SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: N11P1 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11P1 Start Day 154 is Fri 3 Jun 2011 MJD 55715 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Mehreen Mahmud Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596506 EMAIL: mahmud@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596506 Observing mode: Notes: 90cm NME+FTP-FT (256 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) for session 2/2011 Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE PCAL off No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): JIVE Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Output spectral channels per baseband (16): 16 Correlator FFT size (128): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 2 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Mehreen Mahmud Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 2.98 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 2.60 hours. Total time in recording scans: 2.60 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 7.80 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 3.1 kbytes/sec of observe time. Projected correlator output data set size: 28.8 Mbytes NOTE: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z Axis Offset JODRELL1 Jb 53.23654 2.30858 179. 3822626.040 -154105.650 5086486.040 0.000 WSTRBORK Wb 52.91529 -6.63333 71. 3828445.659 445223.600 5064921.568 4.950 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 55715 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z JODRELL1 Jb -0.0117 0.0170 0.0093 50449 3822625.871 -154105.404 5086486.174 WSTRBORK Wb -0.0135 0.0170 0.0087 50449 3828445.464 445223.846 5064921.694 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Jb Wb Jb 0 599 Wb 599 0 RECORDING SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION INFORMATION: DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR NBBC Tsys JODRELL1 MARK5A MKIV 14 CONT WSTRBORK MARK5B MKIV 14 CONT EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 16 Number of scans scheduled: 16 Number of stations: 2 Number of sources input: 4 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Record Record Gbytes Formatter Sync Hours Hours Scans Reconfigures Hours JODRELL1 VEX 16 2.60 2.60 16 302. 0 0.01 WSTRBORK VEX 16 2.60 2.60 16 302. 0 0.02 Notes on the station summaries: "Record Scans" are periods of recording with no gap. The Mark5A disk systems have a limit of 1024 such scans. There are often multiple projects on a disk pack. Try to keep above about 6 GB per record scan by using MINPAUSE and PRESTART to prevent short gaps. However, also try to prevent record scans of more than an hour to minimize risk to data from playback problems. "Sync Hours" is on-source, in-scan time lost during correlation to resyncing recordings. Resyncs follow tape stoppages and formatter reconfigures. For VLBA DAR stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. Setup file: NME.90CM Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: j1b90cm from Burgess, 8 Aug 2004 ****** Only 43.02 of 64.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: JODRELL1 Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. LO sum= 314.49 314.49 322.49 322.49 330.49 330.49 338.49 338.49 BBC fr= 164.49 164.49 172.49 172.49 180.49 180.49 188.49 188.49 Bandwd= 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 barrel=roll_off Setup file: NME.90CM Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: wb90cm Best estimates for now Setup group: 2 Station: WSTRBORK Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. LO sum= 314.49 314.49 322.49 322.49 330.49 330.49 338.49 338.49 BBC fr= 114.49 114.49 122.49 122.49 130.49 130.49 138.49 138.49 Bandwd= 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 barrel=roll_off SUMMARY for experiment N11P1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: End elevation. