COVER INFORMATION Station: MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13K2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Ciriaco Goddi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: goddi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm NME for session 2/2013 1 Gbps, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 1.3cm NME on June 10 2013, involving 14 antennas: Eb Jb2 On20 Mc Nt Tr Ys Mh Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh. The NME uses a setup with 1 Gbps and consists of integrations on strong calibrators like 4C39.25 (~8.3 Jy at 15 GHz from MOJAVE) and J1310+3220 (~2.5 Jy at 22GHz from EVLA POLCAL Database) as well as phase-referencing cycles with continuum calibrators (J0923+3849) as targets. There are three ftp fringe-test scans (1) 12:09:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, 4C39.25) (2) 12:55:00 UT (scan 25, 2 sec, 4C39.25) (3) 13:49:00 UT (scan 49, 2 sec, J0923+3849) See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Skype account: ciriaco.goddi Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2013 Day 161 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 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 12 00 00 4C39.25 06 02 36 51.9 439.9 -3.4 -64.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 --- 06 06 37 52.7 440.5 -3.4 -64.8 240 31 12 00 01 12 06 00 4C39.25 06 08 37 53.0 440.7 -3.3 -64.9 117 31 12 06 00 12 10 00 --- 06 12 38 53.7 441.3 -3.3 -65.0 240 62 12 06 01 12 12 00 4C39.25 06 14 38 54.1 441.6 -3.2 -65.1 117 62 12 12 00 12 17 00 --- 06 19 39 55.0 442.3 -3.1 -65.4 300 100 12 12 01 12 19 00 4C39.25 06 21 39 55.3 442.6 -3.1 -65.4 117 100 12 19 00 12 20 00 --- 06 22 39 55.5 442.7 -3.1 -65.5 60 108 12 19 01 12 20 30 4C39.25 06 23 09 55.6 442.8 -3.1 -65.5 27 108 12 20 30 12 21 30 --- 06 24 10 55.7 442.9 -3.1 -65.5 60 115 12 20 31 12 22 00 J0923+3849 06 24 40 56.4 443.9 -3.0 -65.4 24 115 12 22 00 12 23 00 =0920+390 06 25 40 56.6 444.0 -3.0 -65.4 60 123 12 22 01 12 23 30 4C39.25 06 26 10 56.1 443.2 -3.0 -65.6 24 123 12 23 30 12 24 30 --- 06 27 10 56.3 443.3 -3.0 -65.6 60 131 12 23 31 12 25 00 J0923+3849 06 27 40 57.0 444.3 -2.9 -65.5 24 131 12 25 00 12 26 00 =0920+390 06 28 40 57.1 444.5 -2.9 -65.5 60 138 12 25 01 12 26 30 4C39.25 06 29 10 56.6 443.6 -3.0 -65.7 24 138 12 26 30 12 27 30 --- 06 30 11 56.8 443.8 -3.0 -65.8 60 146 12 26 31 12 28 00 J0923+3849 06 30 41 57.5 444.8 -2.9 -65.6 24 146 12 28 00 12 29 00 =0920+390 06 31 41 57.7 444.9 -2.9 -65.6 60 154 12 28 01 12 29 30 4C39.25 06 32 11 57.2 444.1 -2.9 -65.8 24 154 12 29 30 12 30 30 --- 06 33 11 57.3 444.2 -2.9 -65.9 60 162 12 29 31 12 31 00 J0923+3849 06 33 41 58.0 445.2 -2.8 -65.7 24 162 12 31 00 12 32 00 =0920+390 06 34 41 58.2 445.4 -2.8 -65.7 60 169 12 31 01 12 32 30 4C39.25 06 35 11 57.7 444.5 -2.9 -65.9 24 169 12 32 30 12 33 30 --- 06 36 12 57.9 444.7 -2.9 -66.0 60 177 12 32 31 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2013 Day 161 --- 12 34 00 J0923+3849 06 36 42 58.6 445.7 -2.8 -65.8 24 177 12 34 00 12 35 00 =0920+390 06 37 42 58.7 445.8 -2.8 -65.8 60 185 12 34 01 12 35 30 4C39.25 06 38 12 58.2 445.0 -2.8 -66.0 24 185 