COVER INFORMATION Station: SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20K2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Dhanya G.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 2/2020 1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8x 32 MHz filters; and 4Gbps 32x 32MHz filters (no Ur,QUASARs, limited to 2Gbps via 5B) Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3 cm K-band fringe test on 3rd June 2020 involving 18 telescopes: Jb2 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Mh Kt Ky Ku With 4 sec integration time 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 20 min throughout the experiment: ** 1Gbps mode 12:18:00 J0854+2006 12:38:00 J0854+2006 12:58:00 J0854+2006 13:18:00 J0854+2006 13:38:00 J0854+2006 13:58:00 J1058+0133 ** 4Gbps mode 14:18:00 J1058+0133 14:38:00 J1058+0133 14:58:00 J1159+2914 Clear skies! Dhanya G.Nair Skype account: jive.support.scientist Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 3 Jun 2020 Day 155 --- Next scan frequencies: 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 Next BBC frequencies: 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J0854+2006 06 48 45 43.7 496.8 -2.1 -21.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =OJ287 06 53 46 44.1 498.3 -2.0 -20.4 300 38 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0854+2006 06 55 46 44.3 498.9 -2.0 -20.1 113 38 12 07 00 12 20 00 =OJ287 07 08 48 45.3 503.0 -1.8 -18.4 780 138 12 07 01 12 22 45 J0854+2006 07 11 33 45.5 503.9 -1.7 -18.0 158 138 12 22 45 12 25 00 =OJ287 07 13 49 45.7 504.6 -1.7 -17.7 135 156 12 22 46 12 27 00 J0854+2006 07 15 49 45.8 505.2 -1.7 -17.4 113 156 12 27 00 12 40 00 =OJ287 07 28 51 46.7 509.5 -1.5 -15.4 780 256 12 27 01 12 42 45 J0854+2006 07 31 37 46.8 510.4 -1.4 -15.0 158 256 12 42 45 12 45 00 =OJ287 07 33 52 47.0 511.1 -1.4 -14.6 135 273 12 42 46 12 47 00 J0854+2006 07 35 52 47.1 511.8 -1.3 -14.3 113 273 12 47 00 13 00 00 =OJ287 07 48 55 47.8 516.2 -1.1 -12.2 780 373 12 47 01 13 02 00 J0854+2006 07 50 55 47.9 516.9 -1.1 -11.9 113 373 13 02 00 13 05 00 =OJ287 07 53 55 48.0 517.9 -1.0 -11.3 180 396 13 02 01 13 07 00 J0854+2006 07 55 56 48.1 518.6 -1.0 -11.0 113 396 13 07 00 13 20 00 =OJ287 08 08 58 48.7 523.2 -0.8 -8.7 780 496 13 07 01 13 22 05 J0854+2006 08 11 03 48.7 523.9 -0.7 -8.3 118 496 13 22 05 13 25 00 =OJ287 08 13 59 48.8 524.9 -0.7 -7.8 175 519 13 22 06 13 27 00 J0854+2006 08 15 59 48.9 525.6 -0.7 -7.5 113 519 13 27 00 13 40 00 =OJ287 08 29 01 49.2 530.3 -0.4 -5.1 780 619 13 27 01 13 42 00 J1058+0133 08 31 01 24.5 498.5 -2.5 -19.0 55 619 13 42 00 13 45 00 =1055+018 08 34 02 24.7 499.3 -2.4 -18.7 180 642 13 42 01 13 47 00 J1058+0133 08 36 02 24.9 499.8 -2.4 -18.5 113 642 13 47 00 14 00 00 =1055+018 08 49 04 25.9 503.2 -2.2 -17.1 780 742 13 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ess220.K1024_32 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 1 Station: SVETLOE Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 BBC fr= 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 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 56.903688 0.00 * J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 55.55644 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 observations. 1055+018 10 55 55.313730 * 10 58 29.605208 10 59 31.494439 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 27 28.95931 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 33.925009 0.00 * J1159+2914 29 31 25.73880 * 29 14 43.82690 29 08 09.08010 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 J0854+2006 sess220.K1024_32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 16 1.340 205.063 J1058+0133 sess220.K1024_32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 16 0.267 40.606 sess220.K4096 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 0.467 30.800 J1159+2914 sess220.K4096 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 0.233 15.400 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) J0854+2006 57.4 J1058+0133 92.1 J1159+2914 93.7 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