COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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: 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 17 45 35 36.3 -73.0 4.2 71.8 0 0 16 29 55 16 40 00 --- 17 55 36 34.2 -72.2 4.4 71.0 600 39 16 29 56 16 42 30 OQ208 17 58 07 40.5 -77.5 3.8 71.9 135 39 16 42 25 16 50 30 --- 18 06 08 38.8 -76.8 4.0 71.4 480 70 16 42 26 16 51 00 OQ208 18 06 38 38.7 -76.8 4.0 71.4 28 70 16 50 55 17 01 00 --- 18 16 40 36.6 -75.9 4.2 70.7 600 109 16 50 56 17 01 30 OQ208 18 17 10 36.5 -75.8 4.2 70.7 28 109 17 01 25 17 11 30 --- 18 27 11 34.4 -74.9 4.3 70.0 600 148 17 01 26 17 12 00 OQ208 18 27 41 34.3 -74.9 4.3 70.0 28 148 17 11 55 17 22 00 --- 18 37 43 32.2 -74.0 4.5 69.3 600 187 17 11 56 17 22 30 OQ208 18 38 13 32.1 -73.9 4.5 69.3 28 187 17 22 25 17 32 30 --- 18 48 15 30.1 -73.0 4.7 68.6 600 226 17 22 26 17 33 00 OQ208 18 48 45 30.0 -72.9 4.7 68.5 28 226 17 32 55 17 43 00 --- 18 58 47 27.9 -72.0 4.9 67.8 600 265 17 32 56 17 43 30 OQ208 18 59 17 27.8 -72.0 4.9 67.8 28 265 17 43 25 17 53 30 --- 19 09 18 25.8 -71.0 5.0 67.0 600 304 17 43 26 17 54 00 OQ208 19 09 48 25.7 -71.0 5.0 67.0 28 304 17 53 55 18 04 00 --- 19 19 50 23.7 -70.0 5.2 66.2 600 344 17 53 56 18 04 30 OQ208 19 20 20 23.6 -69.9 5.2 66.1 28 344 18 04 25 18 14 30 --- 19 30 22 21.6 -69.0 5.4 65.3 600 383 18 04 26 18 17 00 3C286 19 32 52 15.0 -63.2 6.0 62.4 136 383 18 16 55 18 25 00 --- 19 40 53 13.4 -62.3 6.2 61.6 480 414 18 16 56 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 29 30 J1713+0747 19 45 24 47.8 244.5 2.5 51.3 -41 414 18 29 25 18 37 30 --- 19 53 26 46.2 246.3 2.7 52.3 439 445 18 29 26 18 37 30 J1719+0817 19 53 26 47.7 245.6 2.5 52.0 -7 445 No stop 18 39 30 --- 19 55 26 47.3 246.0 2.6 52.2 113 453 18 37 31 18 40 00 J1713+0747 19 55 56 45.7 246.9 2.7 52.6 23 453 18 39 55 18 48 00 --- 20 03 57 44.2 248.6 2.8 53.6 480 484 18 39 56 18 48 00 J1719+0817 20 03 57 45.6 247.9 2.7 53.3 -7 484 No stop 18 50 00 --- 20 05 58 45.2 248.3 2.8 53.5 113 492 18 48 01 18 50 30 J1713+0747 20 06 28 43.7 249.1 2.9 53.8 23 492 18 50 25 18 58 30 --- 20 14 29 42.0 250.7 3.0 54.6 480 523 18 50 26 18 58 30 J1719+0817 20 14 29 43.5 250.0 2.9 54.4 -7 523 No stop 19 00 30 --- 20 16 29 43.1 250.4 2.9 54.6 113 531 18 58 31 19 01 00 J1713+0747 20 16 59 41.5 251.1 3.0 54.9 23 531 19 00 55 19 09 00 --- 20 25 01 39.9 252.6 3.2 55.6 480 562 19 00 56 19 09 00 J1719+0817 20 25 01 41.4 252.1 3.1 55.4 -7 562 No stop 19 11 00 --- 20 27 01 41.0 252.4 3.1 55.6 113 570 19 09 01 19 11 30 J1713+0747 20 27 31 39.4 253.1 3.2 55.8 23 570 19 11 25 19 19 30 --- 20 35 32 37.7 254.5 3.4 56.4 480 601 19 11 26 19 19 30 J1719+0817 20 35 32 39.3 254.0 3.3 56.3 -7 601 No stop 19 21 30 --- 20 37 33 38.8 254.3 3.3 56.4 113 609 19 19 31 19 22 00 J1713+0747 20 38 03 37.2 254.9 3.4 56.6 23 609 19 21 55 19 30 00 --- 20 46 04 35.6 256.3 3.5 57.1 480 640 19 21 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 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 7 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 11 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= 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 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