COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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: 144.52 144.52 144.52 144.52 160.52 160.52 160.52 160.52 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 57 06 53.8 156.3 -1.0 -15.4 0 1 1 0 10 00 00 10 05 00 --- 22 02 07 54.1 158.3 -0.9 -14.2 300 F 1 10 10 00 04 10 06 00 3C454.3 22 03 07 54.2 158.7 -0.9 -13.9 42 1 1 10 10 06 00 10 16 00 --- 22 13 09 54.7 162.7 -0.7 -11.3 600 F 1 29 10 06 04 10 18 00 J2212+2355 22 15 09 63.4 181.4 0.0 1.0 45 1 1 29 10 18 00 10 20 00 =2209+236 22 17 10 63.4 182.4 0.1 1.7 120 F 1 33 10 18 04 10 20 00 J2210+2013 22 17 10 59.7 182.8 0.1 1.9 -36 1 1 33 10 20 00 10 24 00 --- 22 21 10 59.7 184.6 0.2 3.1 204 F 1 41 10 20 04 10 24 00 J2212+2355 22 21 10 63.4 184.4 0.1 3.1 -36 1 1 41 10 24 00 10 26 00 =2209+236 22 23 11 63.4 185.5 0.2 3.8 84 F 1 45 10 24 04 10 26 00 J2210+2013 22 23 11 59.6 185.5 0.2 3.8 -36 1 1 45 10 26 00 10 30 00 --- 22 27 11 59.6 187.4 0.3 5.0 204 F 1 52 10 26 04 10 31 00 J2212+2355 22 28 11 63.3 188.0 0.3 5.6 24 1 1 52 10 31 00 10 33 00 =2209+236 22 30 12 63.2 189.0 0.3 6.3 120 F 1 56 10 31 04 10 33 00 J2210+2013 22 30 12 59.5 188.8 0.3 5.9 -36 1 1 56 10 33 00 10 37 00 --- 22 34 12 59.4 190.6 0.4 7.2 204 F 1 64 10 33 04 10 37 00 J2212+2355 22 34 12 63.1 191.0 0.4 7.6 -36 1 1 64 10 37 00 10 39 00 =2209+236 22 36 13 63.0 192.0 0.4 8.3 84 F 1 68 10 37 04 10 39 00 J2210+2013 22 36 13 59.3 191.5 0.4 7.8 -36 1 1 68 10 39 00 10 43 00 --- 22 40 13 59.2 193.4 0.5 9.0 204 F 1 75 10 39 04 10 44 00 J2212+2355 22 41 13 62.9 194.5 0.5 10.0 24 1 1 75 10 44 00 10 46 00 =2209+236 22 43 14 62.8 195.5 0.5 10.7 120 F 1 79 10 44 04 10 46 00 J2210+2013 22 43 14 59.1 194.7 0.5 9.9 -36 1 1 79 10 46 00 10 50 00 --- 22 47 14 58.9 196.5 0.6 11.1 204 F 1 87 10 46 04 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 47 14 62.6 197.5 0.6 12.1 -36 1 1 87 10 50 00 10 52 00 =2209+236 22 49 15 62.5 198.4 0.6 12.7 84 F 1 91 10 50 04 10 52 00 J2210+2013 22 49 15 58.8 197.4 0.6 11.7 -36 1 1 91 10 52 00 10 56 00 --- 22 53 15 58.6 199.2 0.7 12.9 204 F 1 99 10 52 04 10 57 00 J2212+2355 22 54 16 62.2 200.8 0.7 14.3 24 1 1 99 10 57 00 10 59 00 =2209+236 22 56 16 62.1 201.8 0.7 15.0 120 F 1 103 10 57 04 10 59 00 J2210+2013 22 56 16 58.5 200.5 0.8 13.7 -36 1 1 103 10 59 00 11 03 00 --- 23 00 17 58.2 202.2 0.8 14.9 204 F 1 110 10 59 04 11 03 00 J2212+2355 23 00 17 61.9 203.7 0.8 16.2 -36 1 1 110 11 03 00 11 05 00 =2209+236 23 02 17 61.7 204.6 0.8 16.8 84 F 1 114 11 03 04 11 05 00 J2210+2013 23 02 17 58.1 203.1 0.9 15.4 -36 1 1 114 11 05 00 11 09 00 --- 23 06 18 57.8 204.8 0.9 16.5 204 F 1 122 11 05 04 11 10 00 J2212+2355 23 07 18 61.4 206.9 0.9 18.3 24 1 1 122 11 10 00 11 12 00 =2209+236 23 09 18 61.2 207.8 0.9 18.9 120 F 1 126 11 10 04 11 12 00 J2210+2013 23 09 18 57.6 206.1 1.0 17.3 -36 1 1 126 11 12 00 11 16 00 --- 23 13 19 57.3 207.7 1.0 18.4 204 F 1 134 11 12 04 11 16 00 J2212+2355 23 13 19 60.9 209.6 1.0 20.1 -36 1 1 134 11 16 00 11 18 00 =2209+236 23 15 19 60.8 210.5 1.0 20.7 