COVER INFORMATION Station: METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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: 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 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 06 46 47 57.2 111.9 -2.7 -36.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =4C39.25 06 51 48 57.7 113.4 -2.6 -35.9 300 38 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0927+3902 06 53 48 58.0 113.9 -2.6 -35.7 118 38 12 07 00 12 12 00 =4C39.25 06 58 49 58.5 115.5 -2.5 -35.2 300 77 12 07 01 12 15 00 J0927+3902 07 01 49 58.9 116.4 -2.4 -34.9 177 77 12 15 00 12 25 00 =4C39.25 07 11 51 60.0 119.5 -2.3 -33.8 600 154 12 15 01 12 26 00 J0927+3902 07 12 51 60.1 119.9 -2.3 -33.6 58 154 12 26 00 12 35 00 =4C39.25 07 21 53 61.0 122.9 -2.1 -32.5 540 223 12 26 01 12 36 00 J0927+3902 07 22 53 61.1 123.2 -2.1 -32.3 58 223 12 36 00 12 45 00 =4C39.25 07 31 54 62.1 126.3 -1.9 -31.0 540 292 12 36 01 12 46 00 J0927+3902 07 32 54 62.2 126.7 -1.9 -30.8 58 292 12 46 00 12 55 00 =4C39.25 07 41 56 63.0 130.0 -1.8 -29.3 540 362 12 46 01 12 55 00 J1043+2408 07 41 56 42.2 118.4 -3.0 -28.6 -27 362 No stop 13 00 00 =1040+244 07 46 57 42.7 119.8 -3.0 -28.2 273 400 12 55 01 13 02 00 J1043+2408 07 48 57 42.9 120.3 -2.9 -28.0 118 400 13 02 00 13 07 00 =1040+244 07 53 58 43.5 121.7 -2.8 -27.6 300 438 13 02 01 13 10 00 J1043+2408 07 56 58 43.8 122.6 -2.8 -27.3 177 438 13 10 00 13 20 00 =1040+244 08 07 00 44.8 125.4 -2.6 -26.3 600 515 13 10 01 13 21 00 J1043+2408 08 08 00 44.9 125.7 -2.6 -26.2 58 515 13 21 00 13 30 00 =1040+244 08 17 02 45.8 128.4 -2.5 -25.2 540 585 13 21 01 13 31 00 J1043+2408 08 18 02 45.9 128.7 -2.4 -25.1 58 585 13 31 00 13 40 00 =1040+244 08 27 03 46.8 131.4 -2.3 -24.1 540 654 13 31 01 13 41 00 J1043+2408 08 28 03 46.9 131.7 -2.3 -24.0 58 654 13 41 00 13 50 00 =1040+244 08 37 05 47.7 134.5 -2.1 -22.8 540 723 13 41 01 13 50 00 J1043+2408 08 37 05 47.7 134.5 -2.1 -22.8 -2 723 No stop 13 55 00 =1040+244 08 42 06 48.1 136.0 -2.0 -22.2 298 762 13 50 01 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 08 44 06 48.3 136.7 -2.0 -21.9 117 762 13 57 00 14 02 00 =1040+244 08 49 07 48.7 138.3 -1.9 -21.2 300 800 13 57 01 14 05 00 J1043+2408 08 52 07 49.0 139.3 -1.9 -20.8 177 800 14 05 00 14 15 00 =1040+244 09 02 09 49.8 142.6 -1.7 -19.3 600 877 14 05 01 14 16 00 J1043+2408 09 03 09 49.8 142.9 -1.7 -19.2 58 877 14 16 00 14 25 00 =1040+244 09 12 11 50.5 146.0 -1.5 -17.7 540 946 14 16 01 14 26 00 J1043+2408 09 13 11 50.6 146.3 -1.5 -17.6 58 946 14 26 00 14 35 00 =1040+244 09 22 12 51.1 149.4 -1.4 -16.1 540 1015 14 26 01 14 35 00 J1104+3812 09 22 12 62.6 132.0 -1.7 -28.0 -23 1015 No stop 14 40 00 =1101+384 09 27 13 63.0 133.9 -1.6 -27.1 277 1054 14 35 01 14 41 00 J1104+3812 09 28 13 63.1 134.3 -1.6 -26.9 57 1054 14 41 00 14 46 00 =1101+384 09 33 14 63.6 136.3 -1.5 -25.9 300 1092 14 41 01 14 49 00 J1104+3812 09 36 15 63.8 137.5 -1.5 -25.3 177 1092 14 49 00 14 54 00 =1101+384 09 41 15 64.2 139.5 -1.4 -24.2 300 1131 14 49 01 14 55 00 J1104+3812 09 42 16 64.3 139.9 -1.4 -24.0 57 1131 14 55 00 15 00 00 =1101+384 09 47 16 64.7 142.0 -1.3 -22.9 300 1169 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: 13 Station: METSAHOV Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B 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= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 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 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 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= 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 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: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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