COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12L1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. 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 18cm NME on 05 March 2011 involving 12 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh In this session the main L-band ftp test is separate from the NME (F12L1), but in addition we schedule a couple of the ftp-tests here, just in case some additional checking is needed. The NME uses a standard setup and consists of long integrations on strong sources and a phase-referencing part, 0657+172 is a Jy-class source from VLBA RRFID database (1.23 Jy in S-band as of Oct 2009). It is definitely well resolved, so it could be weak for the long baselines. DA193 and 4C39.25 are standard fringe-finders. The phase-referencing part uses J0954+2639, a 100 mJy-class calibrator as a target and J0956+2515 as a phase-referencing source. J0956+2515 was successfully used as an ftp-fringe finder in N11C2. Its flux based on the pipelined data was ~0.45 Jy for June 2011. It is almost point-like. Two ftp tests are scheduled: ~16:14 UT (scan 2, 4 sec, 0657+172) ~17:18 UT (scan 8, 4 sec, DA193) 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; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- 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 16 00 00 0657+172 11 00 00 34.3 270.3 4.0 63.6 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 11 10 01 32.2 271.6 4.2 63.6 600 39 16 00 01 16 11 00 0657+172 11 11 01 32.0 271.7 4.2 63.6 58 39 16 11 00 16 16 00 --- 11 16 02 30.9 272.3 4.3 63.6 300 58 16 11 01 16 18 00 0657+172 11 18 03 30.4 272.6 4.3 63.5 118 58 16 18 00 16 30 00 --- 11 30 05 27.9 274.0 4.5 63.4 720 105 16 18 01 16 30 40 0657+172 11 30 45 27.7 274.1 4.5 63.3 38 105 16 30 40 16 40 00 --- 11 40 06 25.7 275.2 4.7 63.2 560 141 16 30 41 16 40 40 0657+172 11 40 46 25.6 275.3 4.7 63.2 38 141 16 40 40 16 50 00 --- 11 50 08 23.6 276.4 4.8 62.9 560 177 16 40 41 16 50 40 0657+172 11 50 48 23.5 276.5 4.8 62.9 38 177 16 50 40 17 00 00 --- 12 00 09 21.5 277.6 5.0 62.6 560 213 16 50 41 17 00 40 0657+172 12 00 50 21.3 277.7 5.0 62.6 38 213 17 00 40 17 10 00 --- 12 10 11 19.3 278.8 5.2 62.3 560 249 17 00 41 17 14 00 DA193 12 14 12 16.2 307.1 6.3 62.8 208 249 17 14 00 17 20 00 --- 12 20 13 15.2 307.7 6.4 62.0 360 272 17 14 01 17 24 00 0657+172 12 24 13 16.4 280.4 5.4 61.8 208 272 17 24 00 17 30 00 --- 12 30 14 15.1 281.2 5.5 61.5 360 295 17 24 01 17 30 40 0657+172 12 30 55 15.0 281.2 5.5 61.5 38 295 17 30 40 17 40 00 --- 12 40 16 13.0 282.3 5.7 61.1 560 332 17 30 41 17 43 40 J0954+2639 12 43 57 53.0 273.9 2.8 72.8 148 332 17 43 40 17 48 00 =0951+268 12 48 17 52.1 274.4 2.9 72.7 260 348 17 43 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- 17 48 40 J0956+2515 12 48 57 52.0 272.0 2.9 71.0 34 348 17 48 40 17 50 00 =0953+254 12 50 18 51.7 272.2 2.9 71.0 80 354 17 48 41 17 50 00 J0954+2639 12 50 18 51.7 274.6 2.9 72.7 -6 354 No stop 17 53 00 =0951+268 12 53 18 51.0 274.9 3.0 72.6 174 365 17 50 01 17 53 40 J0956+2515 12 53 58 50.9 272.6 2.9 71.0 34 365 17 53 40 17 55 00 =0953+254 12 55 19 50.6 272.8 3.0 70.9 80 370 17 53 41 17 55 00 J0954+2639 12 55 19 50.6 275.1 3.0 72.5 -6 370 No stop 17 58 00 =0951+268 12 58 19 50.0 275.4 3.0 72.4 174 382 17 55 01 17 58 40 J0956+2515 12 58 59 49.8 273.2 3.0 70.9 34 382 17 58 40 18 00 00 =0953+254 13 00 19 49.6 273.4 3.0 70.8 80 387 17 58 41 18 00 00 J0954+2639 13 00 19 49.5 275.6 3.1 72.4 -6 387 No stop 18 03 00 =0951+268 13 03 20 48.9 276.0 3.1 72.3 174 399 18 00 01 18 03 40 J0956+2515 13 04 00 48.8 273.8 3.1 70.8 34 399 18 03 40 18 05 00 =0953+254 13 05 20 48.5 273.9 3.1 70.7 80 404 18 03 41 18 05 00 J0954+2639 13 05 20 48.5 276.2 3.2 72.2 -6 404 No stop 18 08 00 =0951+268 13 08 21 47.8 276.5 3.2 72.1 174 415 18 05 01 18 08 40 J0956+2515 13 09 01 47.7 274.3 3.2 70.7 34 415 18 08 40 18 10 00 =0953+254 13 10 21 47.4 274.5 3.2 70.6 80 421 18 08 41 18 10 00 J0954+2639 13 10 21 47.4 276.7 3.2 72.0 -6 421 No stop 18 13 00 =0951+268 13 13 21 46.8 277.0 3.3 71.9 174 