COVER INFORMATION Station: CAMBG32M (Code Cm ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N08M1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Stefanie Muehle Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Schedule for CAMBG32M (Code Cm ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 14 Mar 2008 Day 74 --- Next scan frequencies: 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 Next BBC frequencies: 524.52 524.52 524.52 524.52 540.52 540.52 540.52 540.52 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 10 00 00 3C454.3 21 29 43 50.3 507.1 -1.4 -20.3 0 1 1 0 10 00 00 10 05 00 --- 21 34 44 50.7 508.9 -1.3 -19.3 300 F 1 10 10 00 01 10 06 00 3C454.3 21 35 44 50.8 509.3 -1.3 -19.1 43 1 1 10 10 06 00 10 16 00 --- 21 45 46 51.5 512.9 -1.1 -16.9 600 F 1 29 10 06 01 10 18 00 J2212+2355 21 47 46 61.4 528.1 -0.4 -7.9 62 1 1 29 10 18 00 10 20 00 =2209+236 21 49 46 61.5 529.1 -0.4 -7.3 120 F 1 33 10 18 01 10 20 00 J2210+2013 21 49 46 57.8 530.5 -0.4 -6.2 -35 1 1 33 10 20 00 10 24 00 --- 21 53 47 57.9 532.3 -0.3 -5.0 205 F 1 41 10 20 01 10 24 00 J2212+2355 21 53 47 61.6 531.0 -0.3 -6.0 -36 1 1 41 10 24 00 10 26 00 =2209+236 21 55 47 61.6 532.0 -0.3 -5.4 84 F 1 45 10 24 01 10 26 00 J2210+2013 21 55 47 58.0 533.2 -0.3 -4.5 -36 1 1 45 10 26 00 10 30 00 --- 21 59 48 58.0 534.9 -0.2 -3.3 204 F 1 52 10 26 01 10 31 00 J2212+2355 22 00 48 61.7 534.4 -0.2 -3.8 24 1 1 52 10 31 00 10 33 00 =2209+236 22 02 49 61.7 535.3 -0.2 -3.1 120 F 1 56 10 31 01 10 33 00 J2210+2013 22 02 49 58.1 536.3 -0.1 -2.4 -36 1 1 56 10 33 00 10 37 00 --- 22 06 49 58.1 538.0 -0.1 -1.3 204 F 1 64 10 33 01 10 37 00 J2212+2355 22 06 49 61.8 537.3 -0.1 -1.8 -36 1 1 64 10 37 00 10 39 00 =2209+236 22 08 49 61.8 538.2 -0.1 -1.2 84 F 1 68 10 37 01 10 39 00 J2210+2013 22 08 49 58.1 538.9 0.0 -0.7 -36 1 1 68 10 39 00 10 43 00 --- 22 12 50 58.1 540.7 0.0 0.5 204 F 1 75 10 39 01 10 44 00 J2212+2355 22 13 50 61.8 540.7 0.0 0.4 24 1 1 75 10 44 00 10 46 00 =2209+236 22 15 51 61.8 541.6 0.1 1.1 120 F 1 79 10 44 01 10 46 00 J2210+2013 22 15 51 58.1 542.0 0.1 1.3 -36 1 1 79 10 46 00 10 50 00 --- 22 19 51 58.1 543.8 0.1 2.5 204 F 1 87 10 46 01 Schedule for CAMBG32M (Code Cm ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 14 Mar 2008 Day 74 --- 10 50 00 J2212+2355 22 19 51 61.8 543.6 0.1 2.4 -36 1 1 87 10 50 00 10 52 00 =2209+236 22 21 52 61.7 544.5 0.2 3.0 84 F 1 91 10 50 01 10 52 00 J2210+2013 22 21 52 58.0 544.7 0.2 3.1 -36 1 1 91 10 52 00 10 56 00 --- 22 25 52 58.0 546.5 0.2 4.2 204 F 1 99 10 52 01 10 57 00 J2212+2355 22 26 52 61.7 546.9 0.2 4.7 24 1 1 99 10 57 00 10 59 00 =2209+236 22 28 53 61.6 547.9 0.3 5.3 120 F 1 103 10 57 01 10 59 00 J2210+2013 22 28 53 57.9 547.8 0.3 5.1 -36 1 1 103 10 