COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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: 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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 23 00 J0552+3754 23 52 48 29.3 64.8 -6.0 D 0.0 0 0 06 23 00 06 29 00 =0548+378 23 58 49 30.1 65.8 -5.9 0.0 0 23 06 23 04 06 30 00 DA193 23 59 49 31.2 63.9 -5.9 0.0 41 23 06 30 00 06 32 00 --- 00 01 49 31.4 64.2 -5.9 0.0 120 31 06 30 04 06 33 00 J0552+3754 00 02 49 30.7 66.4 -5.8 0.0 41 31 06 33 00 06 39 00 =0548+378 00 08 50 31.5 67.4 -5.7 0.0 360 54 06 33 04 06 40 00 DA193 00 09 51 32.5 65.4 -5.8 0.0 41 54 06 40 00 06 42 00 --- 00 11 51 32.8 65.8 -5.7 0.0 120 62 06 40 04 06 43 00 J0552+3754 00 12 51 32.1 68.1 -5.7 0.0 41 62 06 43 00 06 49 00 =0548+378 00 18 52 32.9 69.1 -5.6 0.0 360 85 06 43 04 06 50 00 DA193 00 19 52 33.9 67.1 -5.6 0.0 41 85 06 50 00 06 52 00 --- 00 21 53 34.2 67.4 -5.6 0.0 120 93 06 50 04 06 53 00 J0552+3754 00 22 53 33.5 69.7 -5.5 0.0 41 93 06 53 00 06 59 00 =0548+378 00 28 54 34.3 70.7 -5.4 0.0 360 116 06 53 04 07 00 00 DA193 00 29 54 35.3 68.7 -5.4 0.0 41 116 07 00 00 07 02 00 --- 00 31 54 35.6 69.0 -5.4 0.0 120 124 07 00 04 07 05 00 0528+134 00 34 55 20.3 94.3 -4.9 0.0 79 124 07 05 00 07 07 30 --- 00 37 25 20.6 94.8 -4.9 0.0 150 134 07 05 04 07 08 30 J0539+1433 00 38 25 20.3 92.5 -5.0 0.0 40 134 07 08 30 07 14 30 =0536+145 00 44 26 21.2 93.8 -4.9 0.0 360 157 07 08 34 07 15 30 0528+134 00 45 26 21.8 96.4 -4.8 0.0 40 157 07 15 30 07 18 00 --- 00 47 57 22.2 97.0 -4.7 0.0 150 166 07 15 34 07 19 00 J0539+1433 00 48 57 21.9 94.7 -4.9 0.0 40 166 07 19 00 07 25 00 =0536+145 00 54 58 22.8 95.9 -4.8 0.0 360 190 07 19 04 07 26 00 0528+134 00 55 58 23.4 98.6 -4.6 0.0 40 190 07 26 00 07 28 30 --- 00 58 29 23.8 99.2 -4.6 0.0 150 199 07 26 04 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 29 30 J0539+1433 00 59 29 23.4 96.8 -4.7 0.0 40 199 07 29 30 07 35 30 =0536+145 01 05 30 24.3 98.1 -4.6 0.0 360 223 07 29 34 07 36 30 0528+134 01 06 30 25.0 100.8 -4.4 0.0 40 223 07 36 30 07 39 00 --- 01 09 00 25.4 101.4 -4.4 0.0 150 232 07 36 34 07 40 00 J0539+1433 01 10 00 25.0 99.0 -4.5 0.0 40 232 07 40 00 07 46 00 =0536+145 01 16 01 25.9 100.3 -4.4 0.0 360 255 07 40 04 07 47 00 0528+134 01 17 02 26.5 103.1 -4.2 0.0 40 255 07 47 00 07 49 30 --- 01 19 32 26.9 103.7 -4.2 0.0 150 265 07 47 04 07 50 30 J0539+1433 01 20 32 26.6 101.3 -4.3 0.0 40 265 07 50 30 07 56 30 =0536+145 01 26 33 27.5 102.6 -4.2 0.0 360 288 07 50 34 07 57 30 0528+134 01 27 33 28.1 105.4 -4.1 0.0 40 288 07 57 30 08 00 00 --- 01 30 04 28.4 106.0 -4.0 0.0 150 298 07 57 34 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: wb18cm E-mail Foley 22Jan97 MFFE, must be using Low patch Setup group: 1 Station: WSTRBORK 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 17 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= 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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: 17 18 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