COVER INFORMATION Station: ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N24Q1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Junghwan Oh Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991 PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 627454602 EMAIL: oh@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: Q-band (0.7 cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2, 2024. 2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 BBC, 32 MHz filters COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 0.7 cm NME and ftp fringe-test on June 6, 2024 involving 7 EVN antennas: Ef, O6, Mh, Ys, Kt, Ky, Ku The NME uses a standard setup with 2048 Mbps. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:13:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, OJ287) 12:33:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, OJ287) 12:53:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, OJ287) 13:28:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J1159+2914) 13:58:00 (scan 11, 2 sec, J1159+2914) 14:28:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J1159+2914) 14:53:00 (scan 15, 2 sec, J1159+2914) Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 6 Jun 2024 Day 158 --- Next scan frequencies: 43072.00 43072.00 43072.00 43072.00 43136.00 43136.00 43136.00 43136.00 43200.00 43200.00 43200.00 43200.00 43264.00 43264.00 43264.00 43264.00 Next BBC frequencies: 772.00 772.00 772.00 772.00 836.00 836.00 836.00 836.00 900.00 900.00 900.00 900.00 964.00 964.00 964.00 964.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 OJ287 05 49 16 39.4 477.6 -3.1 -30.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 05 54 17 40.0 479.0 -3.0 -30.1 300 77 12 00 01 12 10 00 OJ287 05 59 18 40.6 480.3 -2.9 -29.7 295 77 12 10 00 12 15 00 --- 06 04 19 41.2 481.6 -2.9 -29.2 300 155 12 10 01 12 20 00 OJ287 06 09 20 41.8 483.0 -2.8 -28.7 294 155 12 20 00 12 25 00 --- 06 14 21 42.3 484.4 -2.7 -28.2 300 232 12 20 01 12 30 00 OJ287 06 19 21 42.9 485.8 -2.6 -27.7 294 232 12 30 00 12 35 00 --- 06 24 22 43.4 487.3 -2.5 -27.2 300 309 12 30 01 12 40 00 OJ287 06 29 23 44.0 488.7 -2.4 -26.6 294 309 12 40 00 12 45 00 --- 06 34 24 44.5 490.2 -2.4 -26.0 300 386 12 40 01 12 50 00 OJ287 06 39 25 45.0 491.7 -2.3 -25.4 294 386 12 50 00 12 55 00 --- 06 44 25 45.5 493.2 -2.2 -24.7 300 464 12 50 01 13 00 00 OJ287 06 49 26 46.0 494.7 -2.1 -24.0 294 464 13 00 00 13 05 00 --- 06 54 27 46.5 496.3 -2.0 -23.3 300 541 13 00 01 13 10 00 J1159+2914 06 59 28 31.9 444.9 -5.0 -37.9 268 541 13 10 00 13 15 00 =1156+295 07 04 29 32.6 445.9 -4.9 -38.0 300 618 13 10 01 13 20 00 J1159+2914 07 09 30 33.3 446.9 -4.9 -38.0 295 618 13 20 00 13 30 00 =1156+295 07 19 31 34.6 449.0 -4.7 -38.1 600 773 13 20 01 13 35 00 J1159+2914 07 24 32 35.3 450.1 -4.6 -38.1 295 773 13 35 00 13 45 00 =1156+295 07 34 34 36.7 452.2 -4.4 -38.0 600 927 13 35 01 13 50 00 J1159+2914 07 39 34 37.3 453.3 -4.4 -38.0 295 927 13 50 00 14 00 00 =1156+295 07 49 36 38.7 455.5 -4.2 -37.9 600 1082 13 50 01 14 05 00 J1159+2914 07 54 37 39.4 456.6 -4.1 -37.8 295 1082 14 05 00 14 15 00 =1156+295 08 04 39 40.7 458.8 -3.9 -37.5 600 1237 14 05 01 14 20 00 J1159+2914 08 09 39 41.4 460.0 -3.9 -37.4 295 1237 14 20 00 14 30 00 =1156+295 08 19 41 42.7 462.3 -3.7 -37.0 600 1391 14 20 01 Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 6 Jun 2024 Day 158 --- 14 35 00 J1159+2914 08 24 42 43.3 463.5 -3.6 -36.8 295 1391 14 35 00 14 45 00 =1156+295 08 34 44 44.7 466.0 -3.4 -36.4 600 1546 14 35 01 14 50 00 J1159+2914 08 39 44 45.3 467.2 -3.4 -36.1 295 1546 14 50 00 14 55 00 =1156+295 08 44 45 45.9 468.5 -3.3 -35.8 300 1623 14 50 01 14 57 00 J1159+2914 08 46 46 46.2 469.0 -3.2 -35.7 115 1623 14 57 00 15 00 00 =1156+295 08 49 46 46.6 469.8 -3.2 -35.5 180 1669 14 57 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess224.Q2048glob --- 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: 2 Station: ONSALA60 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 42300.00 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: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 43072.00 43072.00 43072.00 43072.00 43136.00 43136.00 43136.00 43136.00 43200.00 43200.00 43200.00 43200.00 43264.00 43264.00 43264.00 43264.00 BBC fr= 772.00 772.00 772.00 772.00 836.00 836.00 836.00 836.00 900.00 900.00 900.00 900.00 964.00 964.00 964.00 964.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 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 56 11.661640 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 02.36173 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 observations. 1156+295 11 56 57.786211 * 11 59 31.833912 12 00 47.340690 0.00 * J1159+2914 29 31 25.73880 * 29 14 43.82690 29 06 43.71269 0.00 J1159+29 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 sess224.Q2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 8 0.583 16.333 J1159+2914 sess224.Q2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 8 1.217 34.067 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 54.5 J1159+2914 91.2 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