59 00 11 03 00 --- 22 32 53 57.8 549.6 0.4 6.2 204 F 1 110 10 59 01 11 03 00 J2212+2355 22 32 53 61.5 549.8 0.3 6.6 -36 1 1 110 11 03 00 11 05 00 =2209+236 22 34 54 61.5 550.8 0.4 7.2 84 F 1 114 11 03 01 11 05 00 J2210+2013 22 34 54 57.8 550.4 0.4 6.8 -36 1 1 114 11 05 00 11 09 00 --- 22 38 54 57.6 552.2 0.5 7.9 204 F 1 122 11 05 01 11 10 00 J2212+2355 22 39 55 61.3 553.1 0.5 8.8 24 1 1 122 11 10 00 11 12 00 =2209+236 22 41 55 61.2 554.1 0.5 9.4 120 F 1 126 11 10 01 11 12 00 J2210+2013 22 41 55 57.5 553.5 0.5 8.8 -36 1 1 126 11 12 00 11 16 00 --- 22 45 56 57.4 555.2 0.6 9.9 204 F 1 134 11 12 01 11 16 00 J2212+2355 22 45 56 61.1 556.0 0.6 10.6 -36 1 1 134 11 16 00 11 18 00 =2209+236 22 47 56 61.0 556.9 0.6 11.2 84 F 1 137 11 16 01 11 18 00 J2210+2013 22 47 56 57.3 556.1 0.6 10.4 -36 1 1 137 11 18 00 11 22 00 --- 22 51 57 57.1 557.8 0.7 11.5 204 F 1 145 11 18 01 11 23 00 J2212+2355 22 52 57 60.8 559.2 0.7 12.7 25 1 1 145 11 23 00 11 25 00 =2209+236 22 54 57 60.7 560.1 0.7 13.3 120 F 1 149 11 23 01 11 25 00 J2210+2013 22 54 57 57.0 559.0 0.7 12.3 -36 1 1 149 11 25 00 11 29 00 --- 22 58 58 56.8 560.7 0.8 13.4 204 F 1 157 11 25 01 11 29 00 J2212+2355 22 58 58 60.4 561.9 0.8 14.5 -36 1 1 157 11 29 00 11 31 00 =2209+236 23 00 58 60.3 562.8 0.8 15.1 84 F 1 161 11 29 01 11 31 00 J2210+2013 23 00 58 56.7 561.6 0.8 13.9 -36 1 1 161 11 31 00 11 35 00 --- 23 04 59 56.4 563.2 0.9 14.9 204 F 1 168 11 31 01 11 37 00 3C454.3 23 06 59 53.9 545.2 0.2 3.3 57 1 1 168 11 37 00 11 42 00 --- 23 12 00 53.9 547.2 0.3 4.6 300 F 1 178 11 37 01 Schedule for CAMBG32M (Code Cm ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 14 Mar 2008 Day 74 --- 11 43 00 3C454.3 23 13 00 53.8 547.6 0.3 4.8 42 1 1 178 11 43 00 11 53 00 --- 23 23 02 53.6 551.6 0.5 7.4 600 F 1 197 11 43 01 11 57 30 0234+285 23 27 32 47.9 464.7 -3.2 -42.6 104 1 1 197 11 57 30 12 07 30 --- 23 37 34 49.4 467.1 -3.0 -42.0 600 F 1 217 11 57 31 12 08 00 0234+285 23 38 04 49.5 467.3 -3.0 -42.0 16 1 1 217 12 08 00 12 18 00 --- 23 48 06 51.0 469.8 -2.8 -41.2 600 F 1 236 12 08 01 12 18 30 0234+285 23 48 36 51.0 470.0 -2.8 -41.2 16 1 1 236 12 18 30 12 28 30 --- 23 58 37 52.5 472.7 -2.7 -40.3 600 F 1 255 12 18 31 12 29 00 0234+285 23 59 08 52.5 472.8 -2.7 -40.2 15 1 1 255 12 29 00 12 39 00 --- 00 09 09 53.9 475.6 -2.5 -39.2 600 F 1 275 12 29 01 12 39 30 0234+285 00 09 39 54.0 475.8 -2.5 -39.1 15 1 1 275 12 39 30 12 49 30 --- 00 19 41 55.4 478.7 -2.3 -37.9 600 F 1 294 12 39 31 12 50 00 0234+285 00 20 11 55.4 478.9 -2.3 -37.8 15 1 1 294 12 50 00 13 00 00 --- 00 30 13 56.8 482.0 -2.1 -36.4 600 F 1 314 12 50 01 13 03 00 0528+134 00 33 13 20.1 453.7 -5.0 -39.0 45 1 1 314 13 03 00 13 13 00 --- 00 43 15 21.6 455.8 -4.8 -38.9 600 F 1 333 13 03 