COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: FTP Fringe Test Experiment FR016 Exp. Code: fr016 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Jun Yang Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: +31 521 596 539 Phone during observation: +31 521 596 507 Observing mode: MKIV Notes: Using the same frequency setup as EG070B NOT real-time e-VLBI experiment. FTP fringe test once per half hour. Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 FTP Fringe Test Experiment FR016 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 19 Jun 2013 Day 170 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 13 05 00 4C39.25 15 01 28 23.7 -57.5 5.6 68.2 0 0 13 05 00 13 14 00 --- 15 10 30 22.0 -56.7 5.7 67.1 540 70 13 05 01 13 15 00 4C39.25 15 11 30 21.9 -56.7 5.7 67.0 58 70 13 15 00 13 24 00 --- 15 20 32 20.3 -55.9 5.9 65.8 540 139 13 15 01 13 25 00 4C39.25 15 21 32 20.1 -55.8 5.9 65.7 58 139 13 25 00 13 34 00 --- 15 30 33 18.5 -55.0 6.0 64.5 540 209 13 25 01 13 36 00 4C39.25 15 32 34 18.1 -54.9 6.1 64.3 118 209 13 36 00 13 45 00 --- 15 41 35 16.6 -54.1 6.2 63.1 540 279 13 36 01 13 46 00 4C39.25 15 42 35 16.4 -54.0 6.2 63.0 58 279 13 46 00 13 55 00 --- 15 51 37 14.8 -53.1 6.4 61.8 540 348 13 46 01 13 56 00 4C39.25 15 52 37 14.7 -53.0 6.4 61.6 58 348 13 56 00 14 05 00 --- 16 01 38 13.1 -52.1 6.6 60.4 540 418 13 56 01 14 07 00 OQ208 16 03 39 64.7 271.3 1.9 76.7 -208 418 14 07 00 14 16 00 --- 16 12 40 62.8 272.4 2.1 76.5 332 488 14 07 01 14 17 00 OQ208 16 13 40 62.6 272.5 2.1 76.5 58 488 14 17 00 14 26 00 --- 16 22 42 60.7 273.4 2.3 76.3 540 557 14 17 01 14 27 00 OQ208 16 23 42 60.5 273.6 2.3 76.3 58 557 14 27 00 14 36 00 --- 16 32 43 58.5 274.5 2.4 76.0 540 627 14 27 01 14 38 00 OQ208 16 34 44 58.1 274.7 2.5 76.0 118 627 14 38 00 14 47 00 --- 16 43 45 56.2 275.6 2.6 75.6 540 697 14 38 01 14 48 00 OQ208 16 44 45 56.0 275.7 2.6 75.6 58 697 14 48 00 14 57 00 --- 16 53 47 54.0 276.6 2.8 75.2 540 766 14 48 01 14 58 00 OQ208 16 54 47 53.8 276.7 2.8 75.2 58 766 14 58 00 15 07 00 --- 17 03 48 51.9 277.5 2.9 74.8 540 836 14 58 01 15 09 00 OQ208 17 05 49 51.5 277.7 3.0 74.7 118 836 15 09 00 15 18 00 --- 17 14 50 49.6 278.5 3.1 74.3 540 906 15 09 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 FTP Fringe Test Experiment FR016 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 19 Jun 2013 Day 170 --- 15 19 00 OQ208 17 15 50 49.4 278.6 3.1 74.2 58 906 15 19 00 15 28 00 --- 17 24 52 47.5 279.4 3.3 73.8 540 975 15 19 01 15 29 00 OQ208 17 25 52 47.2 279.5 3.3 73.7 58 975 15 29 00 15 38 00 --- 17 34 54 45.3 280.3 3.5 73.2 540 1045 15 29 01 15 40 00 OQ208 17 36 54 44.9 280.5 3.5 73.1 118 1045 15 40 00 15 49 00 --- 17 45 55 43.0 281.3 3.6 72.6 540 1115 15 40 01 15 50 00 OQ208 17 46 56 42.8 281.4 3.7 72.6 58 1115 15 50 00 15 59 00 --- 17 55 57 40.9 282.2 3.8 72.0 540 1184 15 50 01 16 00 00 OQ208 17 56 57 40.7 282.3 3.8 72.0 58 1184 16 00 00 16 09 00 --- 18 05 59 38.8 283.1 4.0 71.4 540 1254 16 00 01 16 11 00 OQ208 18 07 59 38.4 283.3 4.0 71.3 118 1254 16 11 00 16 20 00 --- 18 17 00 36.5 284.1 4.2 70.7 540 1324 16 11 01 16 21 00 OQ208 18 18 01 36.3 284.2 