COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Expt-FTP L band Exp. Code: N09L1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.00 2008 December Release PI: Antonis Polatidis Address: ASTRON Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596517 EMAIL: polatidis@astron.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596517 Observing mode: Notes: L-band NME (256 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz BBC) Session 1/2009 Please send the disk pack to JIVE Please set the correct parameters for AUTOFTP Best wishes for the observing session COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the L-band NME and FTP test - Mar 06 Three FTP scans are scheduled. The first one, on 3C454.3 is the second scan of the experiment, The source is low in Sheshan (12 deg) but it is the only strong source visible from both Shanghai and HartRAO. In the third FTP scan, on 3C84, the source is up for all telescopes. The other targets are relatively compact and moderately bright (~1Jy) sources, to enable us to get some information on the amplitute calibration. Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck for the session A. Polatidis Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Expt-FTP L band 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 6 Mar 2009 Day 65 --- Next scan frequencies: 1637.99 1637.99 1645.99 1645.99 1653.99 1653.99 1661.99 1661.99 Next BBC frequencies: 662.01 662.01 654.01 654.01 646.01 646.01 638.01 638.01 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 09 30 00 3C454.3 04 31 47 13.0 281.2 5.6 61.0 0 1 1 0 09 30 00 09 35 00 --- 04 36 48 12.0 281.8 5.7 60.8 300 F 1 10 09 30 01 09 36 00 3C454.3 04 37 48 11.7 282.0 5.7 60.7 58 1 1 10 09 36 00 09 41 00 --- 04 42 49 10.7 282.6 5.8 60.5 300 F 1 19 09 36 01 09 43 00 J0019+2021 04 44 50 30.3 276.9 4.4 65.1 85 1 1 19 09 43 00 09 49 00 =0017+200 04 50 51 29.0 277.5 4.5 64.9 360 F 1 31 09 43 01 09 50 00 J0019+2021 04 51 51 28.8 277.7 4.5 64.9 58 1 1 31 09 50 00 09 56 00 =0017+200 04 57 52 27.5 278.3 4.6 64.7 360 F 1 43 09 50 01 09 59 30 0229+131 05 01 22 51.5 251.2 2.5 56.4 168 1 1 43 09 59 30 10 04 30 --- 05 06 23 50.5 252.2 2.6 57.0 300 F 1 52 09 59 31 10 05 30 0235+164 05 07 23 53.4 255.5 2.5 59.9 53 1 1 52 10 05 30 10 10 30 --- 05 12 24 52.3 256.5 2.6 60.3 300 F 1 62 10 05 31 10 13 30 J0019+2021 05 15 25 23.8 280.3 4.9 64.0 130 1 1 62 10 13 30 10 18 30 =0017+200 05 20 25 22.8 280.9 5.0 63.8 300 F 1 72 10 13 31 10 21 30 0229+131 05 23 26 47.0 255.6 2.9 58.5 138 1 1 72 10 21 30 10 27 30 --- 05 29 27 45.7 256.7 3.0 58.9 360 F 1 83 10 21 31 10 28 30 0235+164 05 30 27 48.6 259.8 2.9 61.6 53 1 1 83 10 28 30 10 34 30 --- 05 36 28 47.3 260.8 3.0 61.9 360 F 1 95 10 28 31 10 35 30 0229+131 05 37 28 44.1 258.1 3.1 59.5 53 1 1 95 10 35 30 10 41 30 --- 05 43 29 42.8 259.1 3.2 59.8 360 F 1 106 10 35 31 10 42 30 0235+164 05 44 29 45.6 262.1 3.1 62.3 53 1 1 106 10 42 30 10 48 30 --- 05 50 30 44.3 263.0 3.2 62.5 360 F 1 118 10 42 31 10 51 30 J0019+2021 05 53 31 15.8 284.6 5.6 62.1 131 1 1 118 10 51 30 10 56 30 =0017+200 05 58 32 14.8 285.2 5.6 61.9 300 F 1 128 10 51 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Expt-FTP L band 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 6 Mar 2009 Day 65 --- 11 01 00 3C84 06 03 02 56.0 299.4 2.7 94.5 199 1 1 128 11 01 00 11 11 00 --- 06 13 04 54.1 299.2 2.9 92.7 600 F 1 147 11 01 01 11 14 30 0229+131 06 16 35 35.8 264.2 3.7 61.1 173 1 1 147 11 14 30 11 20 30 --- 06 22 36 34.5 265.1 3.8 61.3 360 F 1 159 11 14 31 11 21 30 0235+164 06 23 36 37.3 267.8 3.7 63.3 53 1 1 159 11 21 30 11 27 30 --- 06 29 37 36.0 268.6 3.8 63.3 360 F 1 170 11 21 31 11 28 30 0229+131 06 30 37 32.8 266.2 4.0 61.4 53 1 1 170 11 28 30 11 34 30 --- 06 36 38 31.5 267.0 4.1 61.5 360 F 1 182 11 28 31 11 35 30 0235+164 06 37 38 34.3 269.7 4.0 63.4 53 1 1 182 11 35 30 11 41 30 --- 06 43 39 33.0 270.4 4.1 63.3 360 F 1 194 11 35 31 11 45 00 0229+131 06 47 10 29.3 268.4 4.2 61.6 202 1 1 194 11 45 00 11 51 00 --- 06 53 11 28.0 269.2 4.3 61.7 360 F 1 205 11 45 01 11 52 00 0235+164 06 54 11 30.7 271.8 4.3 63.3 53 1 1 205 11 52 00 11 58 