01 13 13 30 0528+134 00 43 45 21.7 455.9 -4.8 -38.9 16 1 1 333 13 13 30 13 23 30 --- 00 53 47 23.2 457.9 -4.6 -38.7 600 F 1 352 13 13 31 13 24 00 0528+134 00 54 17 23.3 458.0 -4.6 -38.7 16 1 1 352 13 24 00 13 35 30 --- 01 05 48 25.1 460.4 -4.4 -38.4 690 F 1 374 13 24 01 13 39 30 3C84 01 09 49 65.6 462.7 -2.2 -53.1 94 1 1 374 13 39 30 13 49 30 --- 01 19 51 67.1 465.5 -2.0 -52.1 600 F 1 394 13 39 31 13 50 00 3C84 01 20 21 67.1 465.7 -2.0 -52.1 15 1 1 394 13 50 00 14 00 00 --- 01 30 23 68.6 468.8 -1.8 -50.9 600 F 1 413 13 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.5CM Matches group cm5cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat MK2 LO setting-400MHz, P. Burgess (JFD 15Oct01) Setup group: 1 Station: CAMBG32M 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= 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 6120.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 BBC fr= 524.52 524.52 524.52 524.52 540.52 540.52 540.52 540.52 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) J0237+2848 02 34 55.589592 * 02 37 52.405679 02 38 20.929516 0.23 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40780 * 28 48 08.99005 28 50 23.41506 0.40 J0237+28 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.000 scan hours, 36.000 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567289 * 03 19 48.160119 03 20 20.364432 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91677 * 41 30 42.10389 41 32 40.86181 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.333 scan hours, 12.000 baseline hours above horizon. J0530+1331 05 28 06.759218 * 05 30 56.416749 05 31 24.891679 0.31 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 20.77789 0.20 J0530+13 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.525 scan hours, 18.900 baseline hours above horizon. * J2210+2013 22 08 29.191872 * 22 10 51.652478 22 11 14.126521 0.67 19 58 35.87712 * 20 13 24.05509 20 15 40.07084 0.61 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.800 scan hours, 25.112 baseline hours above horizon. * J2212+2355 22 09 45.687917 * 22 12 05.966312 22 12 28.004747 0.22 2209+236 23 40 49.85189 * 23 55 40.54383 23 57 56.86203 0.40 J2212+23 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.400 scan hours, 12.556 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519744 * 22 53 57.747943 22 54 21.187662 0.31 2251+158 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 11 23.96448 0.20 * 3C454.3 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.500 scan hours, 18.000 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) 0234+285 53.0 3C84 66.5 0528+134 88.7 J2210+2013 31.2 J2212+2355 33.6 3C454.3 21.5 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