COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11C1 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.30 Release near March 23, 2010 PI: Yurii Pidopryhora Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: pidopryhora@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: Cheers Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME on 07 March 2011 involving 14 antennas: Cm Eb Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh The NME uses a standard setup and consists mostly of the long integrations on fairly strong (few hundred mJy/beam) sources J0409+1217, J0401+2110 and J0428+1732. It has no phase-referencing part. The sources are not the usual standard fringe finders and were chosen to be both bright and as compact as possible. Since they might not work so well for the ftp tests, two standard fringe-finders, 0234+285 and 0528+134 are observed in the ftp'd scans. Also, a WSRT primary calibrator 3C48 is observed to allow the processing of the Wb data in the interferometric mode. Three ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:14:20 UT (scan#2, 4 sec, 0234+285) ~13:13:40 UT (scan#6, 4 sec, 0234+285) ~14:09:40 UT (scan#10, 4 sec, 0528+134) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Yurii 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Mar 2011 Day 66 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 3C48 07 04 14 22.9 -63.9 5.4 66.8 0 1 1 0 12 00 00 12 10 20 --- 07 14 36 20.9 -63.0 5.6 65.8 620 F 1 40 12 00 01 12 12 20 0234+285 07 16 36 30.8 -72.7 4.6 69.0 99 1 1 40 12 12 20 12 16 20 --- 07 20 37 30.0 -72.4 4.7 68.7 240 F 1 55 12 12 21 12 22 30 J0401+2110 07 26 48 43.5 270.6 3.4 66.7 23 1 1 55 12 22 30 12 37 30 =0358+210 07 41 50 40.3 272.4 3.7 66.6 900 F 1 114 12 22 31 12 38 10 J0401+2110 07 42 30 40.1 272.5 3.7 66.6 37 1 1 114 12 38 10 12 53 10 =0358+210 07 57 33 36.9 274.3 3.9 66.3 900 F 1 172 12 38 11 12 53 50 J0401+2110 07 58 13 36.8 274.4 3.9 66.3 37 1 1 172 12 53 50 13 08 50 =0358+210 08 13 15 33.6 276.1 4.2 66.0 900 F 1 230 12 53 51 13 11 40 0234+285 08 16 06 18.8 292.9 5.6 64.2 141 1 1 230 13 11 40 13 15 40 --- 08 20 06 18.0 293.3 5.7 63.8 240 F 1 245 13 11 41 13 19 30 J0409+1217 08 23 57 28.9 267.2 4.2 61.1 200 1 1 245 13 19 30 13 34 30 =0406+121 08 39 00 25.7 269.2 4.5 61.2 900 F 1 303 13 19 31 13 35 10 J0409+1217 08 39 40 25.6 269.3 4.5 61.2 37 1 1 303 13 35 10 13 50 10 =0406+121 08 54 42 22.3 271.2 4.7 61.2 900 F 1 361 13 35 11 13 50 50 J0409+1217 08 55 22 22.2 271.3 4.8 61.2 37 1 1 361 13 50 50 14 05 50 =0406+121 09 10 25 19.0 273.2 5.0 61.1 900 F 1 419 13 50 51 14 07 40 0528+134 09 12 15 36.6 263.8 3.7 61.1 76 1 1 419 14 07 40 14 11 40 --- 09 16 16 35.8 264.4 3.7 61.2 240 F 1 435 14 07 41 14 13 40 J0428+1732 09 18 16 23.9 276.8 4.8 63.1 96 1 1 435 14 13 40 14 28 40 =0425+174 09 33 18 20.7 278.6 5.1 62.6 900 F 1 493 14 13 41 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Mar 2011 Day 66 --- 14 29 20 J0428+1732 09 33 59 20.5 278.6 5.1 62.6 37 1 1 493 14 29 20 14 44 20 =0425+174 09 49 01 17.4 280.4 5.3 62.1 900 F 1 551 14 29 21 14 45 00 J0428+1732 09 49 41 17.2 280.5 5.3 62.0 37 1 1 551 14 45 00 15 00 00 =0425+174 10 04 44 14.1 282.2 5.6 61.4 900 F 1 609 14 45 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: kvsr.C512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 10 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= 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: 13 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 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) J0137+3309 01 34 49.826430 * 01 37 41.299497 01 38 19.761511 0.58 0134+329 32 54 20.25971 * 33 09 35.13389 33 13 05.71053 0.54 * 3C48 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0137+33 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 99 Observations 0.172 scan hours, 15.672 baseline hours above horizon. J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 32.426055 0.01 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40782 * 28 48 08.99007 28 51 08.08164 0.01 J0237+28 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 53148 Observations 0.133 scan hours, 12.133 baseline hours above horizon. * J0401+2110 03 58 49.071438 * 04 01 45.166079 04 02 25.496123 0.04 0358+210 21 02 08.65455 * 21 10 28.58706 21 12 22.01450 0.06 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 386 Observations 0.750 scan hours, 68.250 baseline hours above horizon. * J0409+1217 04 06 35.476887 * 04 09 22.008713 04 10 00.178441 0.03 0406+121 12 09 49.31046 * 12 17 39.84772 12 19 23.48272 0.05 J0409+12 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 1193 Observations 0.750 scan hours, 68.250 baseline hours above horizon. * J0428+1732 04 25 42.546064 * 04 28 35.633709 04 29 15.420210 0.49 0425+174 17 25 48.64039 * 17 32 23.58798 17 33 51.60147 0.46 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 21 Observations 0.750 scan hours, 68.250 baseline hours above horizon. J0530+1331 05 28 06.759217 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 35.750347 0.00 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28889 * 13 31 55.14955 13 32 21.20825 0.01 J0530+13 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 129534 Observations 0.067 scan hours, 6.067 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) 3C48 52.0 0234+285 60.4 J0401+2110 76.1 J0409+1217 76.4 J0428+1732 81.8 0528+134 96.3 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