COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16M2 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: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2016 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 03 June 2016 involving 11 antennas: Jb2 Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On8 T6 Tr Ys Sr Hh. The NME uses a standard setup with 128 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, J0927+3902) 13:59:58 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 14:44:58 (scan 19, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2016 Day 155 --- Next scan frequencies: 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 Next BBC frequencies: 261.49 261.49 261.49 261.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 269.49 269.49 269.49 269.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 J0927+3902 05 36 05 47.3 436.4 -3.9 -63.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =4C39.25 05 41 06 48.2 437.1 -3.8 -63.3 300 5 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0927+3902 05 43 06 48.5 437.3 -3.7 -63.5 117 5 12 07 00 12 12 00 =4C39.25 05 48 07 49.4 438.0 -3.7 -63.8 300 10 12 07 01 12 15 00 J0927+3902 05 51 07 49.9 438.4 -3.6 -63.9 177 10 12 15 00 12 25 00 =4C39.25 06 01 09 51.7 439.7 -3.4 -64.5 600 19 12 15 01 12 26 00 J0927+3902 06 02 09 51.8 439.9 -3.4 -64.5 57 19 12 26 00 12 35 00 =4C39.25 06 11 11 53.4 441.1 -3.3 -65.0 540 28 12 26 01 12 36 00 J0927+3902 06 12 11 53.6 441.2 -3.3 -65.0 57 28 12 36 00 12 45 00 =4C39.25 06 21 12 55.2 442.5 -3.1 -65.4 540 37 12 36 01 12 46 00 J0927+3902 06 22 12 55.4 442.6 -3.1 -65.4 57 37 12 46 00 12 55 00 =4C39.25 06 31 14 57.0 443.9 -2.9 -65.8 540 45 12 46 01 12 55 00 J0927+3902 06 31 14 57.0 443.9 -2.9 -65.8 -3 45 No stop 13 00 00 =4C39.25 06 36 15 57.9 444.7 -2.9 -65.9 297 50 12 55 01 13 02 00 J0927+3902 06 38 15 58.2 445.0 -2.8 -66.0 117 50 13 02 00 13 07 00 =4C39.25 06 43 16 59.1 445.7 -2.7 -66.1 300 55 13 02 01 13 10 00 J0927+3902 06 46 16 59.6 446.2 -2.7 -66.2 177 55 13 10 00 13 20 00 =4C39.25 06 56 18 61.4 447.8 -2.5 -66.4 600 65 13 10 01 13 21 00 J0927+3902 06 57 18 61.6 448.0 -2.5 -66.4 57 65 13 21 00 13 30 00 =4C39.25 07 06 20 63.2 449.5 -2.4 -66.5 540 73 13 21 01 13 31 00 J0927+3902 07 07 20 63.4 449.6 -2.3 -66.5 57 73 13 31 00 13 40 00 =4C39.25 07 16 21 65.0 451.2 -2.2 -66.5 540 82 13 31 01 13 41 00 J0927+3902 07 17 22 65.2 451.4 -2.2 -66.5 57 82 13 41 00 13 50 00 =4C39.25 07 26 23 66.8 453.2 -2.0 -66.3 540 91 13 41 01 13 50 00 J0927+3902 07 26 23 66.8 453.2 -2.0 -66.3 -3 91 No stop 13 55 00 =4C39.25 07 31 24 67.7 454.2 -1.9 -66.2 297 96 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2016 Day 155 --- 13 57 00 J0927+3902 07 33 24 68.0 454.6 -1.9 -66.1 117 96 13 57 00 14 02 00 =4C39.25 07 38 25 68.9 455.7 -1.8 -65.9 300 100 13 57 01 14 05 00 J0927+3902 07 41 25 69.5 456.3 -1.8 -65.7 177 100 14 05 00 14 15 00 =4C39.25 07 51 27 71.2 458.8 -1.6 -65.0 600 110 14 05 01 14 16 00 J0927+3902 07 52 27 71.4 459.0 -1.6 -64.9 57 110 14 16 00 14 25 00 =4C39.25 08 01 29 73.0 461.5 -1.4 -64.0 540 119 14 16 01 14 26 00 J0927+3902 08 02 29 73.2 461.8 -1.4 -63.9 57 119 14 26 00 14 35 00 =4C39.25 08 11 30 74.7 464.6 -1.3 -62.5 540 128 14 26 01 14 35 00 J0927+3902 08 11 30 74.7 464.6 -1.3 -62.5 -3 128 No stop 14 40 00 =4C39.25 08 16 31 75.6 466.4 -1.2 -61.6 297 132 14 35 01 14 41 00 J0927+3902 08 17 31 75.8 466.8 -1.2 -61.4 57 132 14 41 00 14 46 00 =4C39.25 08 22 32 76.6 468.8 -1.1 -60.2 300 137 14 41 01 14 49 00 J0927+3902 08 25 33 77.1 470.1 -1.0 -59.5 177 137 14 49 00 14 54 00 =4C39.25 08 30 33 77.9 472.4 -1.0 -58.0 300 142 14 49 01 14 55 00 J0927+3902 08 31 34 78.1 472.9 -0.9 -57.6 57 142 14 55 00 15 00 00 =4C39.25 08 36 34 78.9 475.6 -0.9 -55.8 300 147 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.M128nme --- 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: 128 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 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 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 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 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 BBC fr= 261.49 261.49 261.49 261.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 269.49 269.49 269.49 269.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 10 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 03.068146 0.30 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 58 07.33445 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 245753 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.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 2.533 166.667 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 61.0 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