COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 1/2011 Exp. Code: N11SX1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.30 Release near March 23, 2010 PI: Jun Yang Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: 3.6/13 cm, 512-16-2 Notes: Only RCP, 512 Mbps, 8 BBCs (USB & LSB), 2-bit sampling. Check autoftp settings and pointing, please On, Hh, and Mc request a mixed BBC patching. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule file for N11SX1. Four ftp scans are scheduled in N11SX1. (1) 12h07m UT, 2 second, 128 MB data, source 3C454.3 (2) 13h07m UT, 2 second, 128 MB data, source 3C454.3 (3) 13h59m UT, 2 second, 128 MB data, source DA193 (4) 14h59m UT, 2 second, 128 MB data, source DA193 The Kunming 40m radio telescope will participate in the NME and the last two ftp-fringe tests to test its Mark4 backend. Good Luck! Jun Yang skype account: uaoagn Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 1/2011 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 15 Mar 2011 Day 74 --- Next scan frequencies: 2234.99 2234.99 2250.99 2250.99 2266.99 2266.99 2282.99 2282.99 8384.99 8384.99 8400.99 8400.99 8416.99 8416.99 8432.99 8432.99 Next BBC frequencies: 214.99 214.99 230.99 230.99 246.99 246.99 262.99 262.99 304.99 304.99 320.99 320.99 336.99 336.99 352.99 352.99 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 3C454.3 01 21 43 34.7 315.6 2.5 0.0 0 1 1 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 --- 01 29 44 33.5 313.8 2.6 0.0 480 F 1 31 12 00 04 12 10 00 3C454.3 01 31 45 33.1 313.4 2.6 0.0 95 1 1 31 12 10 00 12 18 00 --- 01 39 46 31.8 311.8 2.8 0.0 480 F 1 62 12 10 04 12 20 00 3C454.3 01 41 46 31.5 311.4 2.8 0.0 95 1 1 62 12 20 00 12 28 00 --- 01 49 48 30.1 309.8 2.9 0.0 480 F 1 93 12 20 04 12 30 00 3C454.3 01 51 48 29.7 309.4 3.0 0.0 95 1 1 93 12 30 00 12 38 00 --- 01 59 49 28.3 307.9 3.1 0.0 480 F 1 124 12 30 04 12 40 00 3C454.3 02 01 50 28.0 307.5 3.1 0.0 95 1 1 124 12 40 00 12 48 00 --- 02 09 51 26.5 306.1 3.3 0.0 480 F 1 155 12 40 04 12 50 00 3C454.3 02 11 51 26.2 305.7 3.3 0.0 95 1 1 155 12 50 00 12 58 00 --- 02 19 53 24.7 304.4 3.4 0.0 480 F 1 186 12 50 04 13 00 00 3C454.3 02 21 53 24.3 304.0 3.5 0.0 95 1 1 186 13 00 00 13 08 00 --- 02 29 54 22.8 302.7 3.6 0.0 480 F 1 217 13 00 04 13 12 00 DA193 02 33 55 9.1 37.0 -3.4 0.0 4 1 1 217 13 12 00 13 20 00 --- 02 41 56 10.2 35.8 -3.2 0.0 480 F 1 248 13 12 04 13 22 00 DA193 02 43 57 10.5 35.5 -3.2 0.0 95 1 1 248 13 22 00 13 30 00 --- 02 51 58 11.5 34.4 -3.1 0.0 480 F 1 279 13 22 04 13 32 00 DA193 02 53 58 11.8 34.1 -3.0 0.0 95 1 1 279 13 32 00 13 40 00 --- 03 01 59 12.8 32.9 -2.9 0.0 480 F 1 310 13 32 04 13 42 00 DA193 03 04 00 13.0 32.6 -2.9 0.0 95 1 1 310 13 42 00 13 50 00 --- 03 12 01 14.0 31.3 -2.7 0.0 480 F 1 341 13 42 04 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 1/2011 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 15 Mar 2011 Day 74 --- 13 52 00 DA193 03 14 01 14.2 31.0 -2.7 0.0 95 1 1 341 13 52 00 14 00 00 --- 03 22 03 15.1 29.7 -2.6 0.0 480 F 1 372 13 52 04 14 02 00 DA193 03 24 03 15.3 29.4 -2.5 0.0 95 1 1 372 14 02 00 14 10 00 --- 03 32 04 16.2 28.1 -2.4 0.0 480 F 1 403 14 02 04 14 12 00 DA193 03 34 05 16.4 27.8 -2.4 0.0 95 1 1 403 14 12 00 14 20 00 --- 03 42 06 17.2 26.4 -2.2 0.0 480 F 1 434 14 12 04 14 22 00 DA193 03 44 06 17.4 26.0 -2.2 0.0 95 1 1 434 14 22 00 14 30 00 --- 03 52 08 18.2 24.6 -2.1 0.0 480 F 1 464 14 22 04 14 32 00 DA193 03 54 08 18.4 24.3 -2.0 0.0 95 1 1 464 14 32 00 14 40 00 --- 04 02 09 19.1 22.9 -1.9 0.0 480 F 1 495 14 32 04 14 42 00 DA193 04 04 10 19.3 22.5 -1.9 0.0 95 1 1 495 14 42 00 14 50 00 --- 04 12 11 20.0 21.0 -1.7 0.0 480 F 1 526 14 42 04 14 52 00 DA193 04 14 11 20.1 20.6 -1.7 0.0 95 1 1 526 14 52 00 15 00 00 --- 04 22 13 20.7 19.1 -1.6 0.0 480 F 1 557 14 52 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: n11sx1.set Matching groups in ./n11sx1_freq.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 4 Station: HART 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= 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 1 1 3 3 5 5 7 7 BBC SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U IF = 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. LO sum= 2234.99 2234.99 2250.99 2250.99 2266.99 2266.99 2282.99 2282.99 8384.99 8384.99 8400.99 8400.99 8416.99 8416.99 8432.99 8432.99 BBC fr= 214.99 214.99 230.99 230.99 246.99 246.99 262.99 262.99 304.99 304.99 320.99 320.99 336.99 336.99 352.99 352.99 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 SOURCE LIST -- NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 1/2011 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) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407172 * 05 55 30.805615 05 56 19.370758 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 48 59.45360 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched9.3/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 348030 Observations 1.467 scan hours, 30.295 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519743 * 22 53 57.747942 22 54 30.705501 0.01 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 12 26.86945 0.01 2251+158 /aps3/sched9.3/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 39040 Observations 0.933 scan hours, 14.000 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) DA193 94.5 3C454.3 21.5 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