4.2 70.6 58 1324 16 21 00 16 30 00 --- 18 27 02 34.5 285.0 4.3 70.0 540 1393 16 21 01 16 31 00 OQ208 18 28 02 34.2 285.1 4.3 70.0 58 1393 16 31 00 16 40 00 --- 18 37 04 32.4 286.0 4.5 69.4 540 1463 16 31 01 16 42 00 OQ208 18 39 04 32.0 286.1 4.5 69.2 118 1463 16 42 00 16 51 00 --- 18 48 06 30.1 287.0 4.7 68.6 540 1533 16 42 01 16 52 00 OQ208 18 49 06 29.9 287.1 4.7 68.5 58 1533 16 52 00 17 01 00 --- 18 58 07 28.1 287.9 4.8 67.8 540 1602 16 52 01 17 02 00 OQ208 18 59 07 27.9 288.0 4.9 67.8 58 1602 17 02 00 17 11 00 --- 19 08 09 26.0 288.9 5.0 67.1 540 1672 17 02 01 17 13 00 OQ208 19 10 09 25.6 289.1 5.0 66.9 118 1672 17 13 00 17 22 00 --- 19 19 11 23.8 289.9 5.2 66.2 540 1742 17 13 01 17 23 00 OQ208 19 20 11 23.6 290.0 5.2 66.1 58 1742 17 23 00 17 32 00 --- 19 29 12 21.8 290.9 5.4 65.4 540 1811 17 23 01 17 33 00 OQ208 19 30 12 21.6 291.0 5.4 65.3 58 1811 17 33 00 17 42 00 --- 19 39 14 19.8 291.9 5.5 64.6 540 1881 17 33 01 17 44 00 OQ208 19 41 14 19.4 292.1 5.6 64.4 118 1881 17 44 00 17 53 00 --- 19 50 16 17.6 293.0 5.7 63.6 540 1951 17 44 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 FTP Fringe Test Experiment FR016 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 19 Jun 2013 Day 170 --- 17 54 00 OQ208 19 51 16 17.4 293.1 5.7 63.5 58 1951 17 54 00 18 03 00 --- 20 00 17 15.6 294.1 5.9 62.7 540 2021 17 54 01 18 04 00 OQ208 20 01 18 15.5 294.2 5.9 62.6 58 2021 18 04 00 18 13 00 --- 20 10 19 13.7 295.1 6.0 61.8 540 2090 18 04 01 18 15 00 OQ208 20 12 19 13.3 295.3 6.1 61.6 118 2090 18 15 00 18 24 00 --- 20 21 21 11.6 296.3 6.2 60.7 540 2160 18 15 01 18 25 00 OQ208 20 22 21 11.4 296.4 6.2 60.6 58 2160 18 25 00 18 34 00 --- 20 31 22 9.7 297.4 6.4 59.8 540 2230 18 25 01 18 35 00 OQ208 20 32 23 9.5 297.5 6.4 59.7 58 2230 18 35 00 18 44 00 --- 20 41 24 7.8 298.6 6.6 58.7 540 2299 18 35 01 18 46 00 OQ208 20 43 24 7.4 298.8 6.6 58.5 118 2299 18 46 00 18 55 00 --- 20 52 26 5.7 299.9 6.7 57.6 540 2369 18 46 01 18 56 00 OQ208 20 53 26 5.5 300.0 6.8 57.5 58 2369 18 56 00 19 05 00 --- 21 02 28 3.8 301.1 6.9 D 56.5 0 2439 18 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.C1024 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 6 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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: 9 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 -- FTP Fringe Test Experiment FR016 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) J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 52.981364 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 50.47198 0.10 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations 0.900 scan and 40.500 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 37.933543 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23519 * 28 27 14.69022 28 23 32.87980 0.34 J1407+28 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC 2011A astro solution 66461 Observations 4.500 scan and 197.292 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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) 4C39.25 47.6 OQ208 104.9 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