COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N24S1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: S-band (13cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2, 2024. 64 Mbps, RCP-only, 2-bit sampling, 1 BBC, 16 MHz filter Hh,Mc,Nt at dual-pol to test for swapped-pol COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 13cm NME FTP-FT on 11 June 2024 involving the following 6 antennas: Wb1, Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, Hh. The NME uses a 64-Mbps setup (2 BBC, 32-MHz, dual polarization), The NME lasts for 3 hours (12:00-15:00 UT) with scans on calibrators: J0854+2006 (OJ287) -- https://obs.vlba.nrao.edu/cst/calibsource/6716 with ftp grabs every other scan at the following times (in UT): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 12:40:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 13:10:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 13:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 14:10:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 14:40:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0854+2006) 14:59:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Benito Marcote 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 11 Jun 2024 Day 163 --- Next scan frequencies: 2287.00 2287.00 Next BBC frequencies: 267.00 267.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 12 00 00 J0854+2006 07 12 01 37.6 31.4 -1.7 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =OJ287 07 14 02 37.8 30.9 -1.7 0.0 120 2 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0854+2006 07 19 03 38.4 29.5 -1.6 0.0 279 2 12 07 00 12 12 00 =OJ287 07 24 03 38.9 28.2 -1.5 0.0 300 7 12 07 01 12 17 00 J0854+2006 07 29 04 39.5 26.8 -1.5 0.0 279 7 12 17 00 12 27 00 =OJ287 07 39 06 40.4 24.0 -1.3 0.0 600 16 12 17 01 12 32 00 J0854+2006 07 44 07 40.9 22.6 -1.2 0.0 279 16 12 32 00 12 42 00 =OJ287 07 54 08 41.7 19.7 -1.0 0.0 600 26 12 32 01 12 47 00 J0854+2006 07 59 09 42.0 18.2 -1.0 0.0 279 26 12 47 00 12 57 00 =OJ287 08 09 11 42.7 15.1 -0.8 0.0 600 36 12 47 01 13 02 00 J0854+2006 08 14 12 43.0 13.5 -0.7 0.0 279 36 13 02 00 13 12 00 =OJ287 08 24 13 43.4 10.4 -0.5 0.0 600 45 13 02 01 13 17 00 J0854+2006 08 29 14 43.6 8.8 -0.4 0.0 279 45 13 17 00 13 27 00 =OJ287 08 39 16 43.9 5.5 -0.3 0.0 600 55 13 17 01 13 32 00 J0854+2006 08 44 16 44.0 3.9 -0.2 0.0 279 55 13 32 00 13 42 00 =OJ287 08 54 18 44.1 0.6 -0.0 0.0 600 65 13 32 01 13 47 00 J0854+2006 08 59 19 44.1 359.0 0.1 0.0 279 65 13 47 00 13 57 00 =OJ287 09 09 21 44.0 355.7 0.2 0.0 600 74 13 47 01 14 02 00 J0854+2006 09 14 21 43.9 354.1 0.3 0.0 279 74 14 02 00 14 12 00 =OJ287 09 24 23 43.6 350.8 0.5 0.0 600 84 14 02 01 14 17 00 J0854+2006 09 29 24 43.4 349.2 0.6 0.0 279 84 14 17 00 14 27 00 =OJ287 09 39 26 42.9 346.1 0.7 0.0 600 94 14 17 01 14 32 00 J0854+2006 09 44 26 42.6 344.5 0.8 0.0 279 94 14 32 00 14 42 00 =OJ287 09 54 28 42.0 341.5 1.0 0.0 600 103 14 32 01 14 47 00 J0854+2006 09 59 29 41.6 340.0 1.1 0.0 279 103 14 47 00 14 52 00 =OJ287 10 04 30 41.2 338.5 1.1 0.0 300 108 14 47 01 14 57 00 J0854+2006 10 09 30 40.8 337.0 1.2 0.0 279 108 14 57 00 15 00 00 =OJ287 10 12 31 40.5 336.2 1.3 0.0 180 111 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.S64 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh13cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 16.00 of 32.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: HART Total bit rate: 128 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2020.00 2020.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = U U Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= U U IF = A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 2287.00 2287.00 BBC fr= 267.00 267.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 6 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) OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874927 08 56 11.660363 0.00 * J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 02.39070 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 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 sess224.S64 1 2 3 4 5 6 1.917 28.750 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 49.8 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