COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) 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 HART (Code Hh ) 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: 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 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 08 13 01 42.9 13.8 -0.7 0.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 05 00 --- 08 18 02 43.2 12.2 -0.6 0.0 300 19 13 00 01 13 07 00 OJ287 08 20 02 43.3 11.6 -0.6 0.0 99 19 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 08 33 04 43.7 7.4 -0.4 0.0 780 70 13 07 01 13 22 45 J1033+4116 08 35 50 17.5 22.9 -2.0 0.0 89 70 13 22 45 13 25 00 =1030+415 08 38 05 17.7 22.5 -1.9 0.0 135 78 13 22 46 13 27 00 J1033+4116 08 40 06 17.9 22.2 -1.9 0.0 99 78 13 27 00 13 40 00 =1030+415 08 53 08 19.0 19.9 -1.7 0.0 780 128 13 27 01 13 42 45 J1058+0133 08 55 53 49.5 52.2 -2.1 0.0 59 128 13 42 45 13 45 00 =1055+018 08 58 09 49.9 51.6 -2.0 0.0 135 137 13 42 46 13 47 00 J1058+0133 09 00 09 50.3 51.1 -2.0 0.0 99 137 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1055+018 09 13 11 52.5 47.3 -1.8 0.0 780 187 13 47 01 14 02 00 J1058+0133 09 15 11 52.8 46.6 -1.7 0.0 99 187 14 02 00 14 05 00 =1055+018 09 18 12 53.3 45.7 -1.7 0.0 180 199 14 02 01 14 07 00 J1058+0133 09 20 12 53.6 45.0 -1.7 0.0 99 199 14 07 00 14 20 00 =1055+018 09 33 14 55.6 40.6 -1.4 0.0 780 249 14 07 01 14 22 05 J1159+2914 09 35 20 24.9 34.7 -2.4 0.0 43 249 14 22 05 14 25 00 =1156+295 09 38 15 25.2 34.2 -2.4 0.0 175 261 14 22 06 14 27 00 J1159+2914 09 40 15 25.5 33.8 -2.3 0.0 99 261 14 27 00 14 40 00 =1156+295 09 53 18 27.1 31.1 -2.1 0.0 780 311 14 27 01 14 42 00 J1159+2914 09 55 18 27.3 30.7 -2.1 0.0 99 311 14 42 00 14 45 00 =1156+295 09 58 18 27.6 30.1 -2.0 0.0 180 322 14 42 01 14 47 00 J1159+2914 10 00 19 27.9 29.7 -2.0 0.0 99 322 14 47 00 15 00 00 =1156+295 10 13 21 29.3 26.8 -1.8 0.0 780 373 14 47 01 15 02 00 J1159+2914 10 15 21 29.5 26.4 -1.8 0.0 99 373 15 02 00 15 05 00 =1156+295 10 18 22 29.8 25.7 -1.7 0.0 180 384 15 02 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 10 20 22 30.0 25.3 -1.7 0.0 99 384 15 07 00 15 20 00 =1156+295 10 33 24 31.1 22.2 -1.5 0.0 780 434 15 07 01 15 22 00 J1159+2914 10 35 24 31.3 21.8 -1.4 0.0 99 434 15 22 00 15 25 00 =1156+295 10 38 25 31.6 21.1 -1.4 0.0 180 446 15 22 01 15 27 00 J1159+2914 10 40 25 31.7 20.6 -1.3 0.0 99 446 15 27 00 15 40 00 =1156+295 10 53 27 32.7 17.4 -1.1 0.0 780 496 15 27 01 15 42 00 J1159+2914 10 55 28 32.8 16.9 -1.1 0.0 99 496 15 42 00 15 45 00 =1156+295 10 58 28 33.0 16.2 -1.0 0.0 180 508 15 42 01 15 47 00 J1159+2914 11 00 29 33.1 15.7 -1.0 0.0 99 508 15 47 00 16 00 00 =1156+295 11 13 31 33.8 12.4 -0.8 0.0 780 558 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 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** 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: 7 Station: HART 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 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= 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 335.49 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: 9 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