COVER INFORMATION Station: METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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: 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 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 07 51 58 21.2 128.5 -3.1 -22.9 0 0 13 00 00 13 05 00 =1055+018 07 56 59 21.7 129.7 -3.0 -22.5 300 39 13 00 01 13 07 00 J1058+0133 07 58 59 21.9 130.2 -3.0 -22.3 118 39 13 07 00 13 20 00 =1055+018 08 12 01 23.1 133.5 -2.8 -21.1 780 139 13 07 01 13 22 45 J1159+2914 08 14 47 41.5 103.7 -3.8 -33.5 129 139 13 22 45 13 25 00 =1156+295 08 17 02 41.8 104.2 -3.7 -33.5 135 157 13 22 46 13 27 00 J1159+2914 08 19 02 42.0 104.7 -3.7 -33.4 118 157 13 27 00 13 40 00 =1156+295 08 32 04 43.6 108.0 -3.5 -32.7 780 257 13 27 01 13 42 45 J1159+2914 08 34 50 43.9 108.7 -3.4 -32.6 163 257 13 42 45 13 45 00 =1156+295 08 37 05 44.1 109.3 -3.4 -32.5 135 274 13 42 46 13 47 00 J1159+2914 08 39 06 44.4 109.8 -3.4 -32.4 118 274 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1156+295 08 52 08 45.9 113.2 -3.1 -31.5 780 375 13 47 01 14 02 00 J1159+2914 08 54 08 46.1 113.7 -3.1 -31.4 118 375 14 02 00 14 05 00 =1156+295 08 57 09 46.5 114.5 -3.1 -31.2 180 398 14 02 01 14 07 00 J1159+2914 08 59 09 46.7 115.1 -3.0 -31.0 118 398 14 07 00 14 20 00 =1156+295 09 12 11 48.1 118.7 -2.8 -29.9 780 499 14 07 01 14 22 05 J1159+2914 09 14 16 48.4 119.3 -2.8 -29.7 123 499 14 22 05 14 25 00 =1156+295 09 17 12 48.7 120.2 -2.7 -29.5 175 521 14 22 06 14 27 00 J1159+2914 09 19 12 48.9 120.7 -2.7 -29.3 118 521 14 27 00 14 40 00 =1156+295 09 32 14 50.2 124.6 -2.5 -27.9 780 622 14 27 01 14 42 00 J1159+2914 09 34 15 50.5 125.2 -2.4 -27.7 117 622 14 42 00 14 45 00 =1156+295 09 37 15 50.8 126.1 -2.4 -27.4 180 645 14 42 01 14 47 00 J1159+2914 09 39 15 51.0 126.7 -2.4 -27.1 117 645 14 47 00 15 00 00 =1156+295 09 52 18 52.2 130.8 -2.1 -25.5 780 745 14 47 01 15 02 00 J1159+2914 09 54 18 52.4 131.5 -2.1 -25.2 117 745 15 02 00 15 05 00 =1156+295 09 57 18 52.7 132.5 -2.1 -24.8 180 768 15 02 01 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 09 59 19 52.9 133.1 -2.0 -24.5 117 768 15 07 00 15 20 00 =1156+295 10 12 21 54.0 137.5 -1.8 -22.6 780 869 15 07 01 15 22 00 J1159+2914 10 14 21 54.2 138.2 -1.8 -22.3 117 869 15 22 00 15 25 00 =1156+295 10 17 22 54.4 139.2 -1.7 -21.8 180 892 15 22 01 15 27 00 J1159+2914 10 19 22 54.6 139.9 -1.7 -21.5 117 892 15 27 00 15 40 00 =1156+295 10 32 24 55.6 144.6 -1.5 -19.2 780 993 15 27 01 15 42 00 J1159+2914 10 34 24 55.7 145.3 -1.4 -18.9 117 993 15 42 00 15 45 00 =1156+295 10 37 25 55.9 146.4 -1.4 -18.3 180 1016 15 42 01 15 47 00 J1159+2914 10 39 25 56.1 147.2 -1.4 -18.0 117 1016 15 47 00 16 00 00 =1156+295 10 52 27 56.9 152.1 -1.1 -15.4 780 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 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 14 Station: METSAHOV 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= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 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 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 15 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= 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 771.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 803.49 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: 15 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