12 35 30 12 36 30 --- 06 39 12 58.4 445.1 -2.8 -66.0 60 192 12 35 31 12 37 00 J0923+3849 06 39 42 59.1 446.2 -2.7 -65.8 24 192 12 37 00 12 38 00 =0920+390 06 40 42 59.3 446.3 -2.7 -65.9 60 200 12 37 01 12 38 30 4C39.25 06 41 12 58.8 445.4 -2.8 -66.1 24 200 12 38 30 12 39 30 --- 06 42 13 58.9 445.6 -2.8 -66.1 60 208 12 38 31 12 40 00 J0923+3849 06 42 43 59.6 446.6 -2.7 -65.9 24 208 12 40 00 12 41 00 =0920+390 06 43 43 59.8 446.8 -2.7 -65.9 60 215 12 40 01 12 41 30 4C39.25 06 44 13 59.3 445.9 -2.7 -66.2 24 215 12 41 30 12 42 30 --- 06 45 13 59.5 446.0 -2.7 -66.2 60 223 12 41 31 12 43 00 J0923+3849 06 45 43 60.2 447.1 -2.6 -66.0 24 223 12 43 00 12 44 00 =0920+390 06 46 43 60.3 447.3 -2.6 -66.0 60 231 12 43 01 12 44 30 4C39.25 06 47 13 59.8 446.3 -2.7 -66.3 24 231 12 44 30 12 45 30 --- 06 48 14 60.0 446.5 -2.7 -66.3 60 238 12 44 31 12 46 00 J0923+3849 06 48 44 60.7 447.6 -2.6 -66.0 24 238 12 46 00 12 47 00 =0920+390 06 49 44 60.9 447.7 -2.6 -66.0 60 246 12 46 01 12 47 30 4C39.25 06 50 14 60.4 446.8 -2.6 -66.3 24 246 12 47 30 12 48 30 --- 06 51 14 60.6 447.0 -2.6 -66.3 60 254 12 47 31 12 49 00 J0923+3849 06 51 44 61.2 448.1 -2.5 -66.1 24 254 12 49 00 12 50 00 =0920+390 06 52 44 61.4 448.2 -2.5 -66.1 60 262 12 49 01 12 52 00 4C39.25 06 54 45 61.2 447.5 -2.6 -66.4 114 262 12 52 00 12 56 00 --- 06 58 45 61.9 448.2 -2.5 -66.5 240 292 12 52 01 12 58 00 4C39.25 07 00 46 62.3 448.5 -2.5 -66.5 117 292 12 58 00 13 03 00 --- 07 05 46 63.1 449.4 -2.4 -66.5 300 331 12 58 01 13 05 00 4C39.25 07 07 47 63.5 449.7 -2.3 -66.5 117 331 13 05 00 13 06 00 --- 07 08 47 63.7 449.9 -2.3 -66.5 60 338 13 05 01 13 06 30 4C39.25 07 09 17 63.8 450.0 -2.3 -66.5 27 338 13 06 30 13 07 30 --- 07 10 17 63.9 450.2 -2.3 -66.5 60 346 13 06 31 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2013 Day 161 --- 13 08 00 J0923+3849 07 10 47 64.6 451.4 -2.2 -66.1 24 346 13 08 00 13 09 00 =0920+390 07 11 47 64.8 451.6 -2.2 -66.1 60 354 13 08 01 13 09 30 4C39.25 07 12 18 64.3 450.5 -2.3 -66.5 24 354 13 09 30 13 10 30 --- 07 13 18 64.5 450.7 -2.2 -66.5 60 362 13 09 31 13 11 00 J0923+3849 07 13 48 65.2 451.9 -2.2 -66.1 24 362 13 11 00 13 12 00 =0920+390 07 14 48 65.3 452.1 -2.2 -66.0 60 369 13 11 01 13 12 30 4C39.25 07 15 18 64.8 451.1 -2.2 -66.5 24 369 13 12 30 13 13 30 --- 07 16 18 65.0 451.2 -2.2 -66.5 60 377 13 12 31 13 14 00 J0923+3849 07 16 48 65.7 452.5 -2.1 -66.0 24 377 13 14 00 13 15 00 =0920+390 07 17 48 65.9 452.7 -2.1 -66.0 60 385 13 14 01 13 15 30 4C39.25 07 18 19 65.4 451.6 -2.2 -66.5 24 385 13 15 30 13 16 30 --- 07 19 19 65.6 451.8 -2.1 -66.5 60 392 13 15 31 13 17 00 J0923+3849 07 19 49 66.2 453.1 -2.1 -65.9 24 392 13 17 00 13 18 00 =0920+390 07 20 49 66.4 453.3 -2.1 -65.9 60 400 13 17 01 13 18 30 4C39.25 07 21 19 65.9 452.2 -2.1 -66.4 24 400 13 18 30 13 19 30 --- 07 22 19 66.1 452.4 -2.1 -66.4 60 408 13 18 31 13 20 00 J0923+3849 07 22 49 66.8 453.7 -2.0 -65.9 24 408 13 20 00 13 21 00 =0920+390 07 23 49 67.0 453.9 -2.0 -65.8 60 415 13 20 01 13 21 30 4C39.25 07 24 20 66.4 452.8 -2.1 -66.4 24 415 13 21 30 13 22 30 --- 07 25 20 66.6 453.0 -2.0 -66.3 60 423 13 21 31 13 23 00 J0923+3849 07 25 50 67.3 454.3 -2.0 -65.8 24 423 13 23 00 