COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2016 (1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 08 June 2016 involving 17 antennas: Jb2 Ef Mc Nt On8 Ur Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Sr Hh Mh Kt Ky Ku. The NME uses a standard setup with 1024 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrator, J0927+3902, for ftp-fringe tests; Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:09:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 13:04:58 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1043+2408) 13:59:58 (scan 14, 2 sec, J1043+2408) 14:44:58 (scan 19, 2 sec, J1104+3812) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Benito Skype account: benito.blackhawk Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 8 Jun 2016 Day 160 --- 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 J0927+3902 05 55 48 50.7 439.0 -3.5 -64.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =4C39.25 06 00 49 51.6 439.7 -3.5 -64.4 300 39 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0927+3902 06 02 49 52.0 439.9 -3.4 -64.6 117 39 12 07 00 12 12 00 =4C39.25 06 07 50 52.8 440.6 -3.3 -64.8 300 77 12 07 01 12 15 00 J0927+3902 06 10 50 53.4 441.0 -3.3 -64.9 177 77 12 15 00 12 25 00 =4C39.25 06 20 52 55.1 442.4 -3.1 -65.4 600 155 12 15 01 12 26 00 J0927+3902 06 21 52 55.3 442.6 -3.1 -65.4 57 155 12 26 00 12 35 00 =4C39.25 06 30 53 56.9 443.9 -3.0 -65.8 540 224 12 26 01 12 36 00 J0927+3902 06 31 54 57.1 444.0 -2.9 -65.8 57 224 12 36 00 12 45 00 =4C39.25 06 40 55 58.7 445.4 -2.8 -66.1 540 294 12 36 01 12 46 00 J0927+3902 06 41 55 58.9 445.5 -2.8 -66.1 57 294 12 46 00 12 55 00 =4C39.25 06 50 57 60.5 446.9 -2.6 -66.3 540 363 12 46 01 12 55 00 J1043+2408 06 50 57 38.9 453.4 -3.9 -51.2 -47 363 No stop 13 00 00 =1040+244 06 55 58 39.8 454.3 -3.8 -51.1 253 402 12 55 01 13 02 00 J1043+2408 06 57 58 40.2 454.7 -3.8 -51.1 117 402 13 02 00 13 07 00 =1040+244 07 02 59 41.1 455.6 -3.7 -51.0 300 441 13 02 01 13 10 00 J1043+2408 07 05 59 41.6 456.2 -3.6 -50.9 177 441 13 10 00 13 20 00 =1040+244 07 16 01 43.4 458.2 -3.5 -50.6 600 518 13 10 01 13 21 00 J1043+2408 07 17 01 43.5 458.4 -3.5 -50.6 57 518 13 21 00 13 30 00 =1040+244 07 26 02 45.1 460.2 -3.3 -50.2 540 587 13 21 01 13 31 00 J1043+2408 07 27 03 45.3 460.4 -3.3 -50.2 57 587 13 31 00 13 40 00 =1040+244 07 36 04 46.9 462.3 -3.1 -49.7 540 657 13 31 01 13 41 00 J1043+2408 07 37 04 47.1 462.6 -3.1 -49.7 57 657 13 41 00 13 50 00 =1040+244 07 46 06 48.6 464.6 -3.0 -49.1 540 727 13 41 01 13 50 00 J1043+2408 07 46 06 48.6 464.6 -3.0 -49.1 -3 727 No stop 13 55 00 =1040+244 07 51 07 49.5 465.7 -2.9 -48.7 297 765 13 50 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 8 Jun 2016 Day 160 --- 13 57 00 J1043+2408 07 53 07 49.8 466.2 -2.8 -48.6 117 765 13 57 00 14 02 00 =1040+244 07 58 08 50.7 467.4 -2.8 -48.2 300 804 13 57 01 14 05 00 J1043+2408 08 01 08 51.2 468.1 -2.7 -47.9 177 804 14 05 00 14 15 00 =1040+244 08 11 10 52.9 470.6 -2.5 -47.0 600 881 14 05 01 14 16 00 J1043+2408 08 12 10 53.0 470.9 -2.5 -46.9 57 881 14 16 00 14 25 00 =1040+244 08 21 12 54.5 473.3 -2.4 -45.8 540 951 14 16 01 14 26 00 J1043+2408 08 22 12 54.7 473.5 -2.4 -45.7 57 951 14 26 00 14 35 00 =1040+244 08 31 13 56.2 476.1 -2.2 -44.5 540 1020 14 26 01 14 35 00 J1104+3812 08 31 13 60.6 449.0 -2.6 -65.0 -40 1020 No stop 14 40 00 =1101+384 08 36 14 61.5 449.8 -2.5 -65.0 260 1059 14 35 01 14 41 00 J1104+3812 08 37 14 61.7 450.0 -2.5 -65.0 57 1059 14 41 00 14 46 00 =1101+384 08 42 15 62.6 450.9 -2.4 -65.0 300 1098 14 41 01 14 49 00 J1104+3812 08 45 15 63.2 451.5 -2.3 -65.0 177 1098 14 49 00 14 54 00 =1101+384 08 50 16 64.0 452.4 -2.3 -64.9 300 1136 14 49 01 14 55 00 J1104+3812 08 51 16 64.2 452.6 -2.2 -64.9 57 1136 14 55 00 15 00 00 =1101+384 08 56 17 65.1 453.6 -2.2 -64.8 300 1175 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess216.K1024nme --- 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: 9 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC 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 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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: 3 12 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 03.030869 0.30 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 58 07.04452 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 245753 observations. 1040+244 10 40 25.199375 * 10 43 09.035776 10 44 02.046646 0.01 * J1043+2408 24 24 19.59859 * 24 08 35.40945 24 03 29.17198 0.01 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 8069 observations. 1101+384 11 01 40.567853 * 11 04 27.313943 11 05 21.122360 0.01 * J1104+3812 38 28 42.95198 * 38 12 31.79905 38 07 22.29805 0.01 J1104+38 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 14537 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 J0927+3902 sess216.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 0.783 104.133 J1043+2408 sess216.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 1.417 189.967 J1104+3812 sess216.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 0.333 38.270 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) J0927+3902 56.7 J1043+2408 75.6 J1104+3812 75.5 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