COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11P1 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 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2011 Day 154 --- Next scan frequencies: 314.49 314.49 322.49 322.49 330.49 330.49 338.49 338.49 Next BBC frequencies: 114.49 114.49 122.49 122.49 130.49 130.49 138.49 138.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 3C84 05 12 55 68.0 250.2 1.9 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 05 22 57 66.6 253.3 2.0 0.0 600 19 12 00 04 12 11 00 3C84 05 23 57 66.4 253.6 2.1 0.0 49 19 12 11 00 12 21 00 --- 05 33 58 65.0 256.5 2.2 0.0 600 39 12 11 04 12 23 00 3C84 05 35 59 64.7 257.1 2.3 0.0 109 39 12 23 00 12 33 00 --- 05 46 00 63.2 259.7 2.4 0.0 600 58 12 23 04 12 35 00 B0329+54 05 48 01 70.3 288.4 2.2 0.0 63 58 12 35 00 12 45 00 --- 05 58 02 68.9 289.1 2.4 0.0 600 77 12 35 04 12 45 30 B0329+54 05 58 32 68.8 289.2 2.4 0.0 19 77 12 45 30 12 55 30 --- 06 08 34 67.4 289.9 2.6 0.0 600 97 12 45 34 12 56 00 B0329+54 06 09 04 67.3 289.9 2.6 0.0 19 97 12 56 00 13 06 00 --- 06 19 06 65.9 290.7 2.8 0.0 600 116 12 56 04 13 10 00 3C120 06 23 06 37.5 215.2 1.8 0.0 63 116 13 10 00 13 20 00 --- 06 33 08 36.5 218.1 2.0 0.0 600 135 13 10 04 13 20 30 3C120 06 33 38 36.5 218.2 2.0 0.0 19 135 13 20 30 13 30 30 --- 06 43 40 35.5 221.1 2.2 0.0 600 155 13 20 34 13 31 00 3C120 06 44 10 35.5 221.2 2.2 0.0 19 155 13 31 00 13 41 00 --- 06 54 12 34.5 224.0 2.3 0.0 600 174 13 31 04 13 42 00 3C120 06 55 12 34.4 224.3 2.4 0.0 49 174 13 42 00 13 50 00 --- 07 03 13 33.5 226.4 2.5 0.0 480 190 13 42 04 13 53 00 B0531+21 07 06 14 54.5 218.2 1.5 0.0 112 190 13 53 00 14 03 00 --- 07 16 15 53.6 221.8 1.7 0.0 600 209 13 53 04 14 03 30 B0531+21 07 16 45 53.5 222.0 1.7 0.0 19 209 14 03 30 14 13 30 --- 07 26 47 52.5 225.4 1.9 0.0 600 228 14 03 34 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2011 Day 154 --- 14 14 00 B0531+21 07 27 17 52.4 225.6 1.9 0.0 19 228 14 14 00 14 24 00 --- 07 37 19 51.3 228.9 2.0 0.0 600 248 14 14 04 14 28 00 3C84 07 41 19 45.9 282.4 4.3 0.0 113 248 14 28 00 14 38 00 --- 07 51 21 44.5 284.1 4.5 0.0 600 267 14 28 04 14 38 30 3C84 07 51 51 44.4 284.1 4.5 0.0 19 267 14 38 30 14 46 30 --- 07 59 52 43.2 285.4 4.7 0.0 480 283 14 38 34 14 48 30 3C84 08 01 53 42.9 285.8 4.7 0.0 109 283 14 48 30 14 58 30 --- 08 11 54 41.5 287.4 4.9 0.0 600 302 14 48 34 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. 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 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