COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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: 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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 05 41 27 58.5 501.6 -1.3 -28.0 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 05 51 29 59.6 505.8 -1.2 -25.1 600 39 16 00 01 16 11 00 0657+172 05 52 29 59.7 506.2 -1.1 -24.8 53 39 16 11 00 16 16 00 --- 05 57 30 60.2 508.4 -1.1 -23.3 300 58 16 11 01 16 18 00 0657+172 05 59 30 60.4 509.3 -1.0 -22.7 113 58 16 18 00 16 30 00 --- 06 11 32 61.4 514.8 -0.8 -18.7 720 105 16 18 01 16 30 40 0657+172 06 12 12 61.4 515.1 -0.8 -18.5 33 105 16 30 40 16 40 00 --- 06 21 34 62.1 519.7 -0.7 -15.2 560 141 16 30 41 16 40 40 0657+172 06 22 14 62.1 520.0 -0.6 -15.0 33 141 16 40 40 16 50 00 --- 06 31 36 62.6 524.7 -0.5 -11.5 560 177 16 40 41 16 50 40 0657+172 06 32 16 62.7 525.0 -0.5 -11.2 33 177 16 50 40 17 00 00 --- 06 41 37 63.0 529.9 -0.3 -7.6 560 213 16 50 41 17 00 40 0657+172 06 42 17 63.1 530.2 -0.3 -7.4 33 213 17 00 40 17 10 00 --- 06 51 39 63.3 535.2 -0.2 -3.7 560 249 17 00 41 17 14 00 DA193 06 55 39 78.3 615.3 1.0 65.4 145 249 17 14 00 17 20 00 --- 07 01 40 77.2 617.5 1.1 66.6 360 272 17 14 01 17 24 00 0657+172 07 05 41 63.3 542.6 0.1 2.0 147 272 17 24 00 17 30 00 --- 07 11 42 63.2 545.8 0.2 4.4 360 295 17 24 01 17 30 40 0657+172 07 12 22 63.2 546.2 0.2 4.7 33 295 17 30 40 17 40 00 --- 07 21 44 63.0 551.1 0.3 8.3 560 332 17 30 41 17 43 40 J0954+2639 07 25 24 55.3 467.1 -2.5 -50.5 121 332 17 43 40 17 48 00 =0951+268 07 29 45 56.0 468.2 -2.4 -50.1 260 348 17 43 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 07 30 25 54.9 469.7 -2.5 -48.7 25 348 17 48 40 17 50 00 =0953+254 07 31 45 55.1 470.1 -2.4 -48.5 80 354 17 48 41 17 50 00 J0954+2639 07 31 45 56.4 468.7 -2.4 -49.9 -15 354 No stop 17 53 00 =0951+268 07 34 46 56.9 469.5 -2.3 -49.5 165 365 17 50 01 17 53 40 J0956+2515 07 35 26 55.7 471.0 -2.4 -48.1 25 365 17 53 40 17 55 00 =0953+254 07 36 46 55.9 471.4 -2.3 -48.0 80 370 17 53 41 17 55 00 J0954+2639 07 36 46 57.2 470.1 -2.3 -49.3 -15 370 No stop 17 58 00 =0951+268 07 39 47 57.7 470.9 -2.3 -49.0 165 382 17 55 01 17 58 40 J0956+2515 07 40 27 56.5 472.4 -2.3 -47.5 24 382 17 58 40 18 00 00 =0953+254 07 41 47 56.8 472.8 -2.3 -47.4 80 387 17 58 41 18 00 00 J0954+2639 07 41 47 58.1 471.4 -2.2 -48.7 -15 387 No stop 18 03 00 =0951+268 07 44 48 58.6 472.3 -2.2 -48.3 165 399 18 00 01 18 03 40 J0956+2515 07 45 28 57.4 473.8 -2.2 -46.9 24 399 18 03 40 18 05 00 =0953+254 07 46 48 57.6 474.2 -2.2 -46.7 80 404 18 03 41 18 05 00 J0954+2639 07 46 48 58.9 472.9 -2.1 -48.1 -15 404 No stop 18 08 00 =0951+268 07 49 48 59.4 473.7 -2.1 -47.6 165 415 18 05 01 18 08 40 J0956+2515 07 