COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19X1 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Katharina Immer Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: immer@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6 cm (X-band) ftp fringe test for session 2/2019 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 8 MHz filters) Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. v3: includes Km with DBBC COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6 cm X-band fringe test on June 12 2019 involving 13 telescopes: Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Ir The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 512 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every 20 min throughout the experiment: 13:10:00 OJ287 13:30:00 J1033+4116 13:50:00 J1058+0133 14:10:00 J1058+0133 14:30:00 J1159+2914 14:50:00 J1159+2914 15:10:00 J1159+2914 15:30:00 J1159+2914 15:50:00 J1159+2914 Clear skies! Katharina 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 12 Jun 2019 Day 163 --- Next scan frequencies: 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 Next BBC frequencies: 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 289.49 289.49 289.49 289.49 305.49 305.49 305.49 305.49 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 OJ287 06 49 49 50.7 129.2 -2.1 -31.6 0 0 13 00 00 13 05 00 --- 06 54 50 51.3 130.8 -2.0 -30.8 300 19 13 00 01 13 07 00 OJ287 06 56 50 51.5 131.4 -2.0 -30.5 100 19 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 07 09 52 53.0 135.8 -1.8 -28.1 780 70 13 07 01 13 22 45 J1033+4116 07 12 37 54.4 85.3 -3.4 -57.3 4 70 13 22 45 13 25 00 =1030+415 07 14 53 54.8 85.7 -3.3 -57.4 135 78 13 22 46 13 27 00 J1033+4116 07 16 53 55.1 86.0 -3.3 -57.4 102 78 13 27 00 13 40 00 =1030+415 07 29 55 57.2 88.4 -3.1 -57.6 780 128 13 27 01 13 42 45 J1058+0133 07 32 41 24.4 120.5 -3.4 -33.2 4 128 13 42 45 13 45 00 =1055+018 07 34 56 24.7 121.0 -3.4 -33.0 135 137 13 42 46 13 47 00 J1058+0133 07 36 56 25.0 121.5 -3.4 -32.8 101 137 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1055+018 07 49 59 26.8 124.5 -3.2 -31.6 780 187 13 47 01 14 02 00 J1058+0133 07 51 59 27.0 125.0 -3.1 -31.4 101 187 14 02 00 14 05 00 =1055+018 07 54 59 27.4 125.7 -3.1 -31.1 180 199 14 02 01 14 07 00 J1058+0133 07 57 00 27.7 126.2 -3.0 -30.9 101 199 14 07 00 14 20 00 =1055+018 08 10 02 29.3 129.4 -2.8 -29.4 780 249 14 07 01 14 22 05 J1159+2914 08 12 07 42.6 94.4 -3.8 -46.5 2 249 14 22 05 14 25 00 =1156+295 08 15 03 43.1 95.0 -3.8 -46.5 175 261 14 22 06 14 27 00 J1159+2914 08 17 03 43.4 95.4 -3.7 -46.4 101 261 14 27 00 14 40 00 =1156+295 08 30 05 45.5 98.2 -3.5 -46.1 780 311 14 27 01 14 42 00 J1159+2914 08 32 05 45.8 98.6 -3.5 -46.0 101 311 14 42 00 14 45 00 =1156+295 08 35 06 46.3 99.3 -3.4 -45.9 180 322 14 42 01 14 47 00 J1159+2914 08 37 06 46.6 99.7 -3.4 -45.8 101 322 14 47 00 15 00 00 =1156+295 08 50 08 48.6 102.7 -3.2 -45.2 780 373 14 47 01 15 02 00 J1159+2914 08 52 09 48.9 103.1 -3.1 -45.1 101 373 15 02 00 15 05 00 =1156+295 08 55 09 49.4 103.9 -3.1 -45.0 180 384 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Jun 2019 Day 163 --- 15 07 00 J1159+2914 08 57 10 49.7 104.3 -3.1 -44.8 101 384 15 07 00 15 20 00 =1156+295 09 10 12 51.7 107.5 -2.8 -43.9 780 434 15 07 01 15 22 00 J1159+2914 09 12 12 52.0 108.1 -2.8 -43.8 101 434 15 22 00 15 25 00 =1156+295 09 15 13 52.5 108.8 -2.8 -43.5 180 446 15 22 01 15 27 00 J1159+2914 09 17 13 52.8 109.4 -2.7 -43.4 101 446 15 27 00 15 40 00 =1156+295 09 30 15 54.7 112.9 -2.5 -42.1 780 496 15 27 01 15 42 00 J1159+2914 09 32 15 55.0 113.5 -2.5 -41.9 101 496 15 42 00 15 45 00 =1156+295 09 35 16 55.4 114.3 -2.4 -41.6 180 508 15 42 01 15 47 00 J1159+2914 09 37 16 55.7 114.9 -2.4 -41.3 101 508 15 47 00 16 00 00 =1156+295 09 50 18 57.6 118.8 -2.2 -39.6 780 558 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.X512 --- 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: 4 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= 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 8110.00 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= 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 8415.49 BBC fr= 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 273.49 289.49 289.49 289.49 289.49 305.49 305.49 305.49 305.49 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: 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) * OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874927 08 55 53.433435 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 02 07.19998 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 observations. 1030+415 10 30 07.800854 * 10 33 03.707873 10 34 10.111026 0.01 * J1033+4116 41 31 34.51924 * 41 16 06.23298 41 10 20.84461 0.01 J1033+41 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 11901 observations. 1055+018 10 55 55.313730 * 10 58 29.605208 10 59 28.377938 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 27 47.69802 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 30.692292 0.00 * J1159+2914 29 31 25.73880 * 29 14 43.82690 29 08 29.44202 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 OJ287 sess219.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 0.300 27.300 J1033+4116 sess219.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 0.254 20.313 J1058+0133 sess219.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 0.521 46.458 J1159+2914 sess219.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 1.332 121.207 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) OJ287 49.5 J1033+4116 66.2 J1058+0133 84.2 J1159+2914 86.6 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