COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19K2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Dhanya Nair Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: nair@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm (K-band) ftp fringe test for session 2/2019 (1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3 cm K-band fringe test on June 10 2019 involving 18 telescopes:Jb2 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Mh Kt Ky Ku The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 1024 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 13:18:00 J1058+0133 13:38:00 J1159+2914 13:58:00 J1159+2914 14:18:00 J1159+2914 14:38:00 J1159+2914 14:58:00 J1159+2914 15:18:00 J1159+2914 15:38:00 J1159+2914 15:58:00 J1159+2914 Clear skies! Dhanya Nair Skype account: jive.support.scientist 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2019 Day 161 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 13 00 00 J1058+0133 06 41 56 17.1 109.4 -4.3 -36.9 0 0 13 00 00 13 05 00 =1055+018 06 46 56 17.9 110.4 -4.2 -36.6 300 39 13 00 01 13 07 00 J1058+0133 06 48 57 18.2 110.9 -4.2 -36.5 101 39 13 07 00 13 20 00 =1055+018 07 01 59 20.1 113.7 -4.0 -35.6 780 139 13 07 01 13 22 45 J1159+2914 07 04 44 32.0 81.7 -4.9 -46.1 49 139 13 22 45 13 25 00 =1156+295 07 07 00 32.3 82.1 -4.9 -46.1 135 157 13 22 46 13 27 00 J1159+2914 07 09 00 32.6 82.4 -4.9 -46.2 102 157 13 27 00 13 40 00 =1156+295 07 22 02 34.7 84.8 -4.6 -46.5 780 257 13 27 01 13 42 45 J1159+2914 07 24 48 35.1 85.3 -4.6 -46.5 146 257 13 42 45 13 45 00 =1156+295 07 27 03 35.5 85.7 -4.6 -46.5 135 274 13 42 46 13 47 00 J1159+2914 07 29 03 35.8 86.1 -4.5 -46.6 102 274 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1156+295 07 42 05 37.9 88.5 -4.3 -46.7 780 375 13 47 01 14 02 00 J1159+2914 07 44 06 38.2 88.9 -4.3 -46.7 101 375 14 02 00 14 05 00 =1156+295 07 47 06 38.7 89.5 -4.2 -46.7 180 398 14 02 01 14 07 00 J1159+2914 07 49 07 39.0 89.9 -4.2 -46.7 101 398 14 07 00 14 20 00 =1156+295 08 02 09 41.1 92.4 -4.0 -46.7 780 499 14 07 01 14 22 05 J1159+2914 08 04 14 41.4 92.8 -3.9 -46.6 106 499 14 22 05 14 25 00 =1156+295 08 07 10 41.9 93.4 -3.9 -46.6 175 521 14 22 06 14 27 00 J1159+2914 08 09 10 42.2 93.8 -3.9 -46.6 101 521 14 27 00 14 40 00 =1156+295 08 22 12 44.2 96.5 -3.6 -46.3 780 622 14 27 01 14 42 00 J1159+2914 08 24 12 44.6 96.9 -3.6 -46.3 101 622 14 42 00 14 45 00 =1156+295 08 27 13 45.0 97.6 -3.6 -46.2 180 645 14 42 01 14 47 00 J1159+2914 08 29 13 45.4 98.0 -3.5 -46.1 101 645 14 47 00 15 00 00 =1156+295 08 42 15 47.4 100.9 -3.3 -45.6 780 745 14 47 01 15 02 00 J1159+2914 08 44 16 47.7 101.3 -3.3 -45.5 101 745 15 02 00 15 05 00 =1156+295 08 47 16 48.2 102.0 -3.2 -45.4 180 768 15 02 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Jun 2019 Day 161 --- 15 07 00 J1159+2914 08 49 16 48.5 102.5 -3.2 -45.3 101 768 15 07 00 15 20 00 =1156+295 09 02 19 50.5 105.6 -3.0 -44.5 780 869 15 07 01 15 22 00 J1159+2914 09 04 19 50.8 106.1 -2.9 -44.4 101 869 15 22 00 15 25 00 =1156+295 09 07 19 51.3 106.8 -2.9 -44.2 180 892 15 22 01 15 27 00 J1159+2914 09 09 20 51.6 107.3 -2.9 -44.0 101 892 15 27 00 15 40 00 =1156+295 09 22 22 53.5 110.7 -2.6 -42.9 780 993 15 27 01 15 42 00 J1159+2914 09 24 22 53.8 111.3 -2.6 -42.7 101 993 15 42 00 15 45 00 =1156+295 09 27 23 54.3 112.1 -2.6 -42.4 180 1016 15 42 01 15 47 00 J1159+2914 09 29 23 54.6 112.6 -2.5 -42.2 101 1016 15 47 00 16 00 00 =1156+295 09 42 25 56.4 116.4 -2.3 -40.7 780 1116 15 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.K1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef1cm_d 1.3cm secondary focus, IF 500-1000 MHz ****** Only 128.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 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: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 2 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) 1055+018 10 55 55.313730 * 10 58 29.605208 10 59 28.410810 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 27 47.48638 0.01 J1058+01 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 8263 observations. 1156+295 11 56 57.786211 * 11 59 31.833912 12 00 30.730578 0.00 * J1159+2914 29 31 25.73880 * 29 14 43.82690 29 08 29.21067 0.00 J1159+29 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 78215 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 J1058+0133 sess219.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 + 0.300 51.300 J1159+2914 sess219.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 + 2.107 360.288 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) J1058+0133 86.1 J1159+2914 88.4 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