432 18 10 01 18 13 40 J0956+2515 13 14 02 46.6 274.9 3.3 70.5 34 432 18 13 40 18 15 00 =0953+254 13 15 22 46.4 275.0 3.3 70.5 80 437 18 13 41 18 15 00 J0954+2639 13 15 22 46.3 277.2 3.3 71.8 -6 437 No stop 18 18 00 =0951+268 13 18 22 45.7 277.5 3.4 71.7 174 449 18 15 01 18 18 40 J0956+2515 13 19 02 45.6 275.4 3.4 70.4 34 449 18 18 40 18 20 00 =0953+254 13 20 23 45.3 275.6 3.4 70.4 80 454 18 18 41 18 20 00 J0954+2639 13 20 23 45.3 277.7 3.4 71.6 -6 454 No stop 18 23 00 =0951+268 13 23 23 44.6 278.0 3.5 71.5 174 466 18 20 01 18 23 40 J0956+2515 13 24 03 44.5 276.0 3.4 70.2 34 466 18 23 40 18 25 00 =0953+254 13 25 23 44.2 276.1 3.5 70.2 80 471 18 23 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- 18 25 00 J0954+2639 13 25 23 44.2 278.2 3.5 71.4 -6 471 No stop 18 28 00 =0951+268 13 28 24 43.6 278.5 3.5 71.3 174 483 18 25 01 18 28 40 J0956+2515 13 29 04 43.4 276.5 3.5 70.1 34 483 18 28 40 18 30 00 =0953+254 13 30 24 43.1 276.7 3.5 70.0 80 488 18 28 41 18 30 00 J0954+2639 13 30 24 43.2 278.7 3.6 71.2 -6 488 No stop 18 33 00 =0951+268 13 33 25 42.5 279.0 3.6 71.1 174 499 18 30 01 18 33 40 J0956+2515 13 34 05 42.4 277.0 3.6 69.9 34 499 18 33 40 18 35 00 =0953+254 13 35 25 42.1 277.2 3.6 69.9 80 504 18 33 41 18 35 00 J0954+2639 13 35 25 42.1 279.2 3.7 71.0 -6 504 No stop 18 38 00 =0951+268 13 38 26 41.5 279.5 3.7 70.8 174 516 18 35 01 18 38 40 J0956+2515 13 39 06 41.3 277.6 3.7 69.7 34 516 18 38 40 18 40 00 =0953+254 13 40 26 41.0 277.7 3.7 69.7 80 521 18 38 41 18 40 00 J0954+2639 13 40 26 41.0 279.7 3.8 70.7 -6 521 No stop 18 43 00 =0951+268 13 43 26 40.4 280.0 3.8 70.6 174 533 18 40 01 18 43 40 J0956+2515 13 44 07 40.2 278.1 3.8 69.5 34 533 18 43 40 18 45 00 =0953+254 13 45 27 40.0 278.2 3.8 69.5 80 538 18 43 41 18 45 00 J0954+2639 13 45 27 40.0 280.2 3.8 70.5 -6 538 No stop 18 48 00 =0951+268 13 48 27 39.3 280.5 3.9 70.3 174 550 18 45 01 18 48 40 J0956+2515 13 49 07 39.2 278.6 3.9 69.3 34 550 18 48 40 18 50 00 =0953+254 13 50 28 38.9 278.7 3.9 69.3 80 555 18 48 41 18 52 20 4C39.25 13 52 48 36.4 297.9 4.4 76.8 117 555 18 52 20 19 00 00 --- 14 00 29 34.9 298.3 4.5 75.8 460 584 18 52 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess112.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 7 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: 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: 11 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 SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- 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) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 23.689765 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 56.64008 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.100 scan and 6.600 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 J0700+1709 06 57 07.785940 * 07 00 01.525538 07 00 45.688569 0.01 * 0657+172 17 13 35.02521 * 17 09 21.70140 17 08 11.02866 0.01 J0700+17 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 7182 Observations 1.328 scan and 87.633 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 51.286459 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 00.13967 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.128 scan and 7.028 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 * J0954+2639 09 51 48.338621 * 09 54 39.796526 09 55 23.940859 0.06 0951+268 26 53 37.10835 * 26 39 24.54343 26 35 43.75356 0.09 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 466 Observations 0.672 scan and 39.943 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 * J0956+2515 09 53 59.738480 * 09 56 49.875374 09 57 33.684456 0.40 0953+254 25 29 33.58582 * 25 15 16.04992 25 11 33.79717 0.38 J0956+25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba OK290 GSFC 2010a astro solution 26204 Observations 0.289 scan and 17.600 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 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 103.2 0657+172 118.9 4C39.25 139.9 J0954+2639 153.0 J0956+2515 154.4 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