COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: 18cm Network Monitoring Experiment for Session 2/2011 Exp. Code: N11L3 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. No FTP fringe test. Send the disk pack to JIVE. Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 18cm Network Monitoring Experiment 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: 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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 16 30 00 3C286 11 31 31 26.7 28.9 -2.0 0.0 0 0 16 29 55 16 40 00 --- 11 41 33 27.8 26.8 -1.8 0.0 600 39 16 29 59 16 42 30 OQ208 11 44 03 25.7 34.9 -2.4 0.0 105 39 16 42 25 16 50 30 --- 11 52 05 26.7 33.3 -2.3 0.0 480 70 16 42 29 16 51 00 OQ208 11 52 35 26.8 33.2 -2.2 0.0 9 70 16 50 55 17 01 00 --- 12 02 36 28.0 31.1 -2.1 0.0 600 109 16 50 59 17 01 30 OQ208 12 03 06 28.0 31.0 -2.1 0.0 9 109 17 01 25 17 11 30 --- 12 13 08 29.1 28.8 -1.9 0.0 600 148 17 01 29 17 12 00 OQ208 12 13 38 29.2 28.7 -1.9 0.0 9 148 17 11 55 17 22 00 --- 12 23 40 30.2 26.5 -1.7 0.0 600 187 17 11 59 17 22 30 OQ208 12 24 10 30.3 26.4 -1.7 0.0 9 187 17 22 25 17 32 30 --- 12 34 11 31.3 24.1 -1.6 0.0 600 226 17 22 29 17 33 00 OQ208 12 34 42 31.3 23.9 -1.5 0.0 9 226 17 32 55 17 43 00 --- 12 44 43 32.2 21.6 -1.4 0.0 600 265 17 32 59 17 43 30 OQ208 12 45 13 32.2 21.4 -1.4 0.0 9 265 17 43 25 17 53 30 --- 12 55 15 33.0 19.0 -1.2 0.0 600 304 17 43 29 17 54 00 OQ208 12 55 45 33.0 18.9 -1.2 0.0 9 304 17 53 55 18 04 00 --- 13 05 47 33.7 16.4 -1.0 0.0 600 344 17 53 59 18 04 30 OQ208 13 06 17 33.7 16.2 -1.0 0.0 9 344 18 04 25 18 14 30 --- 13 16 18 34.3 13.7 -0.9 0.0 600 383 18 04 29 18 17 00 3C286 13 18 49 33.6 3.3 -0.2 0.0 105 383 18 16 55 18 25 00 --- 13 26 50 33.6 1.3 -0.1 0.0 480 414 18 16 59 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 18cm Network Monitoring Experiment 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 --- 18 27 00 J1719+0817 13 28 50 24.2 66.8 -3.9 0.0 -20 414 18 26 55 18 29 00 --- 13 30 51 24.6 66.5 -3.8 0.0 100 422 18 26 59 18 29 30 J1713+0747 13 31 21 26.3 66.0 -3.7 0.0 1 422 18 29 25 18 37 30 --- 13 39 22 27.9 64.7 -3.6 0.0 480 453 18 29 29 18 37 30 J1719+0817 13 39 22 26.4 65.2 -3.7 0.0 -29 453 No stop 18 39 30 --- 13 41 22 26.8 64.9 -3.7 0.0 91 461 18 37 34 18 40 00 J1713+0747 13 41 53 28.4 64.3 -3.5 0.0 1 461 18 39 55 18 48 00 --- 13 49 54 30.0 63.0 -3.4 0.0 480 492 18 39 59 18 48 00 J1719+0817 13 49 54 28.5 63.5 -3.5 0.0 -29 492 No stop 18 50 00 --- 13 51 54 28.9 63.2 -3.5 0.0 91 500 18 48 04 18 50 30 J1713+0747 13 52 24 30.5 62.6 -3.4 0.0 1 500 18 50 25 18 58 30 --- 14 00 26 32.1 61.2 -3.2 0.0 480 531 18 50 29 18 58 30 J1719+0817 14 00 26 30.6 61.8 -3.3 0.0 -29 531 No stop 19 00 30 --- 14 02 26 31.0 61.4 -3.3 0.0 91 539 18 58 34 19 01 00 J1713+0747 14 02 56 32.6 60.7 -3.2 0.0 1 539 19 00 55 19 09 00 --- 14 10 57 34.2 59.3 -3.1 0.0 480 570 19 00 59 19 09 00 J1719+0817 14 10 57 32.7 59.9 -3.2 0.0 -29 570 No stop 19 11 00 --- 14 12 58 33.1 59.5 -3.1 0.0 91 578 19 09 04 19 11 30 J1713+0747 14 13 28 34.6 58.8 -3.0 0.0 1 578 19 11 25 19 19 30 --- 14 21 29 36.2 57.2 -2.9 0.0 480 609 19 11 29 19 19 30 J1719+0817 14 21 29 34.7 57.9 -3.0 0.0 -29 609 No stop 19 21 30 --- 14 23 29 35.1 57.6 -2.9 0.0 91 617 19 19 34 19 22 00 J1713+0747 14 23 59 36.7 56.7 -2.8 0.0 1 617 19 21 55 19 30 00 --- 14 32 01 38.1 55.1 -2.7 0.0 480 648 19 21 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: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 8 Station: HART 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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: 12 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= 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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 Network Monitoring Experiment 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) * J1713+0747 17 11 24.726963 * 17 13 49.530600 17 14 24.961207 0.00 07 51 03.17981 * 07 47 37.51900 07 46 50.28061 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Chatterjee et al. 2009. No proper motion correction 0.800 scan and 52.354 baseline hours in setup: sess211.L512 * J1719+0817 17 17 28.018743 * 17 19 52.206216 17 20 27.492458 0.00 08 20 03.25614 * 08 17 03.55378 08 16 22.35912 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Chatterjee et al. 2009. 0.200 scan and 9.895 baseline hours in setup: sess211.L512 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657759 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 41.700180 0.19 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 27 03.18295 0.17 1328+307 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 GSFC 2010a astro solution 276 Observations 0.300 scan and 19.800 baseline hours in setup: sess211.L512 J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 33.090147 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23518 * 28 27 14.69021 28 24 00.54684 0.35 J1407+28 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC 2010a astro solution 66201 Observations 1.467 scan and 96.800 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) J1713+0747 149.3 J1719+0817 148.7 3C286 105.2 OQ208 112.4 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