COVER INFORMATION Station: METSAHOV (Code Mh ) Experiment: test of NRAO RDBE/DDC + EVN for Gb/s (K-band) Exp. Code: F13K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Bob Campbell Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo Phone: +31 521 596-534 EMAIL: campbell@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596-534 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) Page 2 test of NRAO RDBE/DDC + EVN for Gb/s (K-band) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Jun 2013 Day 163 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.25 22187.25 22187.25 22187.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22283.25 22283.25 22283.25 22283.25 Next BBC frequencies: 707.25 707.25 707.25 707.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 803.25 803.25 803.25 803.25 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 06 00 00 J2005+7752 01 00 29 61.4 -24.8 4.9 84.4 0 0 06 00 00 06 12 00 =2007+777 01 12 31 60.7 -24.6 5.1 81.6 720 92 06 00 01 06 12 26 J2005+7752 01 12 57 60.7 -24.6 5.1 81.5 24 92 06 12 26 06 14 06 =2007+777 01 14 37 60.6 -24.6 5.2 81.1 100 105 06 12 27 06 14 26 J2005+7752 01 14 58 60.6 -24.6 5.2 81.1 18 105 06 14 26 06 18 36 =2007+777 01 19 08 60.4 -24.5 5.2 80.1 250 137 06 14 27 06 18 56 J2005+7752 01 19 28 60.4 -24.5 5.2 80.0 18 137 06 18 56 06 23 06 =2007+777 01 23 39 60.2 -24.4 5.3 79.1 250 169 06 18 57 06 23 26 J2005+7752 01 23 59 60.1 -24.4 5.3 79.0 18 169 06 23 26 06 25 06 =2007+777 01 25 39 60.1 -24.4 5.3 78.6 100 182 06 23 27 06 25 26 J2005+7752 01 25 59 60.0 -24.4 5.3 78.5 18 182 06 25 26 06 29 36 =2007+777 01 30 10 59.8 -24.3 5.4 77.6 250 214 06 25 27 06 29 56 J2005+7752 01 30 30 59.8 -24.3 5.4 77.5 18 214 06 29 56 06 34 06 =2007+777 01 34 41 59.6 -24.2 5.5 76.6 250 246 06 29 57 Next scan frequencies: 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 Next BBC frequencies: 739.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 06 37 06 J2005+7752 01 37 41 59.4 -24.1 5.5 75.9 178 246 06 37 06 06 38 46 =2007+777 01 39 22 59.4 -24.1 5.6 75.5 100 253 06 37 31 06 39 06 J2005+7752 01 39 42 59.3 -24.1 5.6 75.5 18 253 06 39 06 06 43 16 =2007+777 01 43 52 59.1 -24.0 5.6 74.5 250 269 06 39 07 06 43 36 J2005+7752 01 44 12 59.1 -24.0 5.7 74.5 18 269 06 43 36 06 47 46 =2007+777 01 48 23 58.9 -23.8 5.7 73.5 250 285 06 43 37 06 48 06 J2005+7752 01 48 43 58.9 -23.8 5.7 73.5 18 285 06 48 06 06 49 46 =2007+777 01 50 23 58.8 -23.8 5.8 73.1 100 291 06 48 07 06 50 06 J2005+7752 01 50 43 58.8 -23.8 5.8 73.0 18 291 06 50 06 06 54 16 =2007+777 01 54 54 58.6 -23.6 5.8 72.1 250 307 06 50 07 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) Page 3 test of NRAO RDBE/DDC + EVN for Gb/s (K-band) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Jun 2013 Day 163 --- 06 54 36 J2005+7752 01 55 14 58.6 -23.6 5.8 72.0 18 307 06 54 36 06 58 46 =2007+777 01 59 25 58.4 -23.5 5.9 71.1 250 323 06 54 37 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: KG.evn.rdbeddc --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 22 Station: METSAHOV Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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: 20 Setup file default. LO sum= 22187.25 22187.25 22187.25 22187.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22283.25 22283.25 22283.25 22283.25 BBC fr= 707.25 707.25 707.25 707.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 803.25 803.25 803.25 803.25 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 20 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: K5.evn.rdbeddc --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 47 Station: METSAHOV Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 44 Setup file default. LO sum= 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22219.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 22251.25 BBC fr= 739.25 739.25 739.25 739.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 771.25 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 44 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J2005+7752 20 07 20.430170 * 20 05 30.998498 20 05 06.320924 0.48 2007+777 77 43 58.12300 * 77 52 43.24753 77 54 59.08402 0.10 J2005+77 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 16337 observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline J2005+7752 KG.evn.rdbeddc 1 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 + 0.533 142.600 K5.evn.rdbeddc 26 27 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 + 0.333 92.000 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) J2005+7752 76.2 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