COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N14L2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Dmitry Duev Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596521 EMAIL: duev@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596521 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME for session 2/2014 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE DBBC testing data from Mc and Tr are expected. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 2 June 2014, involving 13 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Sh Hh Sr T6 (Td). The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on a strong calibrator 3C286 and phase-referencing cycles with sources OQ208 as a calibrator and 1417+273 as a target. Four ftp tests are scheduled: (1) 16:09:38 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C286) (2) 16:51:58 UT (scan 11, 2 sec, OQ208) (3) 18:11:38 UT (scan 27, 2 sec, OQ208) (4) 18:53:38 UT (scan 35, 2 sec, 3C286) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session and see you on Skype! Dmitry Skype account: oasis230987 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 2 Jun 2014 Day 153 --- 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: 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 16 00 00 3C286 16 48 58 48.0 -77.6 3.3 76.0 0 0 16 00 00 16 05 00 --- 16 53 59 47.0 -77.2 3.4 75.6 300 19 16 00 01 16 05 40 3C286 16 54 39 46.8 -77.2 3.4 75.6 38 19 16 05 40 16 10 40 --- 16 59 40 45.8 -76.8 3.5 75.2 300 39 16 05 41 16 12 40 OQ208 17 01 41 52.4 277.3 2.9 W 74.9 -238 39 16 12 40 16 15 40 --- 17 04 41 51.7 277.6 3.0 W 74.8 0 50 16 12 41 16 16 20 1417+273 17 05 21 54.0 274.2 2.7 73.5 32 50 16 16 20 16 21 20 --- 17 10 22 52.9 274.7 2.8 73.4 300 70 16 16 21 16 22 00 OQ208 17 11 02 50.4 278.2 3.1 74.5 32 70 16 22 00 16 25 00 --- 17 14 03 49.8 278.4 3.1 74.3 180 81 16 22 01 16 25 40 1417+273 17 14 43 52.0 275.2 2.9 73.2 32 81 16 25 40 16 30 40 --- 17 19 44 50.9 275.7 3.0 73.1 300 101 16 25 41 16 31 20 OQ208 17 20 24 48.4 279.0 3.2 74.0 32 101 16 31 20 16 34 20 --- 17 23 24 47.8 279.3 3.3 73.8 180 112 16 31 21 16 35 00 1417+273 17 24 04 50.0 276.2 3.1 72.9 32 112 16 35 00 16 40 00 --- 17 29 05 48.9 276.7 3.1 72.7 300 132 16 35 01 16 40 40 OQ208 17 29 45 46.4 279.9 3.4 73.5 32 132 16 40 40 16 43 40 --- 17 32 46 45.8 280.1 3.4 73.4 180 143 16 40 41 16 44 20 1417+273 17 33 26 48.0 277.1 3.2 72.6 32 143 16 44 20 16 49 20 --- 17 38 27 46.9 277.6 3.3 72.4 300 163 16 44 21 16 50 00 OQ208 17 39 07 44.5 280.7 3.5 73.0 32 163 16 50 00 16 53 00 --- 17 42 07 43.8 281.0 3.6 72.8 180 174 16 50 01 16 55 00 1417+273 17 44 07 45.7 278.2 3.4 72.1 112 174 16 55 00 17 00 00 --- 17 49 08 44.7 278.6 3.5 71.9 300 194 16 55 01 17 00 40 OQ208 17 49 48 42.2 281.7 3.7 72.4 32 194 17 00 40 17 03 40 --- 17 52 49 41.6 281.9 3.8 72.2 180 205 17 00 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 2 Jun 2014 Day 153 --- 17 04 20 1417+273 17 53 29 43.8 279.1 3.5 71.7 32 205 17 04 20 17 09 20 --- 17 58 30 42.7 279.5 3.6 71.5 300 225 17 04 21 17 10 00 OQ208 17 59 10 40.3 282.5 3.9 71.8 32 225 17 10 00 17 13 00 --- 18 02 10 39.6 282.8 3.9 71.7 180 236 17 10 01 17 13 40 1417+273 18 02 51 41.8 280.0 3.7 71.2 32 236 17 13 40 17 18 40 --- 18 07 51 40.7 280.4 3.8 71.0 300 255 17 13 41 17 19 20 OQ208 18 08 31 38.3 283.4 4.0 71.3 32 255 17 19 20 17 22 20 --- 18 11 32 37.7 283.6 4.1 71.1 180 267 17 19 21 17 23 00 1417+273 18 12 12 39.8 280.9 3.9 70.8 32 267 17 23 00 17 28 00 --- 18 17 13 38.8 281.3 3.9 70.5 300 286 17 23 01 17 30 00 3C286 18 19 13 29.4 289.8 4.8 69.1 101 286 17 30 00 17 35 00 --- 18 24 14 28.4 290.2 4.9 68.7 300 306 17 