13 24 00 =0920+390 07 26 50 67.5 454.5 -2.0 -65.7 60 431 13 23 01 13 24 30 4C39.25 07 27 20 67.0 453.4 -2.0 -66.3 24 431 13 24 30 13 25 30 --- 07 28 20 67.2 453.6 -2.0 -66.3 60 438 13 24 31 13 26 00 J0923+3849 07 28 50 67.8 454.9 -1.9 -65.7 24 438 13 26 00 13 27 00 =0920+390 07 29 50 68.0 455.2 -1.9 -65.6 60 446 13 26 01 13 27 30 4C39.25 07 30 20 67.5 454.0 -2.0 -66.2 24 446 13 27 30 13 28 30 --- 07 31 21 67.7 454.2 -1.9 -66.2 60 454 13 27 31 13 29 00 J0923+3849 07 31 51 68.4 455.6 -1.9 -65.5 24 454 13 29 00 13 30 00 =0920+390 07 32 51 68.6 455.8 -1.9 -65.5 60 462 13 29 01 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Page 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2013 Day 161 --- 13 30 30 4C39.25 07 33 21 68.1 454.6 -1.9 -66.1 24 462 13 30 30 13 31 30 --- 07 34 21 68.2 454.8 -1.9 -66.1 60 469 13 30 31 13 32 00 J0923+3849 07 34 51 68.9 456.3 -1.8 -65.4 24 469 13 32 00 13 33 00 =0920+390 07 35 51 69.1 456.5 -1.8 -65.3 60 477 13 32 01 13 33 30 4C39.25 07 36 21 68.6 455.2 -1.9 -66.0 24 477 13 33 30 13 34 30 --- 07 37 22 68.8 455.4 -1.8 -65.9 60 485 13 33 31 13 35 00 J0923+3849 07 37 52 69.4 457.0 -1.8 -65.2 24 485 13 35 00 13 36 00 =0920+390 07 38 52 69.6 457.2 -1.8 -65.1 60 492 13 35 01 13 40 00 J1310+3220 07 42 53 27.2 430.4 -5.5 -52.6 150 492 13 40 00 13 44 00 =1308+326 07 46 53 27.9 430.9 -5.4 -52.8 240 523 13 40 01 13 46 00 J1310+3220 07 48 54 28.2 431.2 -5.4 -53.0 117 523 13 46 00 13 50 00 =1308+326 07 52 54 28.9 431.8 -5.3 -53.2 240 554 13 46 01 13 53 00 J1310+3220 07 55 55 29.4 432.2 -5.3 -53.4 177 554 13 53 00 14 00 00 =1308+326 08 02 56 30.6 433.3 -5.1 -53.9 420 608 13 53 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.K1024 --- 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: 17 Station: MC_DBBC 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= 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 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= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 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: 20 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0923+3849 09 20 06.318435 * 09 23 14.452935 09 24 04.647240 0.13 0920+390 39 02 32.11175 * 38 49 39.91002 38 46 12.48332 0.10 J0923+38 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3755 observations J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 53.102512 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 50.82964 0.10 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations * J1310+3220 13 08 07.560132 * 13 10 28.663851 13 11 07.665371 0.12 1308+326 32 36 40.23870 * 32 20 43.78277 32 16 33.05197 0.10 J1310+32 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 117803 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 J0923+3849 sess213.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.333 86.250 4C39.25 sess213.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.733 193.200 J1310+3220 sess213.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 15 + 0.250 57.155 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) J0923+3849 54.5 4C39.25 55.2 J1310+3220 99.6 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