COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: GPS sources Exp. Code: EL036A Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Liu Xiang Address: Urumqi Astronomical Observatory, NAOC 40-5, South Beijing Raod Urumqi China Phone: 86-0991-3689059 EMAIL: liux@uao.ac.cn Fax: 86-991-3838628 Phone during observation: 86-0991-5933075 Observing mode: VLBI observations of GPS sources at 6cm (256 Mb/s) Notes: To measure source total flux densities at Ur Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 GPS sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Jun 2008 Day 164 --- Next scan frequencies: 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 Next BBC frequencies: 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 03 30 00 J0323+0534 04 58 08 56.2 225.8 1.6 38.1 0 1 1 0 03 30 00 03 42 00 --- 05 10 10 54.3 229.8 1.8 41.1 720 F 1 23 03 30 01 03 43 00 J0323+0534 05 11 10 54.2 230.2 1.8 41.3 58 1 1 23 03 43 00 03 55 00 --- 05 23 12 52.1 233.8 2.0 44.0 720 F 1 46 03 43 01 03 56 00 J0323+0534 05 24 12 52.0 234.1 2.0 44.2 58 1 1 46 03 56 00 04 08 00 --- 05 36 14 49.8 237.5 2.2 46.5 720 F 1 70 03 56 01 04 09 00 J0323+0534 05 37 14 49.7 237.7 2.2 46.7 58 1 1 70 04 09 00 04 21 00 --- 05 49 16 47.4 240.8 2.4 48.7 720 F 1 93 04 09 01 04 22 00 J0323+0534 05 50 17 47.3 241.0 2.4 48.8 58 1 1 93 04 22 00 04 34 00 --- 06 02 19 45.0 243.8 2.6 50.5 720 F 1 116 04 22 01 04 35 00 J0323+0534 06 03 19 44.8 244.0 2.7 50.7 58 1 1 116 04 35 00 04 47 00 --- 06 15 21 42.4 246.6 2.9 52.2 720 F 1 139 04 35 01 04 48 00 J0323+0534 06 16 21 42.2 246.8 2.9 52.3 58 1 1 139 04 48 00 05 00 00 --- 06 28 23 39.8 249.2 3.1 53.5 720 F 1 163 04 48 01 05 01 00 J0323+0534 06 29 23 39.6 249.4 3.1 53.6 58 1 1 163 05 01 00 05 13 00 --- 06 41 25 37.2 251.6 3.3 54.7 720 F 1 186 05 01 01 05 14 00 J0323+0534 06 42 25 37.0 251.8 3.3 54.8 58 1 1 186 05 14 00 05 26 00 --- 06 54 27 34.6 253.9 3.5 55.8 720 F 1 209 05 14 01 05 27 00 J0323+0534 06 55 27 34.3 254.1 3.5 55.8 58 1 1 209 05 27 00 05 33 00 --- 07 01 28 33.1 255.1 3.6 56.2 360 F 1 221 05 27 01 05 37 20 DA193 07 05 49 73.4 306.4 1.2 116.2 191 1 1 221 05 37 20 05 43 20 --- 07 11 50 72.3 304.8 1.3 113.7 360 F 1 232 05 37 21 05 48 20 J0323+0534 07 16 51 29.9 257.6 3.9 57.2 227 1 1 232 05 48 20 06 00 20 --- 07 28 53 27.4 259.4 4.1 57.7 720 F 1 255 05 48 21 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 GPS sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Jun 2008 Day 164 --- 06 01 20 J0323+0534 07 29 53 27.2 259.5 4.1 57.8 58 1 1 255 06 01 20 06 13 20 --- 07 41 55 24.6 261.3 4.3 58.3 720 F 1 279 06 01 21 06 14 20 J0323+0534 07 42 55 24.4 261.4 4.3 58.3 58 1 1 279 06 14 20 06 26 20 --- 07 54 57 21.9 263.1 4.5 58.7 720 F 1 302 06 14 21 06 28 50 J0433-0229 07 57 27 31.2 244.9 3.4 50.9 130 1 1 302 06 28 50 06 40 50 --- 08 09 29 28.9 247.0 3.6 52.1 720 F 1 325 06 28 51 06 41 50 J0433-0229 08 10 30 28.7 247.2 3.6 52.2 58 1 1 325 06 41 50 06 53 50 --- 08 22 31 26.3 249.2 3.8 53.3 720 F 1 348 06 41 51 06 54 50 J0433-0229 08 23 32 26.1 249.4 3.8 53.4 58 1 1 348 06 54 50 07 06 50 --- 08 35 34 23.7 251.4 4.0 54.3 720 F 1 372 06 54 51 07 07 50 J0433-0229 08 36 34 23.5 251.5 4.0 54.4 58 1 1 