COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N10L1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.10 Bug fixs and minor enhancements PI: Mehreen Mahmud Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596506 EMAIL: mahmud@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596506 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME+FTP-FT (512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) for se Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 04 March 2010, involving 10 antennas: Cm Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Nt Tr Ur Sh. The NME uses a standard setup and consists of long integrations on strong sources 0234+285 and 3C84 - the fringe finders - a target J0552+3754 and a phase-reference source DA193 (also a fringe-finder). Three ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:25 UT (scan 4, 2 sec, 0234+285) ~13:00 UT (scan 7, 1 sec, 3C84) ~15:52 UT (scan 38, 1 sec, DA193) Note that the last scan uses 1 Gpbs recording rate to test 16 MHz filter. Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Mehreen skype account: mehreen_mahmud Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 4 Mar 2010 Day 63 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J1935+2031 23 35 09 35.5 624.4 4.0 49.3 0 1 1 0 12 00 00 12 02 30 =1932+204 23 37 39 35.1 624.9 4.0 49.3 150 F 1 10 12 00 04 ---------- Millisecond pulsar for testing JIVE software correlator ---------- 12 03 00 B1937+21 23 38 09 36.5 625.1 4.0 49.8 23 1 1 10 12 03 00 12 10 00 --- 23 45 11 35.2 626.4 4.1 49.9 420 F 1 37 12 03 04 12 14 40 0234+285 23 49 51 53.3 460.7 -2.8 -53.1 55 1 1 37 12 14 40 12 24 40 --- 23 59 53 55.0 463.0 -2.6 -52.5 600 F 1 75 12 14 44 ---------- 1st ftp scan ---------- 12 25 20 0234+285 00 00 33 55.1 463.1 -2.6 -52.4 36 1 1 75 12 25 20 12 35 20 --- 00 10 35 56.8 465.6 -2.5 -51.6 600 F 1 114 12 25 24 12 39 20 3C84 00 14 35 56.4 438.4 -3.1 -68.9 200 1 1 114 12 39 20 12 49 20 --- 00 24 37 58.1 439.6 -2.9 -69.6 600 F 1 153 12 39 24 12 50 00 3C84 00 25 17 58.2 439.7 -2.9 -69.6 36 1 1 153 12 50 00 13 00 00 --- 00 35 19 60.0 440.9 -2.8 -70.2 600 F 1 192 12 50 04 ---------- 2nd ftp scan ---------- 13 00 40 3C84 00 35 59 60.1 441.0 -2.7 -70.2 36 1 1 192 13 00 40 13 10 40 --- 00 46 01 61.9 442.3 -2.6 -70.8 600 F 1 230 13 00 44 13 11 40 DA193 00 47 01 34.7 425.7 -5.2 -57.8 1 1 1 230 13 11 40 13 21 40 --- 00 57 02 36.3 427.0 -5.0 -58.7 600 F 1 269 13 11 44 13 23 40 J0552+3754 00 59 03 36.2 429.6 -4.9 -57.9 113 1 1 269 13 23 40 13 26 10 =0548+378 01 01 33 36.6 430.0 -4.9 -58.1 150 F 1 279 13 23 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 4 Mar 2010 Day 63 --- 13 26 10 DA193 01 01 33 37.1 427.5 -4.9 -59.1 -7 1 1 279 No stop 13 29 10 --- 01 04 34 37.6 427.9 -4.9 -59.3 173 F 1 290 13 26 14 13 29 10 J0552+3754 01 04 34 37.1 430.3 -4.8 -58.3 -7 1 1 290 No stop 13 36 10 =0548+378 01 11 35 38.3 431.3 -4.7 -58.8 413 F 1 317 13 29 14 13 36 50 DA193 01 12 15 38.8 428.8 -4.7 -60.0 33 1 1 317 13 36 50 13 39 50 --- 01 15 15 39.3 429.2 -4.7 -60.2 180 F 1 329 13 36 54 13 39 50 J0552+3754 01 15 15 38.9 431.7 -4.6 -59.1 -7 1 1 329 No stop 13 46 50 =0548+378 01 22 17 40.1 432.6 -4.5 -59.6 413 F 1 356 13 39 54 13 46 50 DA193 01 22 17 40.5 430.1 -4.6 -60.8 -7 1 1 356 No stop 13 49 50 --- 01 25 17 41.0 430.4 -4.5 -61.0 173 F 1 368 13 46 54 13 49 50 J0552+3754 01 25 17 40.6 433.0 -4.5 -59.8 -7 1 1 368 No stop 13 56 50 =0548+378 01 32 18 41.8 434.0 -4.3 -60.3 413 F 1 395 13 49 54 13 57 30 DA193 01 32 58 42.3 431.4 -4.4 -61.6 33 1 1 395 13 57 30 14 00 30 --- 01 35 59 42.8 431.8 -4.3 -61.8 180 F 1 406 13 57 34 14 00 30 J0552+3754 01 35 59 42.5 434.4 -4.3 -60.5 -7 1 1 406 No stop 14 07 30 =0548+378 01 43 00 43.7 435.4 -4.2 -61.0 413 F 1 434 14 00 34 14 07 30 DA193 01 43 00 44.0 432.6 -4.2 -62.4 -8 1 1 434 No stop 14 10 30 --- 01 46 00 44.5 433.0 -4.2 -62.6 172 F 1 445 14 07 34 14 10 30 J0552+3754 01 46 00 44.2 435.8 -4.1 -61.2 -8 1 1 445 No stop 14 17 30 =0548+378 01 53 02 45.4 436.7 -4.0 -61.6 412 F 1 472 14 10 34 14 18 10 DA193 01 53 42 45.8 434.0 -4.0 -63.1 32 1 1 472 14 18 10 14 21 10 --- 01 56 42 46.4 434.3 -4.0 -63.4 180 F 1 484 14 18 14 14 21 10 J0552+3754 01 56 42 46.0 437.2 -3.9 -61.8 -8 1 1 484 No stop 14 28 10 =0548+378 02 03 43 47.3 438.1 -3.8 -62.2 412 F 1 511 14 21 14 14 28 10 DA193 02 03 43 47.6 435.2 -3.9 -63.8 -8 1 1 511 No stop 14 31 10 --- 02 06 44 48.1 435.6 -3.8 -64.0 172 F 1 523 14 28 14 14 31 10 J0552+3754 02 06 44 47.8 438.6 -3.8 -62.3 -8 1 1 523 No stop 14 38 10 =0548+378 02 13 45 49.0 439.5 -3.7 -62.7 412 F 1 550 14 31 14 14 38 50 DA193 02 14 25 49.4 436.6 -3.7 -64.5 32 1 1 550 14 38 50 14 41 50 --- 02 17 26 49.9 436.9 -3.6 -64.7 180 F 1 561 14 38 54 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 4 Mar 2010 Day 63 --- 14 41 50 J0552+3754 02 17 26 49.7 440.0 -3.6 -62.9 -8 1 1 561 No stop 14 48 50 =0548+378 02 24 27 50.9 441.0 -3.5 -63.2 412 F 1 588 14 41 54 14 48 50 DA193 02 24 27 51.2 437.8 -3.5 -65.2 -8 1 1 588 No stop 14 51 50 --- 02 27 27 51.7 438.2 -3.5 -65.3 172 F 1 600 14 48 54 14 51 50 J0552+3754 02 27 27 51.4 441.4 -3.4 -63.3 -8 1 1 600 No stop 14 58 50 =0548+378 02 34 28 52.7 442.4 -3.3 -63.6 412 F 1 627 14 51 54 14 59 30 DA193 02 35 08 53.0 439.2 -3.4 -65.8 32 1 1 627 14 59 30 15 02 30 --- 02 38 09 53.6 439.6 -3.3 -65.9 180 F 1 639 14 59 34 15 02 30 J0552+3754 02 38 09 53.3 443.0 -3.2 -63.8 -8 1 1 639 No stop 15 09 30 =0548+378 02 45 10 54.6 444.0 -3.1 -64.0 412 F 1 666 15 02 34 15 09 30 DA193 02 45 10 54.8 440.6 -3.2 -66.3 -9 1 1 666 No stop 15 12 30 --- 02 48 11 55.3 441.0 -3.1 -66.5 171 F 1 677 15 09 34 15 12 30 J0552+3754 02 48 11 55.1 444.5 -3.1 -64.1 -9 1 1 677 No stop 15 19 30 =0548+378 02 55 12 56.3 445.5 -3.0 -64.3 411 F 1 704 15 12 34 15 20 10 DA193 02 55 52 56.7 442.0 -3.0 -66.8 31 1 1 704 15 20 10 15 23 10 --- 02 58 52 57.2 442.4 -3.0 -67.0 180 F 1 716 15 20 14 15 23 10 J0552+3754 02 58 52 57.0 446.1 -2.9 -64.4 -9 1 1 716 No stop 15 30 10 =0548+378 03 05 54 58.2 447.2 -2.8 -64.5 411 F 1 743 15 23 14 15 30 10 DA193 03 05 54 58.4 443.4 -2.8 -67.2 -9 1 1 743 No stop 15 33 10 --- 03 08 54 59.0 443.8 -2.8 -67.4 171 F 1 755 15 30 14 15 33 10 J0552+3754 03 08 54 58.8 447.7 -2.7 -64.6 -9 1 1 755 No stop 15 40 10 =0548+378 03 15 55 60.0 448.9 -2.6 -64.6 411 F 1 782 15 33 14 15 40 50 DA193 03 16 35 60.3 445.0 -2.7 -67.6 31 1 1 782 15 40 50 15 43 50 --- 03 19 36 60.9 445.4 -2.6 -67.7 180 F 1 793 15 40 54 15 43 50 J0552+3754 03 19 36 60.7 449.5 -2.6 -64.6 -9 1 1 793 No stop 15 50 50 =0548+378 03 26 37 61.9 450.7 -2.4 -64.6 411 F 1 821 15 43 54 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 4 Mar 2010 Day 63 --- ---------- Last ftp scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 315.49 315.49 315.49 315.