50 28 58.2 475.3 -2.1 -46.2 24 415 18 08 40 18 10 00 =0953+254 07 51 49 58.4 475.7 -2.1 -46.0 80 421 18 08 41 18 10 00 J0954+2639 07 51 49 59.7 474.3 -2.1 -47.4 -15 421 No stop 18 13 00 =0951+268 07 54 49 60.2 475.3 -2.0 -46.9 165 432 18 10 01 18 13 40 J0956+2515 07 55 29 59.0 476.8 -2.0 -45.4 24 432 18 13 40 18 15 00 =0953+254 07 56 50 59.2 477.2 -2.0 -45.2 80 437 18 13 41 18 15 00 J0954+2639 07 56 50 60.6 475.9 -2.0 -46.6 -15 437 No stop 18 18 00 =0951+268 07 59 50 61.0 476.8 -1.9 -46.1 165 449 18 15 01 18 18 40 J0956+2515 08 00 30 59.8 478.4 -2.0 -44.6 24 449 18 18 40 18 20 00 =0953+254 08 01 50 60.0 478.8 -1.9 -44.4 80 454 18 18 41 18 20 00 J0954+2639 08 01 50 61.4 477.5 -1.9 -45.7 -15 454 No stop 18 23 00 =0951+268 08 04 51 61.8 478.5 -1.8 -45.2 165 466 18 20 01 18 23 40 J0956+2515 08 05 31 60.6 480.0 -1.9 -43.7 24 466 18 23 40 18 25 00 =0953+254 08 06 51 60.8 480.5 -1.8 -43.4 80 471 18 23 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 08 06 51 62.2 479.1 -1.8 -44.8 -15 471 No stop 18 28 00 =0951+268 08 09 52 62.6 480.2 -1.8 -44.3 165 483 18 25 01 18 28 40 J0956+2515 08 10 32 61.4 481.7 -1.8 -42.7 25 483 18 28 40 18 30 00 =0953+254 08 11 52 61.6 482.2 -1.8 -42.5 80 488 18 28 41 18 30 00 J0954+2639 08 11 52 62.9 480.9 -1.7 -43.9 -16 488 No stop 18 33 00 =0951+268 08 14 52 63.4 482.0 -1.7 -43.2 164 499 18 30 01 18 33 40 J0956+2515 08 15 33 62.1 483.5 -1.7 -41.7 25 499 18 33 40 18 35 00 =0953+254 08 16 53 62.3 484.0 -1.7 -41.4 80 504 18 33 41 18 35 00 J0954+2639 08 16 53 63.7 482.7 -1.6 -42.8 -16 504 No stop 18 38 00 =0951+268 08 19 53 64.2 483.8 -1.6 -42.1 164 516 18 35 01 18 38 40 J0956+2515 08 20 33 62.9 485.3 -1.6 -40.6 25 516 18 38 40 18 40 00 =0953+254 08 21 54 63.1 485.9 -1.6 -40.3 80 521 18 38 41 18 40 00 J0954+2639 08 21 54 64.5 484.6 -1.6 -41.6 -16 521 No stop 18 43 00 =0951+268 08 24 54 64.9 485.8 -1.5 -40.9 164 533 18 40 01 18 43 40 J0956+2515 08 25 34 63.6 487.3 -1.5 -39.4 25 533 18 43 40 18 45 00 =0953+254 08 26 54 63.8 487.8 -1.5 -39.1 80 538 18 43 41 18 45 00 J0954+2639 08 26 54 65.2 486.6 -1.5 -40.4 -16 538 No stop 18 48 00 =0951+268 08 29 55 65.6 487.8 -1.4 -39.6 164 550 18 45 01 18 48 40 J0956+2515 08 30 35 64.3 489.3 -1.4 -38.1 25 550 18 48 40 18 50 00 =0953+254 08 31 55 64.5 489.8 -1.4 -37.8 80 555 18 48 41 18 52 20 4C39.25 08 34 16 78.9 471.0 -0.9 -60.1 95 555 18 52 20 19 00 00 --- 08 41 57 80.2 475.3 -0.8 D -57.1 0 584 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 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 10 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 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= 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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