COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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: 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 14 40 0234+285 07 08 04 32.5 -73.5 4.5 69.6 0 1 1 0 12 14 40 12 24 40 --- 07 18 06 30.5 -72.6 4.7 68.9 600 F 1 39 12 14 41 ---------- 1st ftp scan ---------- 12 25 20 0234+285 07 18 46 30.3 -72.5 4.7 68.8 37 1 1 39 12 25 20 12 35 20 --- 07 28 47 28.3 -71.6 4.8 68.1 600 F 1 77 12 25 21 12 39 20 3C84 07 32 48 39.3 -59.5 4.2 80.4 218 1 1 77 12 39 20 12 49 20 --- 07 42 50 37.4 -59.1 4.4 79.0 600 F 1 116 12 39 21 12 50 00 3C84 07 43 30 37.3 -59.0 4.4 78.9 37 1 1 116 12 50 00 13 00 00 --- 07 53 32 35.4 -58.6 4.6 77.5 600 F 1 155 12 50 01 ---------- 2nd ftp scan ---------- 13 00 40 3C84 07 54 12 35.3 -58.5 4.6 77.4 37 1 1 155 13 00 40 13 10 40 --- 08 04 13 33.5 -58.0 4.7 76.1 600 F 1 194 13 00 41 13 11 40 DA193 08 05 13 62.5 -62.6 2.1 98.3 8 1 1 194 13 11 40 13 21 40 --- 08 15 15 60.6 -63.1 2.3 96.3 600 F 1 232 13 11 41 13 23 40 J0552+3754 08 17 15 59.7 -67.0 2.4 92.0 112 1 1 232 13 23 40 13 26 10 =0548+378 08 19 46 59.2 -67.1 2.4 91.6 150 F 1 242 13 23 41 13 26 10 DA193 08 19 46 59.7 -63.3 2.4 95.4 -8 1 1 242 No stop 13 29 10 --- 08 22 46 59.2 -63.4 2.4 94.8 172 F 1 254 13 26 11 13 29 10 J0552+3754 08 22 46 58.6 -67.1 2.5 91.1 -8 1 1 254 No stop 13 36 10 =0548+378 08 29 47 57.2 -67.1 2.6 90.0 412 F 1 281 13 29 11 13 36 50 DA193 08 30 28 57.7 -63.6 2.6 93.4 32 1 1 281 13 36 50 13 39 50 --- 08 33 28 57.1 -63.6 2.6 92.9 180 F 1 292 13 36 51 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 39 50 J0552+3754 08 33 28 56.5 -67.1 2.7 89.5 -8 1 1 292 No stop 13 46 50 =0548+378 08 40 29 55.1 -67.1 2.8 88.4 412 F 1 319 13 39 51 13 46 50 DA193 08 40 29 55.8 -63.7 2.7 91.7 -7 1 1 319 No stop 13 49 50 --- 08 43 30 55.2 -63.7 2.8 91.2 173 F 1 331 13 46 51 13 49 50 J0552+3754 08 43 30 54.5 -67.0 2.8 88.0 -7 1 1 331 No stop 13 56 50 =0548+378 08 50 31 53.2 -66.9 3.0 87.0 413 F 1 358 13 49 51 13 57 30 DA193 08 51 11 53.7 -63.8 2.9 89.9 33 1 1 358 13 57 30 14 00 30 --- 08 54 11 53.1 -63.8 3.0 89.5 180 F 1 370 13 57 31 14 00 30 J0552+3754 08 54 11 52.4 -66.9 3.0 86.5 -7 1 1 370 No stop 14 07 30 =0548+378 09 01 13 51.1 -66.7 3.1 85.5 413 F 1 397 14 00 31 14 07 30 DA193 09 01 13 51.8 -63.7 3.1 88.4 -7 1 1 397 No stop 14 10 30 --- 09 04 13 51.2 -63.7 3.1 87.9 173 F 1 408 14 07 31 14 10 30 J0552+3754 09 04 13 50.5 -66.6 3.2 85.1 -7 1 1 408 No stop 14 17 30 =0548+378 09 11 14 49.1 -66.4 3.3 84.2 413 F 1 435 14 10 31 14 18 10 DA193 09 11 54 49.7 -63.6 3.3 86.8 33 1 1 435 14 18 10 14 21 10 --- 09 14 55 49.2 -63.5 3.3 86.3 180 F 1 447 14 18 11 14 21 10 J0552+3754 09 14 55 48.4 -66.3 3.4 83.7 -7 1 1 447 No stop 14 28 10 =0548+378 09 21 56 47.0 -66.1 3.5 82.8 413 F 1 474 14 21 11 14 28 10 DA193 09 21 56 47.8 -63.4 3.4 85.3 -7 1 1 474 No stop 14 31 10 --- 09 24 56 47.2 -63.3 3.5 84.9 173 F 1 486 14 28 11 14 31 10 J0552+3754 09 24 56 46.4 -66.0 3.5 82.4 -7 1 1 486 No stop 14 38 10 =0548+378 09 31 58 45.0 -65.7 3.6 81.6 