COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: prepare for 100hr on 3 Apr, C-band Exp. Code: te093 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Zsolt Paragi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 (0)521 596 500 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 prepare for 100hr on 3 Apr, C-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 Mar 2009 Day 85 --- Next scan frequencies: 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 5020.00 5020.00 5020.00 5020.00 5052.00 5052.00 5052.00 5052.00 Next BBC frequencies: 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 820.00 820.00 820.00 820.00 852.00 852.00 852.00 852.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 06 00 00 0727-115 02 20 04 4.3 106.4 -5.2 D -57.0 0 1 1 0 06 00 00 06 14 20 --- 02 34 26 7.2 108.4 -4.9 -56.1 0 F 1 111 06 00 01 06 15 00 0727-115 02 35 06 7.3 108.5 -4.9 -56.0 38 1 1 111 06 15 00 06 29 20 --- 02 49 29 10.2 110.5 -4.7 -55.0 860 F 1 222 06 15 01 06 30 00 0727-115 02 50 09 10.4 110.6 -4.7 -55.0 38 1 1 222 06 30 00 06 44 20 --- 03 04 31 13.2 112.7 -4.4 -53.8 860 F 1 333 06 30 01 06 45 00 0727-115 03 05 11 13.4 112.8 -4.4 -53.7 38 1 1 333 06 45 00 06 59 20 --- 03 19 34 16.2 114.9 -4.2 -52.5 860 F 1 444 06 45 01 07 00 00 0727-115 03 20 14 16.3 115.0 -4.2 -52.4 38 1 1 444 07 00 00 07 14 20 --- 03 34 36 19.1 117.3 -3.9 -51.0 860 F 1 555 07 00 01 07 15 00 0727-115 03 35 16 19.2 117.4 -3.9 -50.9 38 1 1 555 07 15 00 07 29 20 --- 03 49 39 21.9 119.8 -3.7 -49.3 860 F 1 666 07 15 01 07 30 00 0727-115 03 50 19 22.0 120.0 -3.7 -49.3 38 1 1 666 07 30 00 07 44 20 --- 04 04 41 24.6 122.5 -3.4 -47.5 860 F 1 777 07 30 01 07 45 00 0727-115 04 05 21 24.8 122.6 -3.4 -47.4 38 1 1 777 07 45 00 07 59 20 --- 04 19 44 27.3 125.3 -3.2 -45.5 860 F 1 888 07 45 01 08 00 00 0727-115 04 20 24 27.4 125.5 -3.2 -45.4 38 1 1 888 08 00 00 08 14 20 --- 04 34 46 29.9 128.3 -2.9 -43.3 860 F 1 999 08 00 01 08 15 00 0727-115 04 35 26 30.0 128.5 -2.9 -43.2 38 1 1 999 08 15 00 08 29 20 --- 04 49 49 32.4 131.5 -2.7 -40.9 860 F 1 1110 08 15 01 08 30 00 0727-115 04 50 29 32.5 131.7 -2.7 -40.8 38 1 1 1110 08 30 00 08 44 20 --- 05 04 51 34.7 134.9 -2.4 -38.3 860 F 1 1221 08 30 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 prepare for 100hr on 3 Apr, C-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 Mar 2009 Day 85 --- 08 45 00 0727-115 05 05 31 34.8 135.1 -2.4 -38.1 38 1 1 1221 08 45 00 08 59 20 --- 05 19 53 36.9 138.5 -2.2 -35.4 860 F 1 1332 08 45 01 09 00 00 0727-115 05 20 34 37.0 138.7 -2.2 -35.2 38 1 1 1332 09 00 00 09 14 20 --- 05 34 56 39.0 142.4 -1.9 -32.2 860 F 1 1442 09 00 01 09 15 00 0727-115 05 35 36 39.0 142.6 -1.9 -32.1 38 1 1 1442 09 15 00 09 29 20 --- 05 49 58 40.8 146.6 -1.7 -28.8 860 F 1 1553 09 15 01 09 30 00 0727-115 05 50 39 40.9 146.8 -1.7 -28.6 38 1 1 1553 09 30 00 09 44 20 --- 06 05 01 42.5 151.0 -1.4 -25.1 860 F 1 1664 09 30 01 09 45 00 0727-115 06 05 41 42.6 151.2 -1.4 -25.0 38 1 1 1664 09 45 00 09 59 20 --- 06 20 03 44.0 155.6 -1.2 -21.2 860 F 1 1775 09 45 01 10 00 00 0727-115 06 20 43 44.0 155.8 -1.2 -21.0 38 1 1 1775 10 00 00 10 14 20 --- 06 35 06 45.2 160.5 -0.9 -17.0 860 F 1 1886 10 00 01 10 15 00 0727-115 06 35 46 45.2 160.7 -0.9 -16.8 38 1 1 1886 10 15 00 10 29 20 --- 06 50 08 46.1 165.6 -0.7 -12.6 860 F 1 1997 10 15 01 10 30 00 0727-115 06 50 48 46.1 165.8 -0.7 -12.4 38 1 1 1997 10 30 00 10 44 20 --- 07 05 11 46.8 170.8 -0.4 -8.0 860 F 1 2108 10 30 01 10 45 00 0727-115 07 05 51 46.8 171.1 -0.4 -7.8 38 1 1 2108 10 45 00 10 59 20 --- 07 20 13 47.1 176.2 -0.2 -3.3 860 F 1 2219 10 45 01 ---------- Dummy scans ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 Next BBC frequencies: 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 11 00 20 0727-115 