COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3cm NME and ftp fringe test for 2023 session 2 (2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 3 June 2023 involving 19 antennas: Jb2 Ef Mc Nt O6 T6 Ur Tr Mh Ys Hh Kt Ky Ku Cm Da De Kn Pi. (Kt out -> 18 antennas) The NME uses the RCP-only 2 Gbps mode used in EC092 The schedule consists of long integrations on the strong calibrators J1058+0133 and J1159+2914, for ftp-fringe tests; and the sources J1152+2930 and J1221+2813 will be observed for phase-referencing test purposes. Seven ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 14:10:00 (scan 1, 4 sec, J1058+0133) 14:40:00 (scan 3, 4 sec, J1058+0133) 15:10:00 (scan 5, 4 sec, J1159+2914) 15:40:00 (scan 7, 4 sec, J1159+2914) 16:10:00 (scan 9, 4 sec, J1159+2914) 16:35:00 (scan 15, 4 sec, J1159+2914) 16:58:00 (scan 21, 4 sec, J1159+2914) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 3 Jun 2023 Day 154 --- Next scan frequencies: 22184.99 22248.99 Next BBC frequencies: 831.01 767.01 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 14 00 00 J1058+0133 06 37 18 15.5 109.1 -4.4 -34.4 0 0 14 00 00 14 12 00 =1055+018 06 49 20 17.2 111.7 -4.2 -33.7 720 46 14 00 01 14 15 00 J1058+0133 06 52 20 17.6 112.4 -4.1 -33.6 175 46 14 15 00 14 27 00 =1055+018 07 04 22 19.2 115.1 -3.9 -32.8 720 93 14 15 01 14 30 00 J1058+0133 07 07 23 19.6 115.7 -3.9 -32.6 175 93 14 30 00 14 42 00 =1055+018 07 19 25 21.2 118.4 -3.7 -31.7 720 139 14 30 01 14 45 00 J1058+0133 07 22 25 21.6 119.1 -3.6 -31.5 174 139 14 45 00 14 57 00 =1055+018 07 34 27 23.2 121.9 -3.4 -30.5 720 185 14 45 01 15 02 00 J1159+2914 07 39 28 37.5 90.1 -4.4 -43.2 180 185 15 02 00 15 12 00 =1156+295 07 49 30 39.0 92.1 -4.2 -43.1 600 224 15 02 01 15 17 00 J1159+2914 07 54 31 39.7 93.2 -4.1 -43.1 294 224 15 17 00 15 27 00 =1156+295 08 04 32 41.2 95.3 -3.9 -42.9 600 263 15 17 01 15 32 00 J1159+2914 08 09 33 41.9 96.4 -3.9 -42.8 294 263 15 32 00 15 42 00 =1156+295 08 19 35 43.4 98.5 -3.7 -42.6 600 301 15 32 01 15 47 00 J1159+2914 08 24 36 44.2 99.7 -3.6 -42.4 294 301 15 47 00 15 57 00 =1156+295 08 34 37 45.6 102.0 -3.4 -42.0 600 340 15 47 01 16 02 00 J1159+2914 08 39 38 46.4 103.1 -3.4 -41.8 294 340 16 02 00 16 12 00 =1156+295 08 49 40 47.8 105.5 -3.2 -41.2 600 379 16 02 01 16 15 00 J1159+2914 08 52 40 48.3 106.3 -3.1 -41.1 174 379 16 15 00 16 16 30 =1156+295 08 54 10 48.5 106.7 -3.1 -41.0 90 385 16 15 01 16 16 30 J1221+2813 08 54 10 44.5 102.3 -3.5 -41.5 -34 385 No stop 16 18 00 =1219+285 08 55 41 44.8 102.7 -3.5 -41.4 56 390 16 16 31 16 18 00 J1159+2914 08 55 41 48.7 107.0 -3.1 -40.9 -35 390 No stop 16 19 30 =1156+295 08 57 11 48.9 107.4 -3.1 -40.8 55 396 16 18 01 16 19 30 J1152+2930 08 57 11 50.0 108.8 -3.0 -40.5 -21 396 No stop 16 21 00 --- 08 58 41 50.2 109.2 -2.9 -40.4 69 402 16 19 31 16 21 00 J1152+2930 08 58 41 50.2 109.2 -2.9 -40.4 -2 402 No stop 16 22 30 --- 09 00 11 50.5 109.6 -2.9 -40.3 88 408 16 21 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 3 Jun 2023 Day 154 --- 16 27 00 J1159+2914 09 04 42 50.0 109.3 -2.9 -40.2 249 408 16 27 00 16 37 00 =1156+295 09 14 44 51.4 112.0 -2.8 -39.4 600 446 16 27 01 16 40 00 J1159+2914 09 17 44 51.8 112.8 -2.7 -39.1 174 446 16 40 00 16 41 30 =1156+295 09 19 15 52.0 113.2 -2.7 -39.0 90 452 16 40 01 16 41 30 J1221+2813 09 19 15 48.1 108.4 -3.1 -40.0 -36 452 No stop 16 43 00 =1219+285 09 20 45 48.4 108.8 -3.0 -39.9 54 458 16 41 31 16 43 00 J1159+2914 09 20 45 52.2 113.6 -2.7 -38.8 -37 458 No stop 16 44 30 =1156+295 09 22 15 52.4 114.0 -2.6 -38.7 53 464 16 43 01 16 44 30 J1152+2930 09 22 15 53.5 115.6 -2.5 -38.2 -23 464 No stop 16 46 00 --- 09 23 45 53.7 116.1 -2.5 -38.0 67 470 16 44 31 16 46 00 J1152+2930 09 23 45 53.7 116.1 -2.5 -38.0 -2 470 No stop 16 47 30 --- 09 25 16 53.9 116.5 -2.5 -37.9 88 475 16 46 01 16 51 30 J1159+2914 09 29 16 53.4 116.0 -2.5 -37.9 218 475 16 51 30 17 00 00 =1156+295 09 37 48 54.5 118.5 -2.4 -36.9 510 508 16 51 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess223.K2048geoOD --- 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: 16 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 23016.00 23016.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 A1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22184.99 22248.99 BBC fr= 831.01 767.01 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 14 15 16 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J1152+2930 11 50 23.621999 * 11 52 58.760000 11 54 11.324627 0.00 29 46 56.33378 * 29 30 15.05200 29 22 37.38029 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1055+018 10 55 55.313730 * 10 58 29.605208 10 59 41.269740 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 26 29.68802 0.01 J1058+01 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 8263 observations. 1156+295 11 56 57.786211 * 11 59 31.833912 12 00 43.936740 0.00 * J1159+2914 29 31 25.73880 * 29 14 43.82690 29 07 05.60950 0.00 J1159+29 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 78215 observations. 1219+285 12 19 01.115596 * 12 21 31.690516 12 22 42.323046 0.04 * J1221+2813 28 30 36.52562 * 28 13 58.50017 28 06 21.13888 0.05 J1221+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 755 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 J1152+2930 sess223.K2048geoOD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.100 12.802 J1058+0133 sess223.K2048geoOD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.800 122.400 J1159+2914 sess223.K2048geoOD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 1.242 187.318 J1221+2813 sess223.K2048geoOD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.050 5.053 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) J1152+2930 93.0 J1058+0133 92.7 J1159+2914 94.3 J1221+2813 99.0 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