COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17C2 Schedule Version: 2.00 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: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2017 (512 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 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 7th Jun 2017 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrators J0927+3902 and J0815+3635 for ftp-fringe tests; The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0927+3902 (AKA 3C84)) 12:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 13:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0815+3635) 13:45:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0815+3635) 14:15:00 (scan 18, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 14:45:00 (scan 22, 2 sec, J0927+3902) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 7 Jun 2017 Day 158 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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 12 00 00 J0927+3902 06 55 03 15.9 30.1 -2.6 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 =4C39.25 07 05 05 17.0 28.4 -2.4 0.0 600 39 12 00 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 07 07 05 17.3 28.0 -2.4 0.0 99 39 12 12 00 12 17 00 =4C39.25 07 12 06 17.8 27.2 -2.3 0.0 300 58 12 12 01 12 20 00 J0927+3902 07 15 06 18.1 26.6 -2.2 0.0 159 58 12 20 00 12 24 40 =4C39.25 07 19 47 18.5 25.8 -2.1 0.0 280 76 12 20 01 12 27 40 J0927+3902 07 22 48 18.8 25.3 -2.1 0.0 159 76 12 27 40 12 32 20 =4C39.25 07 27 28 19.3 24.4 -2.0 0.0 280 94 12 27 41 12 35 20 J0927+3902 07 30 29 19.6 23.9 -2.0 0.0 159 94 12 35 20 12 40 00 =4C39.25 07 35 10 20.0 23.0 -1.9 0.0 280 112 12 35 21 12 42 00 J0927+3902 07 37 10 20.2 22.7 -1.8 0.0 99 112 12 42 00 12 47 00 =4C39.25 07 42 11 20.6 21.7 -1.8 0.0 300 131 12 42 01 12 50 00 J0927+3902 07 45 11 20.8 21.2 -1.7 0.0 159 131 12 50 00 12 54 40 =4C39.25 07 49 52 21.2 20.3 -1.6 0.0 280 149 12 50 01 12 57 40 J0815+3635 07 52 53 27.3 5.3 -0.4 0.0 117 149 12 57 40 13 02 20 =0812+367 07 57 33 27.4 4.3 -0.3 0.0 280 167 12 57 41 13 05 20 J0815+3635 08 00 34 27.5 3.6 -0.3 0.0 159 167 13 05 20 13 10 00 =0812+367 08 05 15 27.5 2.6 -0.2 0.0 280 185 13 05 21 13 12 00 J0815+3635 08 07 15 27.5 2.1 -0.2 0.0 99 185 13 12 00 13 17 00 =0812+367 08 12 16 27.6 1.0 -0.1 0.0 300 205 13 12 01 13 20 00 J0815+3635 08 15 16 27.6 0.3 -0.0 0.0 159 205 13 20 00 13 24 40 =0812+367 08 19 57 27.6 359.2 0.1 0.0 280 223 13 20 01 13 27 40 J0815+3635 08 22 57 27.6 358.5 0.1 0.0 159 223 13 27 40 13 32 20 =0812+367 08 27 38 27.5 357.5 0.2 0.0 280 241 13 27 41 13 35 20 J0815+3635 08 30 39 27.5 356.8 0.2 0.0 159 241 13 35 20 13 40 00 =0812+367 08 35 20 27.4 355.7 0.3 0.0 280 259 13 35 21 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 7 Jun 2017 Day 158 --- 13 42 00 J0815+3635 08 37 20 27.4 355.3 0.3 0.0 99 259 13 42 00 13 47 00 =0812+367 08 42 21 27.3 354.2 0.4 0.0 300 278 13 42 01 13 50 00 J0815+3635 08 45 21 27.2 353.5 0.5 0.0 159 278 13 50 00 13 54 40 =0812+367 08 50 02 27.1 352.4 0.6 0.0 280 296 13 50 01 Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 57 40 J0927+3902 08 53 02 24.6 7.5 -0.6 0.0 118 296 13 57 40 14 02 20 =4C39.25 08 57 43 24.8 6.5 -0.5 0.0 280 368 13 58 05 14 05 20 J0927+3902 09 00 44 24.8 5.9 -0.5 0.0 159 368 14 05 20 14 10 00 =4C39.25 09 05 24 24.9 4.9 -0.4 0.0 280 441 14 05 21 14 12 00 J0927+3902 09 07 25 25.0 4.4 -0.3 0.0 99 441 14 12 00 14 17 00 =4C39.25 09 12 26 25.0 3.4 -0.3 0.0 300 518 14 12 01 14 20 00 J0927+3902 09 15 26 25.1 2.7 -0.2 0.0 159 518 14 20 00 14 24 40 =4C39.25 09 20 07 25.1 1.7 -0.1 0.0 280 590 14 20 01 14 27 40 J0927+3902 09 23 07 25.1 1.1 -0.1 0.0 159 590 14 27 40 14 32 20 =4C39.25 09 27 48 25.1 0.1 -0.0 0.0 280 662 14 27 41 14 35 20 J0927+3902 09 30 49 25.1 359.4 0.0 0.0 159 662 14 35 20 14 40 00 =4C39.25 09 35 29 25.1 358.4 0.1 0.0 280 734 14 35 21 14 42 00 J0927+3902 09 37 30 25.1 358.0 0.2 0.0 99 734 14 42 00 14 47 00 =4C39.25 09 42 31 25.1 356.9 0.2 0.0 300 812 14 42 01 14 50 00 J0927+3902 09 45 31 25.0 356.3 0.3 0.0 159 812 14 50 00 15 00 00 =4C39.25 09 55 33 24.8 354.1 0.5 0.0 600 966 14 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess217.C512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 12 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess217.C2048nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 256.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 28 Station: HART Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 31 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 31 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) 0812+367 08 12 10.710943 * 08 15 25.944861 08 16 31.710487 0.02 * J0815+3635 36 44 27.45306 * 36 35 15.14871 36 32 02.27865 0.02 J0815+36 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 2338 observations. 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 06.408320 0.30 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 57 53.87267 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 J0815+3635 sess217.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 0.633 129.889 J0927+3902 sess217.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 0.644 133.778 sess217.C2048nme 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 + 0.722 52.533 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) J0815+3635 43.6 J0927+3902 57.8 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