00 --- 07 00 12 29.4 272.5 4.4 63.2 360 F 1 217 11 52 01 11 59 00 0229+131 07 01 12 26.2 270.3 4.5 61.7 53 1 1 217 11 59 00 12 05 00 --- 07 07 13 25.0 271.0 4.6 61.7 360 F 1 228 11 59 01 12 06 00 0235+164 07 08 13 27.7 273.5 4.5 63.1 53 1 1 228 12 06 00 12 12 00 --- 07 14 14 26.4 274.2 4.6 63.0 360 F 1 240 12 06 01 12 15 00 3C84 07 17 15 42.1 299.9 3.9 82.6 152 1 1 240 12 15 00 12 25 00 --- 07 27 16 40.3 300.3 4.1 81.1 600 F 1 259 12 15 01 12 44 00 0229+131 07 46 19 16.6 275.9 5.2 61.1 1099 1 1 259 12 44 00 12 50 00 --- 07 52 20 15.3 276.7 5.3 61.0 360 F 1 271 12 44 01 12 51 00 0235+164 07 53 20 18.1 278.9 5.2 62.0 53 1 1 271 12 51 00 12 57 00 --- 07 59 21 16.8 279.6 5.3 61.8 360 F 1 283 12 51 01 12 58 00 0229+131 08 00 22 13.6 277.6 5.5 60.8 53 1 1 283 12 58 00 13 04 00 --- 08 06 23 12.3 278.4 5.6 60.6 360 F 1 294 12 58 01 13 05 00 0235+164 08 07 23 15.2 280.6 5.5 61.5 53 1 1 294 13 05 00 13 11 00 --- 08 13 24 13.9 281.3 5.6 61.2 360 F 1 306 13 05 01 13 12 00 0229+131 08 14 24 10.6 279.3 5.7 60.3 53 1 1 306 13 12 00 13 16 00 --- 08 18 25 9.8 279.8 5.8 60.2 240 F 1 314 13 12 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Expt-FTP L band 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 6 Mar 2009 Day 65 --- 13 17 00 0235+164 08 19 25 12.6 282.0 5.7 61.0 53 1 1 314 13 17 00 13 21 00 --- 08 23 25 11.8 282.5 5.7 60.8 240 F 1 321 13 17 01 13 22 00 0229+131 08 24 26 8.5 280.6 5.9 59.9 53 1 1 321 13 22 00 13 26 00 --- 08 28 26 7.7 281.1 5.9 59.8 240 F 1 329 13 22 01 13 27 00 0235+164 08 29 26 10.5 283.2 5.8 60.5 53 1 1 329 13 27 00 13 31 00 --- 08 33 27 9.7 283.7 5.9 60.3 240 F 1 337 13 27 01 13 32 00 0229+131 08 34 27 6.4 281.8 6.0 59.5 53 1 1 337 13 32 00 13 36 00 --- 08 38 28 5.6 282.3 6.1 59.3 240 F 1 344 13 32 01 13 37 00 0235+164 08 39 28 8.5 284.4 6.0 60.0 53 1 1 344 13 37 00 13 41 00 --- 08 43 29 7.6 284.9 6.1 59.7 240 F 1 352 13 37 01 13 47 00 0235+164 08 49 30 6.4 285.6 6.2 59.4 356 1 1 352 13 47 00 13 51 00 --- 08 53 30 5.6 286.1 6.2 59.2 240 F 1 360 13 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NME.18CM Matches group sh18cm in /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/freq.dat Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 10 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= L L L L L L L L IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1637.99 1637.99 1645.99 1645.99 1653.99 1653.99 1661.99 1661.99 BBC fr= 662.01 662.01 654.01 654.01 646.01 646.01 638.01 638.01 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= 10 10 10 10 6010 6010 6010 6010 PCALFR2= 10 10 10 10 6010 6010 6010 6010 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Expt-FTP L band 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) * J0019+2021 00 17 02.119557 * 00 19 37.854500 00 20 05.945474 0.22 0017+200 20 05 06.80765 * 20 21 45.64461 20 24 50.07516 0.41 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.533 scan hours, 22.500 baseline hours above horizon. J0231+1322 02 29 02.524209 * 02 31 45.894056 02 32 16.007191 0.31 * 0229+131 13 09 40.78815 * 13 22 54.71630 13 25 23.73798 0.20 J0231+13 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 1.417 scan hours, 60.750 baseline hours above horizon. J0238+1636 02 35 52.630216 * 02 38 38.930108 02 39 09.606954 0.31 * 0235+164 16 24 04.01619 * 16 36 59.27461 16 39 25.91444 0.20 J0238+16 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 1.400 scan hours, 60.750 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567310 * 03 19 48.160141 03 20 24.926045 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91765 * 41 30 42.10477 41 32 54.19967 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.333 scan hours, 15.000 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519743 * 22 53 57.747942 22 54 24.370738 0.31 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 11 46.10648 0.20 2251+158 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.167 scan hours, 7.500 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) J0019+2021 31.3 0229+131 54.0 0235+164 56.5 3C84 74.0 3C454.3 22.0 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