COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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: 854.39 854.39 854.39 854.39 870.39 870.39 870.39 870.39 886.39 886.39 886.39 886.39 902.39 902.39 902.39 902.39 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 04 55 48 58.8 523.0 -0.6 -12.5 0 0 08 59 55 09 05 00 --- 05 00 49 59.0 525.3 -0.5 -10.8 300 20 08 59 56 09 07 30 0528+134 05 03 20 59.2 526.5 -0.5 -10.0 143 20 09 07 25 09 15 30 --- 05 11 21 59.4 530.3 -0.3 -7.2 480 51 09 07 26 09 16 00 0528+134 05 11 51 59.5 530.5 -0.3 -7.0 23 51 09 15 55 09 24 00 --- 05 19 52 59.6 534.4 -0.2 -4.2 480 82 09 15 56 09 24 30 0528+134 05 20 22 59.7 534.6 -0.2 -4.0 23 82 09 24 25 09 32 30 --- 05 28 24 59.7 538.5 -0.1 -1.1 480 114 09 24 26 09 33 00 0528+134 05 28 54 59.7 538.7 0.0 -1.0 23 114 09 32 55 09 41 00 --- 05 36 55 59.7 542.6 0.1 1.9 480 145 09 32 56 09 42 00 0528+134 05 37 55 59.7 543.1 0.1 2.3 53 145 09 41 55 09 47 00 --- 05 42 56 59.7 545.5 0.2 4.1 300 165 09 41 56 09 49 30 0528+134 05 45 27 59.6 546.7 0.2 4.9 142 165 09 49 25 09 57 30 --- 05 53 28 59.4 550.5 0.4 7.8 480 196 09 49 26 09 58 00 0528+134 05 53 58 59.4 550.7 0.4 7.9 23 196 09 57 55 10 06 00 --- 06 01 59 59.1 554.5 0.5 10.7 480 227 09 57 56 10 06 30 0528+134 06 02 29 59.0 554.7 0.5 10.9 23 227 10 06 25 10 14 30 --- 06 10 31 58.6 558.4 0.6 13.6 480 258 10 06 26 10 15 00 0528+134 06 11 01 58.6 558.6 0.7 13.7 23 258 10 14 55 10 20 00 --- 06 16 02 58.3 560.9 0.7 15.3 300 278 10 14 56 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.L512 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 10 Station: ZELENCHK 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= 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 780.10 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 854.39 854.39 854.39 854.39 870.39 870.39 870.39 870.39 886.39 886.39 886.39 886.39 902.39 902.39 902.39 902.39 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 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