.1 2.9 89.2 860 F 1 55 10 00 01 ---------- ff ---------- 10 15 00 4C39.25 12 20 41 54.0 -65.1 2.9 89.1 38 1 1 55 10 15 00 10 29 20 --- 12 35 03 51.2 -65.0 3.1 87.0 860 F 1 111 10 15 01 ---------- ff ---------- 10 30 00 4C39.25 12 35 43 51.1 -65.0 3.1 86.9 38 1 1 111 10 30 00 10 44 20 --- 12 50 06 48.3 -64.7 3.4 84.9 860 F 1 166 10 30 01 ---------- ff ---------- 10 45 00 4C39.25 12 50 46 48.2 -64.6 3.4 84.8 38 1 1 166 10 45 00 10 59 20 --- 13 05 08 45.4 -64.2 3.6 82.8 860 F 1 222 10 45 01 ---------- ff ---------- 11 00 00 4C39.25 13 05 48 45.3 -64.2 3.6 82.7 38 1 1 222 11 00 00 11 14 20 --- 13 20 11 42.5 -63.6 3.9 80.9 860 F 1 277 11 00 01 ---------- ff ---------- 11 15 00 4C39.25 13 20 51 42.4 -63.6 3.9 80.8 38 1 1 277 11 15 00 11 29 20 --- 13 35 13 39.7 -62.9 4.1 78.9 860 F 1 333 11 15 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 e-VLBI formatter test 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. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 22 Jun 2007 Day 173 --- ---------- ff ---------- 11 30 00 4C39.25 13 35 53 39.5 -62.9 4.1 78.9 38 1 1 333 11 30 00 11 44 20 --- 13 50 15 36.8 -62.2 4.4 77.0 860 F 1 388 11 30 01 ---------- ff ---------- 11 45 00 4C39.25 13 50 56 36.7 -62.1 4.4 77.0 38 1 1 388 11 45 00 11 59 20 --- 14 05 18 34.0 -61.3 4.6 75.2 860 F 1 444 11 45 01 ---------- ff ---------- 12 00 00 4C39.25 14 05 58 33.8 -61.3 4.6 75.1 38 1 1 444 12 00 00 12 14 20 --- 14 20 20 31.2 -60.4 4.9 73.3 860 F 1 499 12 00 01 ---------- ff ---------- 12 15 00 4C39.25 14 21 01 31.0 -60.3 4.9 73.2 38 1 1 499 12 15 00 12 29 20 --- 14 35 23 28.4 -59.4 5.1 71.5 860 F 1 555 12 15 01 ---------- ff ---------- 12 30 00 4C39.25 14 36 03 28.2 -59.3 5.1 71.4 38 1 1 555 12 30 00 12 44 20 --- 14 50 25 25.6 -58.3 5.4 69.6 860 F 1 610 12 30 01 ---------- ff ---------- 12 45 00 4C39.25 14 51 05 25.5 -58.2 5.4 69.5 38 1 1 610 12 45 00 12 59 20 --- 15 05 28 22.9 -57.1 5.6 67.7 860 F 1 666 12 45 01 ---------- ff ---------- 13 00 00 4C39.25 15 06 08 22.8 -57.0 5.6 67.6 38 1 1 666 13 00 00 13 14 20 --- 15 20 30 20.2 -55.9 5.9 65.8 860 F 1 721 13 00 01 ---------- ff ---------- 13 15 00 4C39.25 15 21 10 20.1 -55.8 5.9 65.7 38 1 1 721 13 15 00 13 29 20 --- 15 35 33 17.6 -54.5 6.1 63.8 860 F 1 777 13 15 01 ---------- ff ---------- 13 30 00 4C39.25 15 36 13 17.4 -54.5 6.1 63.8 38 1 1 777 13 30 00 13 44 20 --- 15 50 35 15.0 -53.2 6.4 61.9 860 F 1 832 13 30 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 e-VLBI formatter test 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. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 22 Jun 2007 Day 173 --- ---------- ff ---------- 13 45 00 4C39.25 15 51 15 14.9 -53.1 6.4 61.8 38 1 1 832 13 45 00 13 59 20 --- 16 05 38 12.4 -51.7 6.6 59.8 860 F 1 888 13 45 01 ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- 14 00 20 4C39.25 16 06 38 12.2 -51.6 6.7 59.7 58 1 1 888 14 00 20 14 01 20 --- 16 07 38 12.1 -51.5 6.7 59.6 60 F 1 892 14 00 21 ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 14 02 20 4C39.25 16 08 38 11.9 -51.4 6.7 59.4 58 1 1 892 14 02 20 14 03 20 --- 16 09 38 11.7 -51.3 6.7 59.3 60 F 1 893 14 02 45 ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 14 04 20 4C39.25 16 10 38 11.6 -51.2 6.7 59.2 58 1 1 893 14 04 20 14 05 20 --- 16 11 39 11.4 -51.1 6.7 59.0 60 F 1 894 14 04 45 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 512Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 18 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 256Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 12 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 2 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 2 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 6490 6510 6490 6510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 6490 6510 6490 6510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 128Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 6 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 BBC SB= L L U U IF = C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 18 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 3 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 3 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 490 510 6490 6510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 490 510 6490 6510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- e-VLBI formatter test 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). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 30.684440 0.26 0923+392 39 15 23.56648 * 39 02 20.85188 39 00 36.35839 0.40 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 3.872 scan hours, 58.083 baseline hours above horizon. 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) 4C39.25 45.7 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