COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13X2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 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: 3.6cm NME for session 2/2013 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters **** No FTP Fringe Test **** Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 9 Jun 2013 Day 160 --- Next scan frequencies: 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 Next BBC frequencies: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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 22 00 00 J1800+3848 22 02 39 46.9 637.2 4.0 52.0 0 0 22 00 00 22 08 00 =1758+388 22 10 40 45.7 638.6 4.2 51.7 480 31 22 00 01 22 08 30 J1848+3219 22 11 10 48.8 622.1 3.4 46.5 -11 31 22 08 30 22 10 30 =1846+322 22 13 11 48.5 622.5 3.4 46.6 109 39 22 08 31 22 11 00 J1849+3024 22 13 41 47.2 620.4 3.4 45.0 12 39 22 11 00 22 13 00 =1847+303 22 15 41 46.9 620.8 3.4 45.1 120 46 22 11 01 22 13 30 J1848+3219 22 16 11 48.0 623.2 3.5 46.7 11 46 22 13 30 22 15 30 =1846+322 22 18 12 47.7 623.6 3.5 46.7 120 54 22 13 31 22 16 00 J1849+3024 22 18 42 46.5 621.5 3.5 45.2 12 54 22 16 00 22 18 00 =1847+303 22 20 42 46.1 621.9 3.5 45.3 120 62 22 16 01 22 20 00 J1800+3848 22 22 42 43.8 640.7 4.4 51.3 77 62 22 20 00 22 28 00 =1758+388 22 30 44 42.6 642.0 4.5 51.0 480 93 22 20 01 22 28 30 J1848+3219 22 31 14 45.7 626.4 3.7 47.0 -10 93 22 28 30 22 30 30 =1846+322 22 33 14 45.4 626.8 3.7 47.0 110 101 22 28 31 22 31 00 J1849+3024 22 33 44 44.1 624.7 3.7 45.6 12 101 22 31 00 22 33 00 =1847+303 22 35 44 43.8 625.2 3.8 45.6 120 108 22 31 01 22 33 30 J1848+3219 22 36 15 44.9 627.4 3.8 47.0 12 108 22 33 30 22 35 30 =1846+322 22 38 15 44.6 627.8 3.8 47.0 120 116 22 33 31 22 36 00 J1849+3024 22 38 45 43.4 625.8 3.8 45.7 12 116 22 36 00 22 38 00 =1847+303 22 40 45 43.1 626.2 3.8 45.7 120 124 22 36 01 22 40 00 J1800+3848 22 42 46 40.8 644.0 4.7 50.4 77 124 22 40 00 22 48 00 =1758+388 22 50 47 39.6 645.3 4.8 50.0 480 155 22 40 01 22 48 30 J1848+3219 22 51 17 42.6 630.4 4.0 47.1 -10 155 22 48 30 22 50 30 =1846+322 22 53 17 42.3 630.8 4.1 47.1 110 163 22 48 31 22 51 00 J1849+3024 22 53 47 41.0 628.8 4.1 45.8 12 163 22 51 00 22 53 00 =1847+303 22 55 48 40.7 629.2 4.1 45.9 120 170 22 51 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 9 Jun 2013 Day 160 --- 22 53 30 J1848+3219 22 56 18 41.8 631.4 4.1 47.1 12 170 22 53 30 22 55 30 =1846+322 22 58 18 41.5 631.8 4.2 47.1 120 178 22 53 31 22 56 00 J1849+3024 22 58 48 40.3 629.8 4.1 45.9 12 178 22 56 00 22 58 00 =1847+303 23 00 49 40.0 630.2 4.2 45.9 120 186 22 56 01 23 00 00 J1800+3848 23 02 49 37.8 647.3 5.0 49.3 78 186 23 00 00 23 08 00 =1758+388 23 10 50 36.6 648.5 5.2 48.8 480 217 23 00 01 23 08 30 J1848+3219 23 11 20 39.5 634.2 4.4 46.9 -9 217 23 08 30 23 10 30 =1846+322 23 13 21 39.2 634.6 4.4 46.9 111 225 23 08 31 23 11 00 J1849+3024 23 13 51 37.9 632.7 4.4 45.8 13 225 23 11 00 23 13 00 =1847+303 23 15 51 37.6 633.1 4.4 45.8 120 232 23 11 01 23 13 30 J1848+3219 23 16 21 38.7 