COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12L2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Yurii Pidopryhora Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: pidopryhora@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME on 12 June 2012 involving 13 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Hh Ir and 3 fake DBBC test "stations" HH_DBBC, HH_DBBC2, ON8_DBBC The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on strong sources standard EVN f-finders 0528+134, DA193, 4C39.25 and J1043+2408 (in May 2011 C-band flux ~0.7 Jy based on N11C2 pipeline) Note, that during the observation 0528+134 is only ~10 deg from the Sun. There is no phase referencing section in this experiment. Four ftp tests are scheduled: ~10:08:40 UT (scan 2, 4 sec, 0528+134) ~10:57:50 UT (scan 8, 4 sec, DA193) ~11:45:50 UT (scan 13, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~12:46:30 UT (scan 20, 4 sec, J1043+2408) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Yurii Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 12 Jun 2012 Day 164 --- 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 10 00 00 0528+134 05 15 16 50.4 6.2 -0.3 0.0 0 0 10 00 00 10 05 00 --- 05 20 17 50.5 4.3 -0.2 0.0 300 19 10 00 04 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 05 40 0528+134 05 20 57 50.5 4.1 -0.2 0.0 19 19 10 05 40 10 10 40 --- 05 25 58 50.5 2.2 -0.1 0.0 300 39 10 05 44 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 12 10 0528+134 05 27 28 50.6 1.6 -0.1 0.0 69 39 10 12 10 10 20 10 --- 05 35 29 50.6 358.5 0.1 0.0 480 70 10 12 14 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 20 50 0528+134 05 36 09 50.6 358.3 0.1 0.0 19 70 10 20 50 10 27 50 --- 05 43 11 50.5 355.6 0.2 0.0 420 97 10 20 54 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 28 30 0528+134 05 43 51 50.5 355.3 0.2 0.0 19 97 10 28 30 10 35 30 --- 05 50 52 50.3 352.7 0.3 0.0 420 124 10 28 34 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 38 30 DA193 05 53 52 24.3 0.5 -0.0 0.0 100 124 10 38 30 10 45 30 --- 06 00 54 24.3 359.0 0.1 0.0 420 151 10 38 34 10 46 10 DA193 06 01 34 24.3 358.9 0.1 0.0 19 151 10 46 10 10 53 10 --- 06 08 35 24.2 357.4 0.2 0.0 420 178 10 46 14 10 53 50 DA193 06 09 15 24.2 357.3 0.2 0.0 19 178 10 53 50 10 59 50 --- 06 15 16 24.1 356.0 0.3 0.0 360 201 10 53 54 11 01 20 DA193 06 16 46 24.1 355.7 0.3 0.0 69 201 11 01 20 11 07 20 --- 06 22 47 24.0 354.5 0.4 0.0 360 225 11 01 24 11 14 50 4C39.25 06 30 18 13.0 33.9 -3.0 0.0 318 225 11 14 50 11 22 50 --- 06 38 20 14.0 32.7 -2.8 0.0 480 255 11 14 54 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 12 Jun 2012 Day 164 --- 11 23 30 4C39.25 06 39 00 14.1 32.6 -2.8 0.0 19 255 11 23 30 11 31 30 --- 06 47 01 15.0 31.3 -2.7 0.0 480 286 11 23 34 11 32 10 4C39.25 06 47 41 15.1 31.2 -2.7 0.0 19 286 11 32 10 11 40 10 --- 06 55 42 16.0 29.9 -2.5 0.0 480 317 11 32 14 11 40 50 4C39.25 06 56 23 16.1 29.8 -2.5 0.0 19 317 11 40 50 11 47 50 --- 07 03 24 16.9 28.6 -2.4 0.0 420 344 11 40 54 11 49 20 4C39.25 07 04 54 17.0 28.3 -2.4 0.0 69 344 11 49 20 11 55 50 --- 07 11 25 17.7 27.2 -2.3 0.0 390 370 11 49 24 11 56 30 4C39.25 07 12 05 17.8 27.1 -2.3 0.0 19 370 11 56 30 12 03 30 --- 07 19 06 18.5 25.9 -2.1 0.0 420 397 11 56 34 12 04 10 4C39.25 07 19 46 18.6 25.8 -2.1 0.0 19 397 12 04 10 12 11 10 --- 07 26 48 19.2 24.5 -2.0 0.0 420 424 12 04 14 12 14 30 J1043+2408 07 30 08 21.5 47.2 -3.2 0.0 135 424 12 14 30 12 22 30 =1040+244 07 38 09 22.8 45.9 -3.1 0.0 480 455 12 14 34 12 23 10 J1043+2408 07 38 50 22.9 45.7 -3.1 0.0 19 455 12 23 10 12 31 10 =1040+244 07 46 51 24.2 44.3 -2.9 0.0 480 486 12 23 14 12 31 50 J1043+2408 07 47 31 24.3 44.2 -2.9 0.0 19 486 12 31 50 12 39 50 =1040+244 07 55 32 25.6 42.7 -2.8 0.0 480 517 12 31 54 12 40 30 J1043+2408 07 56 12 25.7 42.6 -2.8 0.0 19 517 12 40 30 12 48 30 =1040+244 08 04 14 26.9 41.0 -2.7 0.0 480 548 12 40 34 12 50 00 J1043+2408 08 05 44 27.1 40.7 -2.6 0.0 69 548 12 50 00 13 00 00 =1040+244 08 15 46 28.5 38.7 -2.5 0.0 600 586 12 50 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 7 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 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 Matching frequency sets: 2 12 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 38.325026 0.21 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 21.56228 0.23 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 133158 Observations 0.533 scan and 64.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 22.485076 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 49.94267 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.433 scan and 52.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 49.693085 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 07.17259 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.858 scan and 103.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 * J1043+2408 10 40 25.199375 * 10 43 09.035776 10 43 50.335850 0.01 1040+244 24 24 19.59858 * 24 08 35.40944 24 04 39.50093 0.02 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 3193 Observations 0.700 scan and 84.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 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 9.8 DA193 17.9 4C39.25 53.4 J1043+2408 72.0 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