COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Expt Exp. Code: N08C1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Giuseppe Cimo Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596545 EMAIL: cimo@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596545 Observing mode: Notes: C-band NME (256 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filter) for session Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2008 Day 70 --- Next scan frequencies: 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 Next BBC frequencies: 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 14 00 00 3C84 09 19 15 20.2 -52.9 6.0 65.9 0 1 1 0 14 00 00 14 10 00 --- 09 29 17 18.5 -52.1 6.1 64.5 600 F 1 19 14 00 01 14 10 00 3C84 09 29 17 18.5 -52.1 6.1 64.5 -2 1 1 19 14 10 00 14 25 00 --- 09 44 19 16.0 -50.7 6.4 62.4 898 F 1 48 14 10 01 14 28 00 DA193 09 47 20 42.9 -62.6 3.9 81.8 133 1 1 48 14 28 00 14 38 00 --- 09 57 22 41.0 -62.2 4.0 80.4 600 F 1 68 14 28 01 14 40 00 DA193 09 59 22 40.7 -62.1 4.1 80.2 117 1 1 68 14 40 00 14 50 00 --- 10 09 23 38.8 -61.7 4.2 78.9 600 F 1 87 14 40 01 14 51 00 DA193 10 10 24 38.6 -61.6 4.2 78.7 58 1 1 87 14 51 00 15 01 00 --- 10 20 25 36.7 -61.1 4.4 77.4 600 F 1 106 14 51 01 15 02 00 DA193 10 21 25 36.5 -61.1 4.4 77.3 58 1 1 106 15 02 00 15 12 00 --- 10 31 27 34.6 -60.5 4.6 76.0 600 F 1 126 15 02 01 15 13 00 DA193 10 32 27 34.4 -60.5 4.6 75.9 58 1 1 126 15 13 00 15 23 00 --- 10 42 29 32.6 -59.9 4.8 74.6 600 F 1 145 15 13 01 15 24 00 DA193 10 43 29 32.4 -59.8 4.8 74.5 58 1 1 145 15 24 00 15 34 00 --- 10 53 31 30.5 -59.2 5.0 73.2 600 F 1 165 15 24 01 15 35 00 DA193 10 54 31 30.4 -59.1 5.0 73.1 58 1 1 165 15 35 00 15 45 00 --- 11 04 33 28.5 -58.4 5.1 71.8 600 F 1 184 15 35 01 15 46 00 DA193 11 05 33 28.3 -58.4 5.2 71.7 58 1 1 184 15 46 00 15 56 00 --- 11 15 34 26.5 -57.7 5.3 70.4 600 F 1 203 15 46 01 15 57 00 DA193 11 16 35 26.3 -57.6 5.3 70.3 58 1 1 203 15 57 00 16 07 00 --- 11 26 36 24.5 -56.9 5.5 69.0 600 F 1 223 15 57 01 16 08 00 DA193 11 27 36 24.4 -56.8 5.5 68.8 58 1 1 223 16 08 00 16 18 00 --- 11 37 38 22.6 -56.0 5.7 67.6 600 F 1 242 16 08 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2008 Day 70 --- 16 19 00 DA193 11 38 38 22.4 -55.9 5.7 67.4 58 1 1 242 16 19 00 16 29 00 --- 11 48 40 20.6 -55.1 5.9 66.1 600 F 1 261 16 19 01 16 30 00 DA193 11 49 40 20.4 -55.0 5.9 66.0 58 1 1 261 16 30 00 16 40 00 --- 11 59 42 18.7 -54.2 6.1 64.7 600 F 1 281 16 30 01 16 41 00 DA193 12 00 42 18.5 -54.1 6.1 64.5 58 1 1 281 16 41 00 16 51 00 --- 12 10 43 16.8 -53.2 6.2 63.2 600 F 1 300 16 41 01 16 53 00 DA193 12 12 44 16.4 -53.0 6.3 62.9 117 1 1 300 16 53 00 17 03 00 --- 12 22 45 14.7 -52.1 6.4 61.6 600 F 1 319 16 53 01 17 06 00 4C39.25 12 25 46 53.1 -65.1 3.0 88.4 114 1 1 319 17 06 00 17 09 00 --- 12 28 46 52.5 -65.1 3.0 87.9 180 F 1 325 17 06 01 17 09 00 J0916+3854 12 28 46 50.5 -65.1 3.2 86.3 -5 1 1 325 17 09 00 17 16 00 =0913+391 12 35 47 49.1 -65.0 3.3 85.3 415 F 1 339 17 09 01 17 16 00 4C39.25 12 35 47 51.1 -65.0 3.1 86.9 -5 1 1 339 17 16 00 17 19 00 --- 12 38 48 50.5 -64.9 3.2 86.4 175 F 1 344 17 16 01 17 19 00 J0916+3854 12 38 48 48.5 -64.9 3.4 84.9 -5 1 1 344 17 19 00 17 26 00 =0913+391 12 45 49 47.2 -64.7 3.5 83.9 415 F 1 358 17 19 01 17 27 00 4C39.25 12 46 49 49.0 -64.8 3.3 85.3 55 1 1 358 17 27 00 17 30 00 --- 12 49 50 48.4 -64.7 3.4 84.9 180 F 1 364 17 27 01 17 30 00 J0916+3854 12 49 50 46.4 -64.6 3.5 83.4 -5 1 1 364 17 30 00 17 37 00 =0913+391 12 56 51 45.1 -64.3 3.7 82.4 415 F 1 377 17 30 01 17 37 00 4C39.25 12 56 51 47.0 -64.5 3.5 83.9 -5 1 1 377 17 37 00 17 40 00 --- 12 59 51 46.5 -64.4 3.5 83.5 175 F 1 383 17 37 01 17 40 00 J0916+3854 12 59 51 44.5 -64.2 3.7 82.1 -5 1 1 383 17 40 00 17 47 00 =0913+391 13 06 53 43.1 -63.9 3.8 81.1 415 F 1 397 17 40 01 17 48 00 4C39.25 13 07 53 44.9 -64.1 3.7 82.5 55 1 1 397 17 48 00 17 51 00 --- 13 10 53 44.3 -64.0 3.7 82.1 180 F 1 403 17 48 01 17 51 00 J0916+3854 13 10 53 42.4 -63.8 3.9 80.6 -5 1 1 403 17 51 00 17 58 00 =0913+391 13 17 54 41.0 -63.5 4.0 79.7 415 F 1 416 17 51 01 17 58 00 4C39.25 13 17 54 43.0 -63.7 3.8 81.2 -5 1 1 416 17 58 00 18 01 00 --- 13 20 55 42.4 -63.6 3.9 80.8 175 F 1 422 17 58 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Expt UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2008 Day 70 --- 18 01 00 J0916+3854 13 20 55 40.4 -63.3 4.1 79.4 -5 1 1 422 18 01 00 18 08 00 =0913+391 13 27 56 39.1 -63.0 4.2 78.5 415 F 1 435 18 01 01 18 09 00 4C39.25 13 28 56 40.9 -63.3 4.0 79.7 55 1 1 435 18 09 00 18 12 00 --- 13 31 57 40.3 -63.1 4.1 79.4 180 F 1 441 18 09 01 18 12 00 J0916+3854 13 31 57 38.3 -62.8 4.2 78.0 -5 1 1 441 18 12 00 18 19 00 =0913+391 13 38 58 37.0 -62.4 4.4 77.1 415 F 1 455 18 12 01 18 19 00 4C39.25 13 38 58 39.0 -62.8 4.2 78.5 -5 1 1 455 18 19 00 18 22 00 --- 13 41 58 38.4 -62.6 4.2 78.1 175 F 1 461 18 19 01 18 22 00 J0916+3854 13 41 58 36.4 -62.2 4.4 76.7 -5 1 1 461 18 22 00 18 29 00 =0913+391 13 48 59 35.1 -61.8 4.5 75.9 415 F 1 474 18 22 01 18 30 00 4C39.25 13 50 00 36.9 -62.2 4.4 77.1 55 1 1 474 18 30 00 18 33 00 --- 13 53 00 36.3 -62.0 4.4 76.7 180 F 1 480 18 30 01 18 33 00 J0916+3854 13 53 00 34.3 -61.6 4.6 75.4 -5 1 1 480 18 33 00 18 40 00 =0913+391 14 00 01 33.0 -61.2 4.7 74.5 415 F 1 494 18 33 01 18 40 00 4C39.25 14 00 01 35.0 -61.6 4.5 75.8 -5 1 1 494 18 40 00 18 43 00 --- 14 03 02 34.4 -61.5 4.6 75.5 175 F 1 499 18 40 01 18 43 00 J0916+3854 14 03 02 32.5 -61.0 4.8 74.1 -5 1 1 499 18 43 00 18 50 00 =0913+391 14 10 03 31.1 -60.5 4.9 73.3 415 F 1 513 18 43 01 18 50 00 4C39.25 14 10 03 33.1 -61.0 4.7 74.6 -5 1 1 513 18 50 00 19 00 00 --- 14 20 05 31.2 -60.4 4.9 73.4 595 F 1 532 18 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NME.6CM Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 9 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4974.49 4974.49 4982.49 4982.49 4990.49 4990.49 4998.49 4998.49 BBC fr= 774.49 774.49 782.49 782.49 790.49 790.49 798.49 798.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Expt Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0319+4130 03 16 29.567289 * 03 19 48.160119 03 20 20.406540 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91677 * 41 30 42.10389 41 32 41.37201 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.417 scan hours, 22.766 baseline hours above horizon. J0555+3948 05 52 01.407172 * 05 55 30.805614 05 56 06.196732 0.26 0552+398 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 49 06.24868 0.40 * DA193 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 2.333 scan hours, 126.958 baseline hours above horizon. * J0916+3854 09 13 39.517545 * 09 16 48.904569 09 17 22.321316 0.33 0913+391 39 07 02.11837 * 38 54 28.14652 38 52 25.79289 0.49 J0916+38 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.167 scan hours, 60.689 baseline hours above horizon. J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 36.196318 0.26 0923+392 39 15 23.56648 * 39 02 20.85188 39 00 13.00576 0.40 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.667 scan hours, 32.280 baseline hours above horizon. 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) 3C84 69.9 DA193 98.4 J0916+3854 134.5 4C39.25 135.8 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