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 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 15 52 50 DA193 03 28 37 62.5 446.8 -2.5 -67.9 111 1 1 821 15 52 50 15 57 50 --- 03 33 38 63.4 447.6 -2.4 -68.0 300 F 1 859 15 53 18 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NME.512Mbps Matches group mc18cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat updated from Maccaferri (CR 2Dec00) Setup group: 11 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 355.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 371.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 387.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off Setup file: NME.1Gbps Matches group mc18cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat updated from Maccaferri (CR 2Dec00) ****** Only 160.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 26 Station: MEDICINA 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= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 26 Setup file default. LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 315.49 315.49 315.49 315.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 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 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 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) * B1937+21 19 37 28.745934 * 19 39 38.584075 19 40 04.874509 0.00 21 28 00.96175 * 21 34 58.76899 21 36 12.10896 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.117 scan hours, 9.100 baseline hours above horizon. J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 28.768872 0.23 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40781 * 28 48 08.99006 28 50 54.52565 0.40 J0237+28 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.333 scan hours, 30.070 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567310 * 03 19 48.160141 03 20 29.248614 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91765 * 41 30 42.10477 41 33 05.93591 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.500 scan hours, 52.500 baseline hours above horizon. * J0552+3754 05 48 52.231741 * 05 52 17.936906 05 53 01.633453 0.32 0548+378 37 53 44.15026 * 37 54 25.28214 37 54 40.53148 0.45 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 1.675 scan hours, 163.949 baseline hours above horizon. J0555+3948 05 52 01.407173 * 05 55 30.805615 05 56 15.313691 0.26 0552+398 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 49 02.04428 0.40 * DA193 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.950 scan hours, 92.044 baseline hours above horizon. * J1935+2031 19 32 59.558259 * 19 35 10.472912 19 35 37.018950 0.22 1932+204 20 25 14.21761 * 20 31 54.15438 20 33 03.82572 0.41 J1935+20 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.042 scan hours, 3.250 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) B1937+21 56.5 0234+285 63.1 3C84 76.0 J0552+3754 104.2 DA193 104.7 J1935+2031 57.1 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