84 F 1 137 11 16 04 11 18 00 J2210+2013 23 15 19 57.2 208.5 1.1 18.9 -36 1 1 137 11 18 00 11 22 00 --- 23 19 20 56.9 210.2 1.1 19.9 204 F 1 145 11 18 04 11 23 00 J2212+2355 23 20 20 60.4 212.6 1.1 22.0 25 1 1 145 11 23 00 11 25 00 =2209+236 23 22 20 60.2 213.5 1.2 22.6 120 F 1 149 11 23 04 11 25 00 J2210+2013 23 22 20 56.6 211.4 1.2 20.7 -36 1 1 149 11 25 00 11 29 00 --- 23 26 21 56.3 213.0 1.3 21.6 204 F 1 157 11 25 04 11 29 00 J2212+2355 23 26 21 59.8 215.2 1.2 23.6 -36 1 1 157 11 29 00 11 31 00 =2209+236 23 28 21 59.6 216.0 1.3 24.1 84 F 1 161 11 29 04 11 31 00 J2210+2013 23 28 21 56.1 213.8 1.3 22.1 -36 1 1 161 11 31 00 11 35 00 --- 23 32 22 55.8 215.3 1.4 23.1 204 F 1 168 11 31 04 11 37 00 3C454.3 23 34 22 54.7 196.8 0.7 11.0 46 1 1 168 11 37 00 11 42 00 --- 23 39 23 54.5 198.8 0.8 12.3 300 F 1 178 11 37 04 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 40 23 54.4 199.2 0.8 12.6 42 1 1 178 11 43 00 11 53 00 --- 23 50 25 53.9 203.2 0.9 15.1 600 F 1 197 11 43 04 11 57 30 0234+285 23 54 56 52.5 109.7 -2.7 -43.1 16 1 1 197 11 57 30 12 07 30 --- 00 04 57 54.0 112.4 -2.6 -42.2 600 F 1 217 11 57 34 12 08 00 0234+285 00 05 27 54.1 112.5 -2.5 -42.1 16 1 1 217 12 08 00 12 18 00 --- 00 15 29 55.5 115.4 -2.4 -41.0 600 F 1 236 12 08 04 12 18 30 0234+285 00 15 59 55.6 115.5 -2.4 -40.9 16 1 1 236 12 18 30 12 28 30 --- 00 26 01 57.0 118.5 -2.2 -39.6 600 F 1 255 12 18 34 12 29 00 0234+285 00 26 31 57.1 118.7 -2.2 -39.5 15 1 1 255 12 29 00 12 39 00 --- 00 36 32 58.5 121.9 -2.0 -38.0 600 F 1 275 12 29 04 12 39 30 0234+285 00 37 02 58.5 122.1 -2.0 -38.0 15 1 1 275 12 39 30 12 49 30 --- 00 47 04 59.9 125.5 -1.9 -36.2 600 F 1 294 12 39 34 12 50 00 0234+285 00 47 34 59.9 125.7 -1.8 -36.1 15 1 1 294 12 50 00 13 00 00 --- 00 57 36 61.2 129.3 -1.7 -34.2 600 F 1 314 12 50 04 13 03 00 0528+134 01 00 36 24.5 98.6 -4.5 -40.3 12 1 1 314 13 03 00 13 13 00 --- 01 10 38 26.1 100.7 -4.3 -40.0 600 F 1 333 13 03 04 13 13 30 0528+134 01 11 08 26.2 100.8 -4.3 -40.0 16 1 1 333 13 13 30 13 23 30 --- 01 21 10 27.7 102.9 -4.2 -39.6 600 F 1 352 13 13 34 13 24 00 0528+134 01 21 40 27.8 103.0 -4.2 -39.6 16 1 1 352 13 24 00 13 35 30 --- 01 33 12 29.6 105.4 -4.0 -39.1 690 F 1 374 13 24 04 13 39 30 3C84 01 37 12 70.1 106.8 -1.7 -54.4 56 1 1 374 13 39 30 13 49 30 --- 01 47 14 71.6 110.2 -1.6 -52.8 600 F 1 394 13 39 34 13 50 00 3C84 01 47 44 71.7 110.4 -1.5 -52.8 15 1 1 394 13 50 00 14 00 00 --- 01 57 46 73.2 114.3 -1.4 -50.7 600 F 1 413 13 50 04 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 ef5cm in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Values confirmed by E-mail R.Schulze (JFD 26Oct98) Setup group: 2 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. No pcal detection. LO sum= 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6644.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 6660.52 BBC fr= 144.52 144.52 144.52 144.52 160.52 160.52 160.52 160.52 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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