COVER INFORMATION Station: MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13L2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 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: 18cm NME for session 2/2013 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE DBBC testing data from On, Hh, Nt, Mc, Tr, Jb are expected. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 18cm NME on June 7 2013, involving 13 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of 2 phase-referencing cycles on strong calibrators (DA193 and 0528+134) with continuum sources as targets (J0552+3754 and J0539+1433). *No* ftp tests are scheduled (the NME comes after all the user experiments in L-band). Ciriaco 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 7 Jun 2013 Day 158 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 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 06 00 00 DA193 23 49 47 25.7 418.4 -6.1 -52.2 0 0 06 00 00 06 02 00 --- 23 51 48 26.0 418.7 -6.1 -52.5 120 8 06 00 01 06 03 00 J0552+3754 23 52 48 25.5 420.9 -6.0 -52.2 53 8 06 03 00 06 09 00 =0548+378 23 58 49 26.4 421.7 -5.9 -52.7 360 31 06 03 01 06 10 00 DA193 23 59 49 27.2 419.7 -5.9 -53.3 53 31 06 10 00 06 12 00 --- 00 01 49 27.5 420.0 -5.9 -53.5 120 39 06 10 01 06 13 00 J0552+3754 00 02 49 27.0 422.2 -5.8 -53.1 53 39 06 13 00 06 19 00 =0548+378 00 08 50 28.0 423.0 -5.7 -53.7 360 62 06 13 01 06 20 00 DA193 00 09 51 28.7 421.0 -5.8 -54.3 53 62 06 20 00 06 22 00 --- 00 11 51 29.1 421.3 -5.7 -54.5 120 70 06 20 01 06 23 00 J0552+3754 00 12 51 28.6 423.6 -5.7 -54.0 53 70 06 23 00 06 29 00 =0548+378 00 18 52 29.6 424.4 -5.6 -54.6 360 93 06 23 01 06 30 00 DA193 00 19 52 30.3 422.3 -5.6 -55.3 53 93 06 30 00 06 32 00 --- 00 21 53 30.6 422.5 -5.6 -55.4 120 101 06 30 01 06 33 00 J0552+3754 00 22 53 30.2 424.9 -5.5 -54.9 53 101 06 33 00 06 39 00 =0548+378 00 28 54 31.2 425.7 -5.4 -55.4 360 124 06 33 01 06 40 00 DA193 00 29 54 31.9 423.5 -5.4 -56.2 53 124 06 40 00 06 42 00 --- 00 31 54 32.2 423.8 -5.4 -56.4 120 132 06 40 01 06 43 00 J0552+3754 00 32 54 31.9 426.2 -5.3 -55.8 53 132 06 43 00 06 49 00 =0548+378 00 38 55 32.8 427.0 -5.2 -56.3 360 155 06 43 01 06 50 00 DA193 00 39 56 33.5 424.8 -5.3 -57.1 53 155 06 50 00 06 52 00 --- 00 41 56 33.8 425.1 -5.2 -57.3 120 163 06 50 01 06 53 00 J0552+3754 00 42 56 33.5 427.5 -5.2 -56.6 53 163 06 53 00 06 59 00 =0548+378 00 48 57 34.5 428.3 -5.1 -57.1 360 186 06 53 01 07 00 00 DA193 00 49 57 35.1 426.1 -5.1 -58.0 53 186 07 00 00 07 02 00 --- 00 51 57 35.5 426.3 -5.1 -58.2 120 194 07 00 01 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 7 Jun 2013 Day 158 --- 07 05 00 0528+134 00 54 58 24.2 454.7 -4.6 -47.0 139 194 07 05 00 07 07 30 --- 00 57 28 24.7 455.2 -4.6 -46.9 150 203 07 05 01 07 08 30 J0539+1433 00 58 29 24.0 453.0 -4.7 -47.4 53 203 07 08 30 07 14 30 =0536+145 01 04 30 25.1 454.0 -4.6 -47.3 360 226 07 08 31 07 15 30 0528+134 01 05 30 26.1 456.7 -4.4 -46.8 53 226 07 15 30 07 18 00 --- 01 08 00 26.5 457.1 -4.4 -46.7 150 236 07 15 31 07 19 00 J0539+1433 01 09 00 25.9 454.9 -4.5 -47.2 53 236 07 19 00 07 25 00 =0536+145 01 15 01 26.9 456.0 -4.4 -47.1 360 259 07 19 01 07 26 00 0528+134 01 16 01 28.0 458.6 -4.3 -46.5 53 259 07 26 00 07 28 30 --- 01 18 32 28.4 459.1 -4.2 -46.4 150 269 07 26 01 07 29 30 J0539+1433 01 19 32 27.7 456.8 -4.3 -47.0 53 269 07 29 30 07 35 30 =0536+145 01 25 33 28.8 457.9 -4.2 -46.9 360 292 07 29 31 07 36 30 0528+134 01 26 33 29.8 460.7 -4.1 -46.1 53 292 07 36 30 07 39 00 --- 01 29 04 30.3 461.2 -4.0 -46.0 150 302 07 36 31 07 40 00 J0539+1433 01 30 04 29.6 458.8 -4.2 -46.7 53 302 07 40 00 07 46 00 =0536+145 01 36 05 30.7 460.0 -4.1 -46.5 360 325 07 40 01 07 47 00 0528+134 01 37 05 31.7 462.7 -3.9 -45.7 53 325 07 47 00 07 49 30 --- 01 39 35 32.1 463.2 -3.9 -45.6 150 335 07 47 01 07 50 30 J0539+1433 01 40 35 31.4 460.8 -4.0 -46.3 53 335 07 50 30 07 56 30 =0536+145 01 46 36 32.5 462.0 -3.9 -46.1 360 358 07 50 31 07 57 30 0528+134 01 47 37 33.5 464.9 -3.7 -45.1 53 358 07 57 30 08 00 00 --- 01 50 07 33.9 465.4 -3.7 -45.0 150 368 07 57 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.L512 --- 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: 18 Station: MC_DBBC 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= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 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: 14 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 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: 14 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759218 * 05 30 56.416749 05 31 41.442909 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 20.90681 0.10 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 138123 observations 0.250 scan and 42.044 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 * J0539+1433 05 36 51.361474 * 05 39 42.365992 05 40 27.753893 0.10 0536+145 14 32 10.73036 * 14 33 45.56166 14 34 01.11238 0.10 J0539+14 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 2596 observations 0.500 scan and 85.500 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 * J0552+3754 05 48 52.231755 * 05 52 17.936920 05 53 12.513332 0.13 0548+378 37 53 44.15048 * 37 54 25.28236 37 54 27.74959 0.11 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 889 observations 0.600 scan and 76.800 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 26.343500 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 48.09541 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.233 scan and 30.133 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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) 0528+134 11.6 J0539+1433 12.2 J0552+3754 18.7 DA193 20.5 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