COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 334.49 334.49 334.49 334.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 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 16 00 00 0657+172 08 43 54 55.8 227.7 1.7 34.2 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 08 53 56 54.4 231.1 1.9 36.2 600 39 16 00 04 16 11 00 0657+172 08 54 56 54.3 231.5 1.9 36.4 58 39 16 11 00 16 16 00 --- 08 59 57 53.6 233.1 2.0 37.4 300 58 16 11 04 16 18 00 0657+172 09 01 57 53.3 233.7 2.0 37.8 118 58 16 18 00 16 30 00 --- 09 13 59 51.5 237.4 2.2 39.8 720 105 16 18 04 16 30 40 0657+172 09 14 39 51.4 237.6 2.2 39.9 38 105 16 30 40 16 40 00 --- 09 24 01 49.9 240.3 2.4 41.3 560 141 16 30 44 16 40 40 0657+172 09 24 41 49.8 240.5 2.4 41.4 38 141 16 40 40 16 50 00 --- 09 34 03 48.3 243.0 2.6 42.6 560 177 16 40 44 16 50 40 0657+172 09 34 43 48.2 243.2 2.6 42.7 38 177 16 50 40 17 00 00 --- 09 44 04 46.7 245.6 2.7 43.7 560 213 16 50 44 17 00 40 0657+172 09 44 44 46.6 245.7 2.7 43.8 38 213 17 00 40 17 10 00 --- 09 54 06 45.0 248.0 2.9 44.8 560 249 17 00 44 17 14 00 DA193 09 58 07 45.7 287.0 4.0 64.6 197 249 17 14 00 17 20 00 --- 10 04 08 44.7 287.7 4.1 64.2 360 272 17 14 04 17 24 00 0657+172 10 08 08 42.6 251.3 3.1 46.0 199 272 17 24 00 17 30 00 --- 10 14 09 41.6 252.6 3.2 46.5 360 295 17 24 04 17 30 40 0657+172 10 14 49 41.5 252.8 3.2 46.5 38 295 17 30 40 17 40 00 --- 10 24 11 39.8 254.8 3.4 47.1 560 332 17 30 44 17 43 40 J0954+2639 10 27 51 71.9 204.0 0.5 19.2 153 332 17 43 40 17 48 00 =0951+268 10 32 12 71.5 206.9 0.6 21.5 260 348 17 43 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 10 32 52 70.3 204.4 0.6 19.3 33 348 17 48 40 17 50 00 =0953+254 10 34 13 70.2 205.2 0.6 20.0 80 354 17 48 44 17 50 00 J0954+2639 10 34 13 71.4 208.2 0.6 22.5 -7 354 No stop 17 53 00 =0951+268 10 37 13 71.1 210.1 0.7 24.0 173 365 17 50 04 17 53 40 J0956+2515 10 37 53 70.0 207.5 0.7 21.7 33 365 17 53 40 17 55 00 =0953+254 10 39 13 69.8 208.3 0.7 22.4 80 370 17 53 44 17 55 00 J0954+2639 10 39 13 70.9 211.3 0.7 25.0 -7 370 No stop 17 58 00 =0951+268 10 42 14 70.6 213.2 0.8 26.4 173 382 17 55 04 17 58 40 J0956+2515 10 42 54 69.5 210.5 0.8 24.0 33 382 17 58 40 18 00 00 =0953+254 10 44 14 69.4 211.3 0.8 24.6 80 387 17 58 44 18 00 00 J0954+2639 10 44 14 70.4 214.4 0.8 27.3 -7 387 No stop 18 03 00 =0951+268 10 47 15 70.1 216.1 0.9 28.6 173 399 18 00 04 18 03 40 J0956+2515 10 47 55 69.0 213.4 0.8 26.2 33 399 18 03 40 18 05 00 =0953+254 10 49 15 68.9 214.2 0.9 26.8 80 404 18 03 44 18 05 00 J0954+2639 10 49 15 69.9 217.3 0.9 29.5 -7 404 No stop 18 08 00 =0951+268 10 52 15 69.6 219.0 0.9 30.7 173 415 18 05 04 18 08 40 J0956+2515 10 52 56 68.5 216.2 0.9 28.3 33 415 18 08 40 18 10 00 =0953+254 10 54 16 68.4 216.9 0.9 28.8 80 421 18 08 