372 07 07 50 07 19 50 --- 08 48 36 21.0 253.4 4.2 55.2 720 F 1 395 07 07 51 07 20 50 J0433-0229 08 49 36 20.8 253.5 4.3 55.3 58 1 1 395 07 20 50 07 32 50 --- 09 01 38 18.3 255.3 4.5 56.0 720 F 1 418 07 20 51 07 33 50 J0433-0229 09 02 38 18.1 255.5 4.5 56.1 58 1 1 418 07 33 50 07 45 50 --- 09 14 40 15.6 257.2 4.7 56.7 720 F 1 441 07 33 51 07 46 50 J0433-0229 09 15 40 15.4 257.4 4.7 56.8 58 1 1 441 07 46 50 07 58 50 --- 09 27 42 12.9 259.1 4.9 57.3 720 F 1 464 07 46 51 07 59 50 J0433-0229 09 28 42 12.7 259.2 4.9 57.3 58 1 1 464 07 59 50 08 11 50 --- 09 40 44 10.1 260.8 5.1 57.8 720 F 1 488 07 59 51 08 12 50 J0433-0229 09 41 44 9.9 261.0 5.1 57.8 58 1 1 488 08 12 50 08 24 50 --- 09 53 46 7.4 262.6 5.3 58.2 720 F 1 511 08 12 51 08 25 50 J0433-0229 09 54 47 7.2 262.7 5.3 58.2 58 1 1 511 08 25 50 08 37 50 --- 10 06 49 4.6 264.3 5.5 D 58.5 0 F 1 534 08 25 51 09 28 50 DA193 10 57 57 29.7 301.1 5.0 72.6 3017 1 1 534 09 28 50 09 34 50 --- 11 03 58 28.6 301.5 5.1 71.9 360 F 1 546 09 28 51 09 40 20 J0913+1454 11 09 29 59.0 245.0 1.9 53.4 271 1 1 546 09 40 20 09 52 20 --- 11 21 31 56.7 248.2 2.1 55.3 720 F 1 569 09 40 21 09 53 20 J0913+1454 11 22 31 56.5 248.4 2.1 55.5 58 1 1 569 09 53 20 10 05 20 --- 11 34 33 54.0 251.3 2.3 57.0 720 F 1 592 09 53 21 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 GPS sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Jun 2008 Day 164 --- 10 06 20 J0913+1454 11 35 33 53.8 251.5 2.4 57.2 58 1 1 592 10 06 20 10 18 20 --- 11 47 35 51.4 254.0 2.6 58.4 720 F 1 615 10 06 21 10 19 20 J0913+1454 11 48 35 51.2 254.2 2.6 58.5 58 1 1 615 10 19 20 10 31 20 --- 12 00 37 48.7 256.6 2.8 59.5 720 F 1 639 10 19 21 10 32 20 J0913+1454 12 01 37 48.5 256.8 2.8 59.6 58 1 1 639 10 32 20 10 44 20 --- 12 13 39 46.0 258.9 3.0 60.4 720 F 1 662 10 32 21 10 45 20 J0913+1454 12 14 40 45.7 259.1 3.0 60.4 58 1 1 662 10 45 20 10 57 20 --- 12 26 41 43.2 261.1 3.2 61.1 720 F 1 685 10 45 21 10 58 20 J0913+1454 12 27 42 43.0 261.2 3.2 61.1 58 1 1 685 10 58 20 11 10 20 --- 12 39 44 40.4 263.1 3.4 61.6 720 F 1 708 10 58 21 11 11 20 J0913+1454 12 40 44 40.2 263.2 3.4 61.6 58 1 1 708 11 11 20 11 23 20 --- 12 52 46 37.7 265.0 3.6 62.0 720 F 1 732 11 11 21 11 24 20 J0913+1454 12 53 46 37.5 265.2 3.7 62.0 58 1 1 732 11 24 20 11 36 20 --- 13 05 48 34.9 266.8 3.9 62.2 720 F 1 755 11 24 21 11 39 10 J1109+1043 13 08 38 55.8 239.8 2.0 48.9 133 1 1 755 11 39 10 11 51 10 --- 13 20 40 53.6 243.1 2.2 51.0 720 F 1 778 11 39 11 11 52 10 J1109+1043 13 21 40 53.4 243.4 2.2 51.2 58 1 1 778 11 52 10 12 04 10 --- 13 33 42 51.0 246.3 2.4 52.9 720 F 1 801 11 52 11 12 05 10 J1109+1043 13 34 43 50.8 246.6 2.4 53.1 58 1 1 801 12 05 10 12 17 10 --- 13 46 45 48.5 249.2 2.6 54.6 720 F 1 824 12 05 11 12 18 40 J1057+0012 13 48 15 39.1 240.9 2.8 48.4 72 1 1 824 12 18 40 12 30 40 --- 14 00 17 36.9 243.4 3.0 49.9 720 F 1 848 12 18 41 12 32 10 J1109+1043 14 01 47 45.4 252.3 2.9 56.1 74 1 1 848 12 32 10 12 44 10 --- 14 13 49 42.9 254.6 3.1 57.1 720 F 1 871 12 32 11 12 45 40 J1057+0012 14 15 19 34.0 246.3 3.3 51.6 73 1 1 871 12 45 40 12 57 40 --- 14 27 21 31.6 248.5 3.5 52.8 720 F 1 894 12 45 41 12 59 10 J1109+1043 14 28 51 39.8 257.2 3.3 58.2 74 1 1 