30 01 17 35 40 3C286 18 24 54 28.3 290.3 4.9 68.7 38 306 17 35 40 17 39 40 --- 18 28 55 27.5 290.7 5.0 68.3 240 321 17 35 41 17 41 40 OQ208 18 30 55 33.7 285.4 4.4 69.8 105 321 17 41 40 17 44 40 --- 18 33 56 33.0 285.7 4.4 69.6 180 333 17 41 41 17 45 20 1417+273 18 34 36 35.1 283.0 4.2 69.5 32 333 17 45 20 17 50 20 --- 18 39 37 34.1 283.5 4.3 69.2 300 352 17 45 21 17 51 00 OQ208 18 40 17 31.7 286.2 4.5 69.1 32 352 17 51 00 17 54 00 --- 18 43 17 31.1 286.5 4.6 68.9 180 364 17 51 01 17 54 40 1417+273 18 43 57 33.2 283.9 4.4 69.0 32 364 17 54 40 17 59 40 --- 18 48 58 32.1 284.4 4.5 68.6 300 383 17 54 41 18 00 20 OQ208 18 49 38 29.8 287.1 4.7 68.5 32 383 18 00 20 18 03 20 --- 18 52 39 29.2 287.4 4.7 68.2 180 395 18 00 21 18 04 00 1417+273 18 53 19 31.2 284.8 4.5 68.4 32 395 18 04 00 18 09 00 --- 18 58 20 30.2 285.3 4.6 68.0 300 414 18 04 01 18 09 40 OQ208 18 59 00 27.9 288.0 4.9 67.8 32 414 18 09 40 18 12 40 --- 19 02 00 27.3 288.3 4.9 67.6 180 426 18 09 41 18 14 40 1417+273 19 04 01 29.0 285.8 4.7 67.7 112 426 18 14 40 18 19 40 --- 19 09 01 28.0 286.3 4.8 67.3 300 445 18 14 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 2 Jun 2014 Day 153 --- 18 20 20 OQ208 19 09 42 25.7 289.0 5.0 67.0 32 445 18 20 20 18 23 20 --- 19 12 42 25.1 289.3 5.1 66.7 180 457 18 20 21 18 24 00 1417+273 19 13 22 27.1 286.7 4.9 67.0 32 457 18 24 00 18 29 00 --- 19 18 23 26.1 287.2 5.0 66.7 300 476 18 24 01 18 29 40 OQ208 19 19 03 23.8 289.9 5.2 66.2 32 476 18 29 40 18 32 40 --- 19 22 04 23.2 290.2 5.2 66.0 180 488 18 29 41 18 33 20 1417+273 19 22 44 25.2 287.6 5.0 66.4 32 488 18 33 20 18 38 20 --- 19 27 44 24.2 288.1 5.1 66.0 300 507 18 33 21 18 39 00 OQ208 19 28 25 22.0 290.8 5.3 65.5 32 507 18 39 00 18 42 00 --- 19 31 25 21.4 291.1 5.4 65.2 180 519 18 39 01 18 42 40 1417+273 19 32 05 23.3 288.6 5.2 65.7 32 519 18 42 40 18 47 40 --- 19 37 06 22.3 289.1 5.3 65.3 300 538 18 42 41 18 49 40 3C286 19 39 06 13.8 297.5 6.1 61.8 102 538 18 49 40 18 54 40 --- 19 44 07 12.8 298.0 6.2 61.3 300 557 18 49 41 18 56 40 3C286 19 46 07 12.5 298.2 6.2 61.1 118 557 18 56 40 18 59 40 --- 19 49 08 11.9 298.5 6.3 60.8 180 569 18 56 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess214.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 6 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 10 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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: 10 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 -- 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) J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 49.296223 0.20 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 13.07774 0.19 1328+307 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 observations 0.450 scan and 40.950 baseline hours in setup: sess214.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 40.495969 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23519 * 28 27 14.69022 28 23 15.41936 0.34 J1407+28 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC 2011A astro solution 66461 Observations 0.750 scan and 66.450 baseline hours in setup: sess214.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 J1419+2706 14 17 45.094588 * 14 19 59.297073 14 20 39.300745 0.12 * 1417+273 27 20 09.10590 * 27 06 25.55268 27 02 35.10788 0.11 J1419+27 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 1416 observations 1.250 scan and 113.750 baseline hours in setup: sess214.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 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) 3C286 110.2 OQ208 117.1 1417+273 120.0 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