COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: 18cm FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/2011 Exp. Code: F11L1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters. Please participate in the Skype group chat. Do not send the disk pack to JIVE. Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 18cm FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/2011 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 9 Jun 2011 Day 160 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 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 09 00 00 0528+134 02 56 08 44.7 480.8 -2.6 -39.0 0 0 08 59 55 09 05 00 --- 03 01 09 45.5 482.2 -2.5 -38.4 300 20 08 59 59 09 07 30 0528+134 03 03 39 45.9 482.8 -2.5 -38.0 147 20 09 07 25 09 15 30 --- 03 11 41 47.1 485.1 -2.3 -36.9 480 51 09 07 29 09 16 00 0528+134 03 12 11 47.1 485.2 -2.3 -36.8 27 51 09 15 55 09 24 00 --- 03 20 12 48.3 487.6 -2.2 -35.5 480 82 09 15 59 09 24 30 0528+134 03 20 42 48.4 487.7 -2.2 -35.5 27 82 09 24 25 09 32 30 --- 03 28 43 49.5 490.2 -2.0 -34.1 480 114 09 24 29 09 33 00 0528+134 03 29 13 49.5 490.3 -2.0 -34.0 27 114 09 32 55 09 41 00 --- 03 37 15 50.6 492.9 -1.9 -32.5 480 145 09 32 59 09 42 00 0528+134 03 38 15 50.7 493.2 -1.9 -32.3 57 145 09 41 55 09 47 00 --- 03 43 16 51.4 494.8 -1.8 -31.3 300 165 09 41 59 09 49 30 0528+134 03 45 46 51.7 495.7 -1.8 -30.8 147 165 09 49 25 09 57 30 --- 03 53 47 52.7 498.4 -1.6 -29.1 480 196 09 49 29 09 58 00 0528+134 03 54 18 52.7 498.6 -1.6 -29.0 27 196 09 57 55 10 06 00 --- 04 02 19 53.7 501.5 -1.5 -27.2 480 227 09 57 59 10 06 30 0528+134 04 02 49 53.7 501.7 -1.5 -27.1 27 227 10 06 25 10 14 30 --- 04 10 50 54.6 504.6 -1.3 -25.1 480 258 10 06 29 10 15 00 0528+134 04 11 20 54.6 504.8 -1.3 -25.0 27 258 10 14 55 10 20 00 --- 04 16 21 55.1 506.8 -1.3 -23.7 300 278 10 14 59 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: mc18cm updated from Maccaferri (CR 2Dec00) Setup group: 4 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 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 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- 18cm FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/2011 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 34.985328 0.21 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 21.98797 0.23 J0530+13 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 133158 Observations 1.183 scan and 78.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.L512 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) 0528+134 10.8 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