894 12 59 10 13 11 10 --- 14 40 53 37.3 259.2 3.5 58.9 720 F 1 917 12 59 11 13 12 40 J1057+0012 14 42 24 28.6 251.1 3.7 54.1 73 1 1 917 13 12 40 13 24 40 --- 14 54 26 26.1 253.0 3.9 55.0 720 F 1 941 13 12 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 5 GPS sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Jun 2008 Day 164 --- 13 26 10 J1109+1043 14 55 56 34.1 261.5 3.8 59.5 75 1 1 941 13 26 10 13 38 10 --- 15 07 58 31.6 263.3 4.0 59.9 720 F 1 964 13 26 11 13 39 10 J1109+1043 15 08 58 31.4 263.4 4.0 60.0 58 1 1 964 13 39 10 13 45 10 --- 15 14 59 30.1 264.3 4.1 60.1 360 F 1 975 13 39 11 13 49 10 OQ208 15 19 00 74.3 264.7 1.2 75.8 164 1 1 975 13 49 10 13 55 10 --- 15 25 01 73.0 265.9 1.3 76.2 360 F 1 987 13 49 11 14 00 30 J1057+0012 15 30 22 18.7 258.4 4.5 57.0 227 1 1 987 14 00 30 14 12 30 --- 15 42 24 16.1 260.1 4.7 57.5 720 F 1 1010 14 00 31 14 14 00 J1109+1043 15 43 54 23.9 268.2 4.6 60.6 75 1 1 1010 14 14 00 14 26 00 --- 15 55 56 21.3 269.8 4.8 60.6 720 F 1 1033 14 14 01 14 27 30 J1057+0012 15 57 26 12.9 262.2 5.0 58.0 74 1 1 1033 14 27 30 14 39 30 --- 16 09 28 10.4 263.8 5.2 58.4 720 F 1 1057 14 27 31 14 41 00 J1135-0021 16 10 58 17.8 258.3 4.6 57.0 76 1 1 1057 14 41 00 14 53 00 --- 16 23 00 15.3 260.0 4.8 57.5 720 F 1 1080 14 41 01 14 54 30 J1057+0012 16 24 30 7.2 265.8 5.4 58.6 75 1 1 1080 14 54 30 15 06 30 --- 16 36 32 4.6 267.4 5.6 D 58.8 0 F 1 1103 14 54 31 15 08 00 J1135-0021 16 38 03 12.1 262.1 5.0 58.0 76 1 1 1103 15 08 00 15 20 00 --- 16 50 05 9.5 263.7 5.2 58.3 720 F 1 1126 15 08 01 15 21 30 J1203+0414 16 51 35 17.6 264.2 4.8 58.7 75 1 1 1126 15 21 30 15 33 30 --- 17 03 37 15.0 265.8 5.0 58.9 720 F 1 1150 15 21 31 15 56 40 J1203+0414 17 26 51 10.1 268.8 5.4 59.1 1380 1 1 1150 15 56 40 16 02 40 --- 17 32 52 8.8 269.6 5.5 59.2 360 F 1 1161 15 56 41 16 11 40 J1203+0414 17 41 53 6.9 270.8 5.6 59.1 535 1 1 1161 16 11 40 16 17 40 --- 17 47 54 5.6 271.5 5.7 59.1 360 F 1 1173 16 11 41 16 30 20 OQ208 18 00 36 39.9 282.7 3.9 71.8 701 1 1 1173 16 30 20 16 36 20 --- 18 06 37 38.7 283.2 4.0 71.4 360 F 1 1184 16 30 21 17 12 40 J1352+1107 18 43 03 20.7 270.7 4.8 60.7 2148 1 1 1184 17 12 40 17 18 40 --- 18 49 04 19.4 271.5 4.9 60.7 360 F 1 1196 17 12 41 17 30 50 J1352+1107 19 01 16 16.8 273.0 5.1 60.6 724 1 1 1196 17 30 50 17 36 50 --- 19 07 17 15.5 273.8 5.2 60.5 360 F 1 1208 17 30 51 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 6 GPS sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Jun 2008 Day 164 --- 17 38 20 J1352+0232 19 08 47 10.7 266.4 5.3 58.8 80 1 1 1208 17 38 20 17 44 20 --- 19 14 48 9.5 267.2 5.4 58.9 360 F 1 1219 17 38 21 18 04 40 J1352+1107 19 35 12 9.5 277.2 5.7 59.9 1208 1 1 1219 18 04 40 18 10 40 --- 19 41 13 8.3 278.0 5.8 59.8 360 F 1 1231 18 04 41 18 19 40 J1352+1107 19 50 14 6.4 279.1 5.9 59.5 535 1 1 1231 18 19 40 18 25 40 --- 19 56 15 5.1 279.9 6.0 59.3 360 F 1 1243 18 19 41 19 06 20 OQ208 20 37 02 8.6 298.1 6.5 59.2 2420 1 1 1243 19 06 20 19 12 20 --- 20 43 03 7.4 298.8 6.6 58.5 360 F 1 1254 19 06 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: EL036A.6cm Matches group sh6cm in /home/liuxiang/sched3/catalogs/freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 