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 154 is Fri 3 Jun 2011 MJD 55715 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Jb Wb 1 154 12:00:00 3C84 - 73 68 154 12:10:00 NME.90CM - 71 67 2 154 12:11:00 3C84 - 71 66 154 12:21:00 - - 70 65 3 154 12:23:00 3C84 - 70 65 154 12:33:00 - - 68 63 4 154 12:35:00 B0329+54 - 76 70 154 12:45:00 - - 74 69 5 154 12:45:30 B0329+54 - 74 69 154 12:55:30 - - 73 67 6 154 12:56:00 B0329+54 - 72 67 154 13:06:00 - - 71 66 7 154 13:10:00 3C120 - 40 37 154 13:20:00 - - 39 37 8 154 13:20:30 3C120 - 39 37 154 13:30:30 - - 38 36 9 154 13:31:00 3C120 - 38 35 154 13:41:00 - - 38 34 10 154 13:42:00 3C120 - 38 34 154 13:50:00 - - 37 34 11 154 13:53:00 B0531+21 - 57 55 154 14:03:00 - - 56 54 12 154 14:03:30 B0531+21 - 56 54 154 14:13:30 - - 56 52 13 154 14:14:00 B0531+21 - 56 52 154 14:24:00 - - 55 51 14 154 14:28:00 3C84 - 51 46 154 14:38:00 - - 50 44 15 154 14:38:30 3C84 - 50 44 154 14:46:30 - - 49 43 16 154 14:48:30 3C84 - 48 43 154 14:58:30 - - 47 41 SUMMARY for experiment N11P1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. 0 shown if down, rise, or set Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 154 is Fri 3 Jun 2011 MJD 55715 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Jb Wb 1 154 12:00:00 3C84 - 600 600 154 12:10:00 NME.90CM - 0 0 2 154 12:11:00 3C84 - 600 600 154 12:21:00 - - 51 49 3 154 12:23:00 3C84 - 600 600 154 12:33:00 - - 111 109 4 154 12:35:00 B0329+54 - 557 600 154 12:45:00 - - -43 63 5 154 12:45:30 B0329+54 - 600 600 154 12:55:30 - - 23 19 6 154 12:56:00 B0329+54 - 600 600 154 13:06:00 - - 23 19 7 154 13:10:00 3C120 - 494 600 154 13:20:00 - - -106 63 8 154 13:20:30 3C120 - 600 600 154 13:30:30 - - 22 19 9 154 13:31:00 3C120 - 600 600 154 13:41:00 - - 22 19 10 154 13:42:00 3C120 - 480 480 154 13:50:00 - - 52 49 11 154 13:53:00 B0531+21 - 600 600 154 14:03:00 - - 16 112 12 154 14:03:30 B0531+21 - 600 600 154 14:13:30 - - 22 19 13 154 14:14:00 B0531+21 - 600 600 154 14:24:00 - - 22 19 14 154 14:28:00 3C84 - 586 600 154 14:38:00 - - -14 113 15 154 14:38:30 3C84 - 480 480 154 14:46:30 - - 23 19 16 154 14:48:30 3C84 - 600 600 154 14:58:30 - - 112 109 TIME RANGE OF RECORDINGS and TOTAL BYTES: Obs. start time. Obs. end time. Total Station Day Time Day Time GBytes (UT) (UT) JODRELL1 154 12:00:00 154 14:58:30 301.9 WSTRBORK 154 12:00:00 154 14:58:30 301.9 SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) * B0329+54 03 29 11.115787 * 03 32 59.417500 03 33 51.169123 0.00 54 24 37.23934 * 54 34 43.32950 54 36 55.69354 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 0.488 baseline hours in setup: NME.90CM * B0531+21 05 31 31.384204 * 05 34 31.929500 05 35 12.950201 0.00 21 58 54.48595 * 22 00 52.14240 22 01 15.55727 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 0.500 baseline hours in setup: NME.90CM J0319+4130 03 16 29.567258 * 03 19 48.160088 03 20 33.352215 1.66 0316+413 41 19 51.91695 * 41 30 42.10408 41 33 05.10458 2.78 * 3C84 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2010a astro solution 10264 Observations 0.967 scan and 0.963 baseline hours in setup: NME.90CM J0433+0521 04 30 31.602058 * 04 33 11.095527 04 33 47.254996 0.47 0430+052 05 14 59.61645 * 05 21 15.61923 05 22 38.43722 0.35 * 3C120 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0433+05 GSFC 2010a astro solution 8170 Observations 0.633 scan and 0.604 baseline hours in setup: NME.90CM 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) B0329+54 34.9 B0531+21 11.7 3C84 26.1 3C120 17.1 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 Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. B0329+54 3C84 13.2476 B0531+21 3C120 22.3091 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'B0329+54' ra = 03h32m59.417500s dec = 54d34'43.32950" name = 'B0531+21' ra = 05h34m31.929500s dec = 22d00'52.14240" name = '3C84' ra = 03h19m48.160088s dec = 41d30'42.10408" name = '3C120' ra = 04h33m11.095527s dec = 05d21'15.61923" Correlation blocks required by setup changes. UTTIMERANGE 2011JUN03 at 12:00:00 to 2011JUN03 at 14:58:30 Catalogs: Station: ./n11p1.sta.sess211.dat Version: 2011Feb10-15:23:12 Location: /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/locations.dat Version: Not known Frequency: /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2011Feb10-15:23:12 Source: /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: Not given Source2: NONE Version: --- Other external files: Ephemeris: NONE PEAKFILE: /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/peak.cmd MSGFILE: /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/messages.txt Code versions: Release version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.87 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0 This schedule produced on: Thu May 12 16:45:49 2011