44 18 10 00 J0954+2639 10 54 16 69.3 220.1 1.0 31.5 -7 421 No stop 18 13 00 =0951+268 10 57 16 69.0 221.7 1.0 32.6 173 432 18 10 04 18 13 40 J0956+2515 10 57 56 68.0 218.9 1.0 30.2 33 432 18 13 40 18 15 00 =0953+254 10 59 17 67.8 219.6 1.0 30.7 80 437 18 13 44 18 15 00 J0954+2639 10 59 17 68.7 222.7 1.1 33.4 -7 437 No stop 18 18 00 =0951+268 11 02 17 68.4 224.2 1.1 34.5 173 449 18 15 04 18 18 40 J0956+2515 11 02 57 67.4 221.4 1.1 32.1 33 449 18 18 40 18 20 00 =0953+254 11 04 17 67.2 222.1 1.1 32.5 80 454 18 18 44 18 20 00 J0954+2639 11 04 17 68.1 225.2 1.1 35.2 -7 454 No stop 18 23 00 =0951+268 11 07 18 67.7 226.7 1.2 36.2 173 466 18 20 04 18 23 40 J0956+2515 11 07 58 66.8 223.9 1.2 33.8 33 466 18 23 40 18 25 00 =0953+254 11 09 18 66.6 224.5 1.2 34.2 80 471 18 23 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 11 09 18 67.4 227.6 1.2 36.8 -7 471 No stop 18 28 00 =0951+268 11 12 19 67.0 229.0 1.3 37.8 173 483 18 25 04 18 28 40 J0956+2515 11 12 59 66.1 226.2 1.3 35.4 33 483 18 28 40 18 30 00 =0953+254 11 14 19 65.9 226.8 1.3 35.8 80 488 18 28 44 18 30 00 J0954+2639 11 14 19 66.8 229.9 1.3 38.4 -7 488 No stop 18 33 00 =0951+268 11 17 20 66.3 231.2 1.4 39.2 173 499 18 30 04 18 33 40 J0956+2515 11 18 00 65.4 228.5 1.3 36.9 33 499 18 33 40 18 35 00 =0953+254 11 19 20 65.3 229.0 1.4 37.3 80 504 18 33 44 18 35 00 J0954+2639 11 19 20 66.1 232.1 1.4 39.8 -7 504 No stop 18 38 00 =0951+268 11 22 20 65.6 233.3 1.4 40.6 173 516 18 35 04 18 38 40 J0956+2515 11 23 01 64.7 230.6 1.4 38.3 33 516 18 38 40 18 40 00 =0953+254 11 24 21 64.6 231.1 1.4 38.6 80 521 18 38 44 18 40 00 J0954+2639 11 24 21 65.3 234.1 1.5 41.1 -7 521 No stop 18 43 00 =0951+268 11 27 21 64.9 235.3 1.5 41.9 173 533 18 40 04 18 43 40 J0956+2515 11 28 01 64.0 232.6 1.5 39.6 33 533 18 43 40 18 45 00 =0953+254 11 29 22 63.8 233.2 1.5 39.9 80 538 18 43 44 18 45 00 J0954+2639 11 29 22 64.6 236.1 1.6 42.4 -7 538 No stop 18 48 00 =0951+268 11 32 22 64.1 237.3 1.6 43.1 173 550 18 45 04 18 48 40 J0956+2515 11 33 02 63.3 234.6 1.6 40.8 33 550 18 48 40 18 50 00 =0953+254 11 34 22 63.1 235.1 1.6 41.1 80 555 18 48 44 18 52 20 4C39.25 11 36 43 65.5 270.6 2.1 69.0 101 555 18 52 20 19 00 00 --- 11 44 24 64.1 271.8 2.3 68.9 460 584 18 52 24 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: ur18cm update L.Xiang 9Feb05 Setup group: 6 Station: URUMQI 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= 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 1300.00 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: 10 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= 334.49 334.49 334.49 334.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 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 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