COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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: 741.49 741.49 741.49 741.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 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 15 01 22 55.8 77.9 -3.0 -72.5 0 0 22 00 00 22 08 00 =1758+388 15 09 23 57.3 78.8 -2.9 -73.1 480 31 22 00 01 22 08 30 J1848+3219 15 09 53 45.9 82.6 -3.7 -63.1 4 31 22 08 30 22 10 30 =1846+322 15 11 54 46.3 82.9 -3.6 -63.2 120 39 22 08 31 22 11 00 J1849+3024 15 12 24 45.3 85.2 -3.6 -61.5 13 39 22 11 00 22 13 00 =1847+303 15 14 24 45.7 85.5 -3.6 -61.5 120 46 22 11 01 22 13 30 J1848+3219 15 14 54 46.8 83.3 -3.6 -63.3 13 46 22 13 30 22 15 30 =1846+322 15 16 55 47.2 83.6 -3.5 -63.4 120 54 22 13 31 22 16 00 J1849+3024 15 17 25 46.3 86.0 -3.5 -61.6 13 54 22 16 00 22 18 00 =1847+303 15 19 25 46.6 86.3 -3.5 -61.6 120 62 22 16 01 22 20 00 J1800+3848 15 21 25 59.5 80.0 -2.7 -73.9 92 62 22 20 00 22 28 00 =1758+388 15 29 27 61.0 80.9 -2.5 -74.4 480 93 22 20 01 22 28 30 J1848+3219 15 29 57 49.7 85.4 -3.3 -63.7 4 93 22 28 30 22 30 30 =1846+322 15 31 57 50.1 85.7 -3.3 -63.8 120 101 22 28 31 22 31 00 J1849+3024 15 32 27 49.1 88.3 -3.3 -61.8 13 101 22 31 00 22 33 00 =1847+303 15 34 27 49.5 88.6 -3.3 -61.8 120 108 22 31 01 22 33 30 J1848+3219 15 34 58 50.6 86.1 -3.2 -63.8 13 108 22 33 30 22 35 30 =1846+322 15 36 58 51.0 86.4 -3.2 -63.9 120 116 22 33 31 22 36 00 J1849+3024 15 37 28 50.1 89.0 -3.2 -61.8 12 116 22 36 00 22 38 00 =1847+303 15 39 28 50.4 89.4 -3.2 -61.8 120 124 22 36 01 22 40 00 J1800+3848 15 41 29 63.3 82.2 -2.3 -75.1 92 124 22 40 00 22 48 00 =1758+388 15 49 30 64.8 83.1 -2.2 -75.6 480 155 22 40 01 22 48 30 J1848+3219 15 50 00 53.5 88.4 -3.0 -64.1 4 155 22 48 30 22 50 30 =1846+322 15 52 00 53.9 88.7 -2.9 -64.1 120 163 22 48 31 22 51 00 J1849+3024 15 52 30 52.9 91.5 -3.0 -61.8 12 163 22 51 00 22 53 00 =1847+303 15 54 31 53.3 91.8 -2.9 -61.8 120 170 22 51 01 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 15 55 01 54.5 89.2 -2.9 -64.1 12 170 22 53 30 22 55 30 =1846+322 15 57 01 54.8 89.5 -2.9 -64.1 120 178 22 53 31 22 56 00 J1849+3024 15 57 31 53.9 92.4 -2.9 -61.7 12 178 22 56 00 22 58 00 =1847+303 15 59 32 54.3 92.7 -2.8 -61.7 120 186 22 56 01 23 00 00 J1800+3848 16 01 32 67.1 84.5 -2.0 -76.2 93 186 23 00 00 23 08 00 =1758+388 16 09 33 68.6 85.5 -1.9 -76.5 480 217 23 00 01 23 08 30 J1848+3219 16 10 03 57.3 91.7 -2.6 -64.1 4 217 23 08 30 23 10 30 =1846+322 16 12 04 57.7 92.0 -2.6 -64.0 120 225 23 08 31 23 11 00 J1849+3024 16 12 34 56.7 95.1 -2.6 -61.4 12 225 23 11 00 23 13 00 =1847+303 16 14 34 57.1 95.5 -2.6 -61.3 120 232 23 11 01 23 13 30 J1848+3219 16 15 04 58.3 92.5 -2.6 -64.0 12 232 23 13 30 23 15 30 =1846+322 16 17 04 58.6 92.9 -2.5 -64.0 120 240 23 13 31 23 16 00 J1849+3024 16 17 34 57.7 96.0 -2.5 -61.2 12 240 23 16 00 23 18 00 =1847+303 16 19 35 58.0 96.4 -2.5 -61.2 120 248 23 16 01 23 20 00 J1800+3848 16 21 35 70.9 87.0 -1.7 -77.0 93 248 23 20 00 23 28 00 =1758+388 16 29 36 72.4 88.2 -1.5 -77.2 480 279 23 20 01 23 28 30 J1848+3219 16 30 07 61.1 95.3 -2.3 -63.6 4 279 23 28 30 23 30 30 =1846+322 16 32 07 61.5 95.7 -2.3 -63.5 120 286 23 28 31 23 31 00 J1849+3024 16 32 37 60.5 99.1 -2.3 -60.5 12 286 23 31 00 23 33 00 =1847+303 16 34 37 60.9 99.5 -2.3 -60.4 120 294 23 31 01 23 33 30 J1848+3219 16 35 07 62.1 96.3 -2.2 -63.4 12 294 23 33 30 23 35 30 =1846+322 16 37 08 62.4 96.7 -2.2 -63.3 120 302 23 33 31 23 36 00 J1849+3024 16 37 38 61.4 100.2 -2.2 -60.2 12 302 23 36 00 23 38 00 =1847+303 16 39 38 61.8 100.7 -2.2 -60.0 120 310 23 36 01 23 40 00 J1800+3848 16 41 38 74.7 90.0 -1.3 -77.3 92 310 23 40 00 23 48 00 =1758+388 16 49 40 76.2 91.4 -1.2 -77.2 480 341 23 40 01 23 48 30 J1848+3219 16 50 10 64.9 99.6 -2.0 -62.5 4 341 23 48 30 23 50 30 =1846+322 16 52 10 65.3 100.0 -1.9 -62.4 120 348 23 48 31 23 51 00 J1849+3024 16 52 40 64.2 103.8 -2.0 -58.9 11 348 23 51 00 23 53 00 =1847+303 16 54 41 64.6 104.3 -1.9 -58.7 120 356 23 51 01 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 16 55 11 65.8 100.7 -1.9 -62.1 11 356 23 53 30 23 55 30 =1846+322 16 57 11 66.2 101.2 -1.9 -61.9 120 364 23 53 31 23 56 00 J1849+3024 16 57 41 65.2 105.1 -1.9 -58.3 11 364 23 56 00 23 58 00 =1847+303 16 59 41 65.5 105.7 -1.8 -58.1 120 372 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: ys40_4cm LO taken from D.Grahams S/X configuration for EK028A Setup group: 5 Station: YEBES40M 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= 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 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= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 741.49 741.49 741.49 741.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 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: 6 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, 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