COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18SX1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jay Blanchard Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: blanchard@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6/13 cm (S/X-band) ftp fringe test for session 2/2018 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 8 MHz filters) This NME tests two modes, dual pol X only and single pol RCP S/X Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6/13 cm (S/X-band) band test on 01 June 12-15 UT involving 12 telescopes: Wb Ef Mc Nt O6 Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Ir Wn The FTP-NME uses a dual-band S/X RCP only setup. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled ~ every twenty minutes throughout the experiment: 12:10:00 OJ287 12:30:00 OJ287 12:50:00 OJ287 13:10:00 DA193 13:30:00 DA193 13:50:00 DA193 14:10:00 DA193 14:30:00 DA193 14:50:00 DA193 Clear skies! Jay Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 1 Jun 2018 Day 152 --- Next scan frequencies: 8223.99 8223.99 8263.99 8363.99 8543.99 8743.99 8863.99 8883.99 8943.99 8943.99 2201.99 2217.99 2249.99 2265.99 2281.99 2297.99 Next BBC frequencies: 143.99 143.99 183.99 283.99 463.99 663.99 783.99 803.99 863.99 863.99 181.99 197.99 229.99 245.99 261.99 277.99 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 OJ287 06 30 26 32.1 41.1 -2.4 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 06 35 27 32.8 40.0 -2.3 0.0 300 19 12 00 01 12 07 00 OJ287 06 37 28 33.1 39.5 -2.3 0.0 99 19 12 07 00 12 20 00 --- 06 50 30 34.9 36.6 -2.1 0.0 780 70 12 07 01 12 22 00 OJ287 06 52 30 35.2 36.1 -2.1 0.0 99 70 12 22 00 12 25 00 --- 06 55 31 35.6 35.4 -2.0 0.0 180 81 12 22 01 12 27 00 OJ287 06 57 31 35.8 34.9 -2.0 0.0 99 81 12 27 00 12 40 00 --- 07 10 33 37.4 31.6 -1.8 0.0 780 131 12 27 01 12 42 00 OJ287 07 12 33 37.7 31.1 -1.7 0.0 99 131 12 42 00 12 45 00 --- 07 15 34 38.0 30.3 -1.7 0.0 180 143 12 42 01 12 47 00 OJ287 07 17 34 38.2 29.8 -1.6 0.0 99 143 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 07 30 36 39.6 26.3 -1.4 0.0 780 193 12 47 01 13 02 00 DA193 07 32 37 20.6 340.5 1.6 0.0 3 193 13 02 00 13 05 00 --- 07 35 37 20.4 340.0 1.6 0.0 180 205 13 02 01 13 07 00 DA193 07 37 37 20.2 339.6 1.7 0.0 99 205 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 07 50 40 19.1 337.2 1.9 0.0 780 255 13 07 01 13 22 00 DA193 07 52 40 19.0 336.8 1.9 0.0 99 255 13 22 00 13 25 00 --- 07 55 40 18.7 336.3 2.0 0.0 180 267 13 22 01 13 27 00 DA193 07 57 41 18.5 335.9 2.0 0.0 99 267 13 27 00 13 40 00 --- 08 10 43 17.3 333.7 2.2 0.0 780 317 13 27 01 13 42 00 DA193 08 12 43 17.1 333.3 2.3 0.0 99 317 13 42 00 13 45 00 --- 08 15 44 16.8 332.8 2.3 0.0 180 328 13 42 01 13 47 00 DA193 08 17 44 16.5 332.5 2.3 0.0 99 328 13 47 00 14 00 00 --- 08 30 46 15.1 330.3 2.6 0.0 780 379 13 47 01 14 02 00 DA193 08 32 46 14.9 330.0 2.6 0.0 99 379 14 02 00 14 05 00 --- 08 35 47 14.6 329.5 2.7 0.0 180 390 14 02 01 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 1 Jun 2018 Day 152 --- 14 07 00 DA193 08 37 47 14.3 329.2 2.7 0.0 99 390 14 07 00 14 20 00 --- 08 50 49 12.8 327.2 2.9 0.0 780 441 14 07 01 14 22 00 DA193 08 52 50 12.6 326.8 2.9 0.0 99 441 14 22 00 14 25 00 --- 08 55 50 12.2 326.4 3.0 0.0 180 452 14 22 01 14 27 00 DA193 08 57 51 11.9 326.1 3.0 0.0 99 452 14 27 00 14 40 00 --- 09 10 53 10.3 324.2 3.2 0.0 780 502 14 27 01 14 42 00 DA193 09 12 53 10.0 323.9 3.3 0.0 99 502 14 42 00 14 45 00 --- 09 15 54 9.6 323.5 3.3 0.0 180 514 14 42 01 14 47 00 DA193 09 17 54 9.3 323.2 3.4 0.0 99 514 14 47 00 15 00 00 --- 09 30 56 7.5 321.4 3.6 D 0.0 0 564 14 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess218.SXgeo512 Matching groups in /opt/sched/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 120.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 Net SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BBC SB= L U U U U U U U L U U U U U U U IF = A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 8223.99 8223.99 8263.99 8363.99 8543.99 8743.99 8863.99 8883.99 8943.99 8943.99 2201.99 2217.99 2249.99 2265.99 2281.99 2297.99 BBC fr= 143.99 143.99 183.99 283.99 463.99 663.99 783.99 803.99 863.99 863.99 181.99 197.99 229.99 245.99 261.99 277.99 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: 6 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) 0552+398 05 52 01.407169 * 05 55 30.805611 05 56 45.093132 0.00 J0555+3948 39 48 21.94581 * 39 48 49.16496 39 48 50.72283 0.00 * DA193 /opt/sched/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0555+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 394383 observations. * OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874926 08 55 50.238077 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41743 * 20 06 30.64088 20 02 17.98288 0.00 0851+202 /opt/sched/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 216540 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 DA193 sess218.SXgeo512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 1.600 96.995 OJ287 sess218.SXgeo512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 0.833 55.000 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) DA193 24.4 OJ287 59.8 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