635.2 4.5 46.8 12 232 23 13 30 23 15 30 =1846+322 23 18 21 38.4 635.5 4.5 46.8 120 240 23 13 31 23 16 00 J1849+3024 23 18 51 37.2 633.7 4.5 45.7 13 240 23 16 00 23 18 00 =1847+303 23 20 52 36.9 634.1 4.5 45.7 120 248 23 16 01 23 20 00 J1800+3848 23 22 52 34.9 650.5 5.4 48.1 79 248 23 20 00 23 28 00 =1758+388 23 30 53 33.7 651.7 5.5 47.5 480 279 23 20 01 23 28 30 J1848+3219 23 31 24 36.4 637.9 4.7 46.5 -8 279 23 28 30 23 30 30 =1846+322 23 33 24 36.1 638.3 4.7 46.4 112 286 23 28 31 23 31 00 J1849+3024 23 33 54 34.9 636.5 4.7 45.5 13 286 23 31 00 23 33 00 =1847+303 23 35 54 34.5 636.9 4.8 45.4 120 294 23 31 01 23 33 30 J1848+3219 23 36 24 35.6 638.8 4.8 46.4 13 294 23 33 30 23 35 30 =1846+322 23 38 25 35.3 639.2 4.8 46.3 120 302 23 33 31 23 36 00 J1849+3024 23 38 55 34.1 637.4 4.8 45.4 13 302 23 36 00 23 38 00 =1847+303 23 40 55 33.8 637.8 4.9 45.3 120 310 23 36 01 23 40 00 J1800+3848 23 42 55 32.0 653.6 5.7 46.7 80 310 23 40 00 23 48 00 =1758+388 23 50 57 30.9 654.9 5.8 46.1 480 341 23 40 01 23 48 30 J1848+3219 23 51 27 33.4 641.5 5.0 45.9 -8 341 23 48 30 23 50 30 =1846+322 23 53 27 33.1 641.8 5.1 45.8 112 348 23 48 31 23 51 00 J1849+3024 23 53 57 31.8 640.1 5.1 44.9 13 348 23 51 00 23 53 00 =1847+303 23 55 58 31.5 640.5 5.1 44.9 120 356 23 51 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 9 Jun 2013 Day 160 --- 23 53 30 J1848+3219 23 56 28 32.6 642.4 5.1 45.7 13 356 23 53 30 23 55 30 =1846+322 23 58 28 32.3 642.7 5.2 45.6 120 364 23 53 31 23 56 00 J1849+3024 23 58 58 31.0 641.0 5.2 44.8 13 364 23 56 00 23 58 00 =1847+303 00 00 58 30.7 641.4 5.2 44.7 120 372 23 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 8 Station: BADARY 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. LO sum= 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 BBC fr= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 7 8 15 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) * J1800+3848 17 58 44.703952 * 18 00 24.765361 18 00 53.821924 0.13 1758+388 38 48 32.47341 * 38 48 30.69739 38 48 35.05194 0.10 J1800+38 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 2965 observations 0.800 scan and 71.200 baseline hours in setup: sess213.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 * J1848+3219 18 46 29.612036 * 18 48 22.088579 18 48 54.373824 0.12 1846+322 32 15 36.66028 * 32 19 02.60368 32 20 01.82764 0.10 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 6645 observations 0.400 scan and 39.345 baseline hours in setup: sess213.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 * J1849+3024 18 47 24.599820 * 18 49 20.103406 18 49 53.181190 0.19 1847+303 30 20 44.26585 * 30 24 14.23712 30 25 14.74499 0.34 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 126 observations 0.400 scan and 41.988 baseline hours in setup: sess213.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 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) J1800+3848 117.2 J1848+3219 120.1 J1849+3024 121.8 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