413 F 1 513 14 31 11 14 38 50 DA193 09 32 38 45.8 -63.1 3.6 83.8 33 1 1 513 14 38 50 14 41 50 --- 09 35 38 45.2 -63.0 3.7 83.4 180 F 1 524 14 38 51 14 41 50 J0552+3754 09 35 38 44.3 -65.5 3.7 81.1 -7 1 1 524 No stop 14 48 50 =0548+378 09 42 39 42.9 -65.2 3.8 80.2 413 F 1 552 14 41 51 14 48 50 DA193 09 42 39 43.9 -62.8 3.8 82.4 -6 1 1 552 No stop 14 51 50 --- 09 45 40 43.3 -62.7 3.8 82.0 174 F 1 563 14 48 51 14 51 50 J0552+3754 09 45 40 42.4 -65.1 3.9 79.9 -6 1 1 563 No stop 14 58 50 =0548+378 09 52 41 41.0 -64.8 4.0 79.0 414 F 1 590 14 51 51 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 59 30 DA193 09 53 21 41.8 -62.4 4.0 81.0 34 1 1 590 14 59 30 15 02 30 --- 09 56 22 41.2 -62.2 4.0 80.6 180 F 1 602 14 59 31 15 02 30 J0552+3754 09 56 22 40.3 -64.6 4.1 78.6 -6 1 1 602 No stop 15 09 30 =0548+378 10 03 23 38.9 -64.2 4.2 77.7 414 F 1 629 15 02 31 15 09 30 DA193 10 03 23 39.9 -61.9 4.1 79.7 -6 1 1 629 No stop 15 12 30 --- 10 06 23 39.4 -61.8 4.2 79.3 174 F 1 641 15 09 31 15 12 30 J0552+3754 10 06 23 38.4 -64.0 4.2 77.4 -6 1 1 641 No stop 15 19 30 =0548+378 10 13 24 37.0 -63.6 4.3 76.5 414 F 1 668 15 12 31 15 20 10 DA193 10 14 05 37.9 -61.4 4.3 78.3 34 1 1 668 15 20 10 15 23 10 --- 10 17 05 37.3 -61.3 4.3 77.9 180 F 1 679 15 20 11 15 23 10 J0552+3754 10 17 05 36.3 -63.4 4.4 76.1 -6 1 1 679 No stop 15 30 10 =0548+378 10 24 06 35.0 -63.0 4.5 75.3 414 F 1 706 15 23 11 15 30 10 DA193 10 24 06 36.0 -60.9 4.5 77.0 -6 1 1 706 No stop 15 33 10 --- 10 27 07 35.5 -60.8 4.5 76.6 174 F 1 718 15 30 11 15 33 10 J0552+3754 10 27 07 34.4 -62.8 4.6 74.9 -6 1 1 718 No stop 15 40 10 =0548+378 10 34 08 33.1 -62.4 4.7 74.1 414 F 1 745 15 33 11 15 40 50 DA193 10 34 48 34.0 -60.3 4.6 75.6 34 1 1 745 15 40 50 15 43 50 --- 10 37 48 33.5 -60.2 4.7 75.2 180 F 1 757 15 40 51 15 43 50 J0552+3754 10 37 48 32.4 -62.1 4.7 73.6 -6 1 1 757 No stop 15 50 50 =0548+378 10 44 50 31.0 -61.7 4.9 72.8 414 F 1 784 15 43 51 ---------- 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: 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 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 10 46 50 31.8 -59.6 4.8 74.1 114 1 1 784 15 52 50 15 57 50 --- 10 51 51 30.9 -59.3 4.9 73.4 300 F 1 823 15 53 15 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 sh18cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 15 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 15 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 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= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 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 sh18cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 ****** Only 244.98 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 30 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 30 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 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= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 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