COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19C2 Schedule Version: 4.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2 2019 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) V4: adds out-stations COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 5th June 2019 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Ar, Km. Arecibo may join after 14:55UT. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J1014+2301 and J0336+3218 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 13:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1014+2301) 13:45:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1014+2301) 14:15:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1014+2301) 14:45:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1014+2301) 15:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0336+3218) --- Arecibo joins 15:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0336+3218) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 5 Jun 2019 Day 156 --- 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: 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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 13 00 00 J1014+2301 06 22 13 37.4 99.0 -3.9 -43.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 04 00 =1012+232 06 26 13 38.0 99.9 -3.8 -42.8 240 15 13 00 01 13 07 00 J1014+2301 06 29 14 38.5 100.5 -3.8 -42.7 161 15 13 07 00 13 17 00 =1012+232 06 39 16 40.1 102.7 -3.6 -42.3 600 54 13 07 01 13 20 00 J1014+2301 06 42 16 40.5 103.4 -3.6 -42.2 161 54 13 20 00 13 32 00 =1012+232 06 54 18 42.4 106.2 -3.4 -41.5 720 100 13 20 01 13 35 00 J1014+2301 06 57 19 42.8 106.9 -3.3 -41.3 161 100 13 35 00 13 47 00 =1012+232 07 09 21 44.7 109.8 -3.1 -40.5 720 147 13 35 01 13 50 00 J1014+2301 07 12 21 45.1 110.5 -3.1 -40.3 161 147 13 50 00 14 02 00 =1012+232 07 24 23 46.9 113.6 -2.9 -39.2 720 193 13 50 01 14 05 00 J1014+2301 07 27 23 47.3 114.4 -2.8 -39.0 160 193 14 05 00 14 17 00 =1012+232 07 39 25 49.0 117.6 -2.6 -37.7 720 240 14 05 01 14 20 00 J1014+2301 07 42 26 49.5 118.5 -2.6 -37.4 160 240 14 20 00 14 32 00 =1012+232 07 54 28 51.1 121.9 -2.4 -35.9 720 286 14 20 01 14 35 00 J1014+2301 07 57 28 51.5 122.8 -2.3 -35.4 160 286 14 35 00 14 47 00 =1012+232 08 09 30 53.1 126.6 -2.1 -33.7 720 332 14 35 01 14 55 10 J0336+3218 08 17 42 36.6 278.4 4.7 48.1 87 332 14 55 10 15 02 00 =NRAO140 08 24 33 35.6 279.6 4.8 47.9 410 359 14 55 11 15 05 00 J0336+3218 08 27 33 35.1 280.1 4.8 47.8 161 359 15 05 00 15 17 00 =NRAO140 08 39 35 33.2 282.2 5.0 47.4 720 405 15 05 01 15 20 00 J0336+3218 08 42 36 32.8 282.7 5.1 47.2 161 405 15 20 00 15 32 00 =NRAO140 08 54 38 30.9 284.8 5.3 46.7 720 452 15 20 01 15 35 00 J0336+3218 08 57 38 30.4 285.3 5.3 46.6 161 452 15 35 00 15 47 00 =NRAO140 09 09 40 28.6 287.3 5.5 45.9 720 498 15 35 01 15 50 00 J0336+3218 09 12 41 28.1 287.8 5.6 45.8 161 498 15 50 00 16 00 00 =NRAO140 09 22 42 26.6 289.5 5.8 45.2 600 537 15 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.C512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** 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: 5 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 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 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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= 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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: 3 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) NRAO140 03 33 22.404686 * 03 36 30.107604 03 37 40.516290 0.01 * J0336+3218 32 08 36.66042 * 32 18 29.34218 32 22 04.11078 0.02 0333+321 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0336+32 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 3443 observations. 1012+232 10 12 00.505069 * 10 14 47.065465 10 15 50.149061 0.02 * J1014+2301 23 16 12.09875 * 23 01 16.57077 22 55 37.31133 0.01 J1014+23 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 3941 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 J0336+3218 sess219.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 17 18 2 + 0.881 104.717 J1014+2301 sess219.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.433 301.000 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) J0336+3218 19.4 J1014+2301 73.2 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