COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 07 25 58 59.7 494.5 -1.5 -33.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 07 30 58 60.4 496.5 -1.4 -31.9 300 19 12 00 01 12 07 00 OJ287 07 32 59 60.6 497.3 -1.4 -31.4 113 19 12 07 00 12 20 00 --- 07 46 01 62.1 502.9 -1.2 -27.6 780 69 12 07 01 12 22 00 OJ287 07 48 01 62.4 503.8 -1.1 -27.0 113 69 12 22 00 12 25 00 --- 07 51 02 62.7 505.2 -1.1 -26.0 180 81 12 22 01 12 27 00 OJ287 07 53 02 62.9 506.1 -1.0 -25.4 113 81 12 27 00 12 40 00 --- 08 06 04 64.1 512.4 -0.8 -20.8 780 131 12 27 01 12 42 00 OJ287 08 08 04 64.2 513.4 -0.8 -20.1 113 131 12 42 00 12 45 00 --- 08 11 05 64.5 515.0 -0.7 -19.0 180 142 12 42 01 12 47 00 OJ287 08 13 05 64.6 516.0 -0.7 -18.2 112 142 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 08 26 07 65.5 523.0 -0.5 -13.0 780 192 12 47 01 13 02 00 DA193 08 28 08 61.8 635.2 2.5 69.4 -17 192 13 02 00 13 05 00 --- 08 31 08 61.2 635.6 2.6 69.3 163 204 13 02 01 13 07 00 DA193 08 33 09 60.9 635.9 2.6 69.2 114 204 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 08 46 11 58.5 637.6 2.8 68.7 780 254 13 07 01 13 22 00 DA193 08 48 11 58.2 637.9 2.9 68.6 114 254 13 22 00 13 25 00 --- 08 51 12 57.6 638.3 2.9 68.4 180 265 13 22 01 13 27 00 DA193 08 53 12 57.3 638.6 2.9 68.3 114 265 13 27 00 13 40 00 --- 09 06 14 54.9 640.3 3.2 67.6 780 315 13 27 01 13 42 00 DA193 09 08 14 54.6 640.5 3.2 67.5 114 315 13 42 00 13 45 00 --- 09 11 15 54.1 640.9 3.2 67.4 180 327 13 42 01 13 47 00 DA193 09 13 15 53.7 641.1 3.3 67.2 114 327 13 47 00 14 00 00 --- 09 26 17 51.4 642.8 3.5 66.4 780 377 13 47 01 14 02 00 DA193 09 28 18 51.0 643.0 3.5 66.3 114 377 14 02 00 14 05 00 --- 09 31 18 50.5 643.4 3.6 66.1 180 388 14 02 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 09 33 18 50.2 643.6 3.6 66.0 114 388 14 07 00 14 20 00 --- 09 46 21 47.9 645.2 3.8 65.1 780 438 14 07 01 14 22 00 DA193 09 48 21 47.5 645.4 3.9 64.9 114 438 14 22 00 14 25 00 --- 09 51 21 47.0 645.8 3.9 64.7 180 450 14 22 01 14 27 00 DA193 09 53 22 46.7 646.0 3.9 64.6 114 450 14 27 00 14 40 00 --- 10 06 24 44.4 647.6 4.2 63.6 780 500 14 27 01 14 42 00 DA193 10 08 24 44.1 647.8 4.2 63.5 114 500 14 42 00 14 45 00 --- 10 11 25 43.6 648.2 4.2 63.2 180 512 14 42 01 14 47 00 DA193 10 13 25 43.2 648.4 4.3 63.1 114 512 14 47 00 15 00 00 --- 10 26 27 41.0 650.0 4.5 62.0 780 562 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: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 ****** Only 80.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 7 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: 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 = A A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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: 7 8 9 Track assignments are: track1= 30, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 32, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 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