COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20M2 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Olga Bayandina Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: bayandina@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2 2020 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters; with a 4Gbps mode via 64 MHz filters at the end) COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 1st June 2020 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Tr, Ys, Hh, Ir, Sr, Km. The NME uses a standard setup with 128 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J0741+3112 and J0927+3902 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 128Mbps mode 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0741+3112) 12:45:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0741+3112) 13:15:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 13:45:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 4Gbps mode 14:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 14:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0927+3902) Good luck with the session! Olga Bayandina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 1 Jun 2020 Day 153 --- Next scan frequencies: 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 Next BBC frequencies: 247.49 247.49 247.49 247.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 259.49 259.49 259.49 259.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 J0741+3112 05 28 19 60.6 465.5 -2.2 -53.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 =0738+313 05 32 20 61.3 466.6 -2.2 -53.0 240 4 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0741+3112 05 35 20 61.8 467.4 -2.1 -52.7 177 4 12 07 00 12 17 00 =0738+313 05 45 22 63.5 470.3 -2.0 -51.4 600 14 12 07 01 12 20 00 J0741+3112 05 48 22 64.0 471.2 -1.9 -51.0 177 14 12 20 00 12 32 00 =0738+313 06 00 24 66.0 475.1 -1.7 -49.0 720 25 12 20 01 12 35 00 J0741+3112 06 03 25 66.5 476.2 -1.7 -48.4 177 25 12 35 00 12 47 00 =0738+313 06 15 27 68.4 480.7 -1.4 -45.7 720 37 12 35 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 06 20 28 55.0 442.4 -3.1 -65.3 244 37 12 52 00 13 02 00 =4C39.25 06 30 29 56.8 443.8 -3.0 -65.7 600 46 12 52 01 13 05 00 J0927+3902 06 33 30 57.3 444.3 -2.9 -65.8 177 46 13 05 00 13 17 00 =4C39.25 06 45 32 59.5 446.1 -2.7 -66.2 720 58 13 05 01 13 20 00 J0927+3902 06 48 32 60.0 446.5 -2.7 -66.2 177 58 13 20 00 13 32 00 =4C39.25 07 00 34 62.1 448.5 -2.5 -66.4 720 70 13 20 01 13 35 00 J0927+3902 07 03 35 62.7 449.0 -2.4 -66.5 177 70 13 35 00 13 47 00 =4C39.25 07 15 37 64.8 451.1 -2.2 -66.4 720 81 13 35 01 Next scan frequencies: 6478.49 6478.49 6478.49 6478.49 6606.49 6606.49 6606.49 6606.49 6734.49 6734.49 6734.49 6734.49 6862.49 6862.49 6862.49 6862.49 Next BBC frequencies: 64.49 64.49 64.49 64.49 192.49 192.49 192.49 192.49 320.49 320.49 320.49 320.49 448.49 448.49 448.49 448.49 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 13 54 00 J0927+3902 07 22 38 66.1 452.4 -2.1 -66.4 417 81 13 54 00 14 02 00 =4C39.25 07 30 39 67.5 454.0 -2.0 -66.2 480 328 13 54 25 14 09 00 J0927+3902 07 37 40 68.7 455.5 -1.8 -65.9 417 328 14 09 00 14 17 00 =4C39.25 07 45 42 70.2 457.3 -1.7 -65.4 480 576 14 09 01 14 26 00 J0927+3902 07 54 43 71.8 459.6 -1.6 -64.7 537 576 14 26 00 14 32 00 =4C39.25 08 00 44 72.8 461.3 -1.5 -64.1 360 761 14 26 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 1 Jun 2020 Day 153 --- 14 39 00 J0927+3902 08 07 45 74.0 463.4 -1.3 -63.1 417 761 14 39 00 14 47 00 =4C39.25 08 15 47 75.4 466.1 -1.2 -61.7 480 1009 14 39 01 14 53 00 J0927+3902 08 21 48 76.4 468.4 -1.1 -60.4 357 1009 14 53 00 14 57 00 =4C39.25 08 25 48 77.1 470.2 -1.0 -59.4 240 1132 14 53 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess220.M128nme --- 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: 9 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 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: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6661.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6665.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6669.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 6673.49 BBC fr= 247.49 247.49 247.49 247.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 259.49 259.49 259.49 259.49 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 10 12 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess220.M4096 --- 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: 21 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 4096 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 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: 16 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6478.49 6478.49 6478.49 6478.49 6606.49 6606.49 6606.49 6606.49 6734.49 6734.49 6734.49 6734.49 6862.49 6862.49 6862.49 6862.49 BBC fr= 64.49 64.49 64.49 64.49 192.49 192.49 192.49 192.49 320.49 320.49 320.49 320.49 448.49 448.49 448.49 448.49 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 16 22 24 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) 0738+313 07 38 00.178554 * 07 41 10.703303 07 42 25.878349 0.15 * J0741+3112 31 19 02.05911 * 31 12 00.22910 31 09 12.03696 0.44 J0741+31 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 9707 observations. 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 17.463296 0.31 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 14.00936 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 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 J0741+3112 sess220.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 0.633 49.400 J0927+3902 sess220.M128nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 0.767 59.800 sess220.M4096 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25 0.567 37.400 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) J0741+3112 41.5 J0927+3902 62.7 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