07 21 13 47.1 176.6 -0.2 -3.0 58 1 1 2219 11 00 20 11 01 20 --- 07 22 14 47.1 176.9 -0.1 -2.7 60 F 1 2223 11 00 45 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 prepare for 100hr on 3 Apr, C-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 Mar 2009 Day 85 --- ---------- Dummy scans ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 Next BBC frequencies: 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 11 02 20 0727-115 07 23 14 47.2 177.3 -0.1 -2.4 58 1 1 2223 11 02 20 11 03 20 --- 07 24 14 47.2 177.6 -0.1 -2.1 60 F 1 2225 11 02 45 ---------- Dummy scans ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.00 4956.00 Next BBC frequencies: 756.00 756.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 11 04 20 0727-115 07 25 14 47.2 178.0 -0.1 -1.7 58 1 1 2225 11 04 20 11 05 20 --- 07 26 14 47.2 178.4 -0.1 -1.4 60 F 1 2226 11 04 45 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 1024Mbps Matches group sh6cm in ./freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 12 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 5020.00 5020.00 5020.00 5020.00 5052.00 5052.00 5052.00 5052.00 BBC fr= 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 820.00 820.00 820.00 820.00 852.00 852.00 852.00 852.00 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 PCALFR2= 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 512Mbps Matches group sh6cm in ./freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 9 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 0.50 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= 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: 6 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 2 LO sum= 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 4988.00 BBC fr= 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 788.00 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 2 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 1000 1000 1000 1000 13000 13000 13000 13000 PCALFR2= 1000 1000 1000 1000 13000 13000 13000 13000 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 256Mbps Matches group sh6cm in ./freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 6 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 BBC SB= L L U U IF = C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 3 LO sum= 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 4956.00 BBC fr= 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 3 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 1000 1000 13000 13000 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 1000 1000 13000 13000 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 128Mbps Matches group sh6cm in ./freq.dat Dual-pol available since summer 2005 (CR 051122). Setup group: 3 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 2 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 BBC SB= L L IF = C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 4 LO sum= 4956.00 4956.00 BBC fr= 756.00 756.00 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 4 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S1 S1 S2 S1 OFF OFF OFF PCALXB2= S2 S2 M1 M2 S2 OFF OFF OFF PCALFR1= 1000 13000 0 0 2000 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 1000 13000 0 0 2000 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- prepare for 100hr on 3 Apr, C-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) J0730-1141 07 27 58.097813 * 07 30 19.112473 07 30 46.249297 0.20 * 0727-115 -11 34 52.58095 *-11 41 12.60051 -11 42 31.79592 0.30 J0730-11 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 4.828 scan hours, 14.006 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) 0727-115 107.5 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