8 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= 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: 6 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 BBC fr= 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 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: 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 6510 6510 6510 6510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- GPS sources 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) * J0323+0534 03 20 41.571837 * 03 23 20.270000 03 23 46.551012 0.00 05 23 34.51266 * 05 34 11.90000 05 36 04.22754 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 2.500 scan hours, 99.100 baseline hours above horizon. * J0433-0229 04 31 23.916336 * 04 33 54.900000 04 34 19.721124 0.00 -02 36 08.77981 *-02 29 56.00000 -02 28 47.32021 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 2.700 scan hours, 113.400 baseline hours above horizon. * DA193 05 52 01.401649 * 05 55 30.800000 05 56 05.278488 0.00 39 48 21.78044 * 39 48 49.00000 39 48 59.60096 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan hours, 7.300 baseline hours above horizon. * J0913+1454 09 10 49.279423 * 09 13 35.000000 09 14 02.951328 0.00 15 06 45.33900 * 14 54 20.10000 14 52 18.00629 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.800 scan hours, 81.000 baseline hours above horizon. * J1057+0012 10 54 41.917582 * 10 57 15.780000 10 57 42.204746 0.00 00 28 06.95543 * 00 12 03.70000 00 09 17.45656 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.400 scan hours, 59.400 baseline hours above horizon. * J1109+1043 11 07 09.425084 * 11 09 46.040000 11 10 13.080826 0.00 11 00 00.21123 * 10 43 43.40000 10 40 58.18788 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.500 scan hours, 67.500 baseline hours above horizon. * J1135-0021 11 32 39.230488 * 11 35 12.960000 11 35 39.584272 0.00 -00 04 43.87166 *-00 21 19.50000 -00 24 12.45049 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.000 scan hours, 38.800 baseline hours above horizon. * J1203+0414 12 00 48.235581 * 12 03 21.950000 12 03 48.769843 0.00 04 30 59.73434 * 04 14 17.70000 04 11 24.54460 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.800 scan hours, 32.400 baseline hours above horizon. * J1352+0232 13 49 58.361708 * 13 52 30.680000 13 52 57.841185 0.00 02 47 34.03619 * 02 32 47.70000 02 30 11.23465 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.800 scan hours, 29.700 baseline hours above horizon. * J1352+1107 13 50 28.817471 * 13 52 56.370000 13 53 22.774560 0.00 11 21 53.03183 * 11 07 07.70000 11 04 33.79968 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.900 scan hours, 36.000 baseline hours above horizon. * OQ208 14 04 45.620822 * 14 07 00.400000 14 07 24.879073 0.00 28 41 29.54475 * 28 27 15.00000 28 24 50.41726 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.300 scan hours, 11.800 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) J0323+0534 34.0 J0433-0229 28.4 DA193 17.9 J0913+1454 54.5 J1057+0012 83.8 J1109+1043 82.5 J1135-0021 92.7 J1203+0414 97.3 J1352+0232 122.4 J1352+1107 118.0 OQ208 109.9 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