COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13L1 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Ciriaco Goddi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: goddi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: 18cm NME for session 1/2013 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE DBBC testing data from On, Hh, Nt and Ir are expected. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 11 March 2013, involving 14 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh Ir. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like DA193 and 0528+134 as well as phase-referencing cycles with continuum sources as targets. Three ftp tests are scheduled: (1) 14:09:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, DA193) (2) 15:05:00 UT (scan 15, 2 sec, 0528+134) (3) 15:57:00 UT (scan 30, 2 sec, 0528+134) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 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: 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 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 14 00 00 DA193 03 08 19 13.5 31.9 -2.8 0.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 03 12 19 14.0 31.3 -2.7 0.0 240 15 14 00 04 14 06 00 DA193 03 14 20 14.2 31.0 -2.7 0.0 99 15 14 06 00 14 10 00 --- 03 18 20 14.7 30.4 -2.6 0.0 240 31 14 06 04 14 10 30 DA193 03 18 50 14.7 30.3 -2.6 0.0 9 31 14 10 30 14 17 00 --- 03 25 21 15.5 29.2 -2.5 0.0 390 56 14 10 34 14 18 00 DA193 03 26 21 15.6 29.1 -2.5 0.0 39 56 14 18 00 14 20 00 --- 03 28 22 15.8 28.7 -2.5 0.0 120 64 14 18 04 14 20 30 DA193 03 28 52 15.8 28.6 -2.5 0.0 9 64 14 20 30 14 22 30 --- 03 30 52 16.1 28.3 -2.4 0.0 120 72 14 20 34 14 23 00 J0552+3754 03 31 22 18.0 28.8 -2.4 0.0 0 72 14 23 00 14 27 00 =0548+378 03 35 23 18.5 28.1 -2.3 0.0 240 87 14 23 04 14 27 30 DA193 03 35 53 16.6 27.5 -2.3 0.0 0 87 14 27 30 14 29 30 --- 03 37 53 16.8 27.1 -2.3 0.0 120 95 14 27 34 14 30 00 J0552+3754 03 38 23 18.8 27.6 -2.2 0.0 0 95 14 30 00 14 34 00 =0548+378 03 42 24 19.2 26.8 -2.2 0.0 240 110 14 30 04 14 34 30 DA193 03 42 54 17.3 26.3 -2.2 0.0 0 110 14 34 30 14 36 30 --- 03 44 55 17.5 25.9 -2.2 0.0 120 118 14 34 34 14 37 00 J0552+3754 03 45 25 19.5 26.3 -2.1 0.0 0 118 14 37 00 14 41 00 =0548+378 03 49 25 19.9 25.6 -2.1 0.0 240 134 14 37 04 14 41 30 DA193 03 49 55 18.0 25.1 -2.1 0.0 0 134 14 41 30 14 43 30 --- 03 51 56 18.2 24.7 -2.1 0.0 120 141 14 41 34 14 44 00 J0552+3754 03 52 26 20.2 25.0 -2.0 0.0 0 141 14 44 00 14 48 00 =0548+378 03 56 26 20.6 24.3 -1.9 0.0 240 157 14 44 04 14 48 30 DA193 03 56 56 18.6 23.8 -2.0 0.0 0 157 14 48 30 14 50 30 --- 03 58 57 18.8 23.5 -2.0 0.0 120 165 14 48 34 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 14 51 00 J0552+3754 03 59 27 20.8 23.7 -1.9 0.0 0 165 14 51 00 14 55 00 =0548+378 04 03 28 21.2 23.0 -1.8 0.0 240 180 14 51 04 14 58 00 0528+134 04 06 28 45.4 30.2 -1.4 0.0 104 180 14 58 00 15 02 00 --- 04 10 29 45.9 29.0 -1.4 0.0 240 195 14 58 04 15 04 00 0528+134 04 12 29 46.1 28.4 -1.3 0.0 99 195 15 04 00 15 06 00 --- 04 14 29 46.3 27.7 -1.3 0.0 120 203 15 04 04 15 07 00 0528+134 04 15 30 46.4 27.4 -1.3 0.0 39 203 15 07 00 15 09 00 --- 04 17 30 46.6 26.8 -1.2 0.0 120 211 15 07 04 15 09 30 0528+134 04 18 00 46.7 26.6 -1.2 0.0 9 211 15 09 30 15 11 30 --- 04 20 00 46.9 26.0 -1.2 0.0 120 219 15 09 34 15 12 00 J0539+1433 04 20 30 45.1 28.0 -1.3 0.0 -1 219 15 12 00 15 16 00 =0536+145 04 24 31 45.5 26.7 -1.3 0.0 239 234 15 12 04 15 16 30 0528+134 04 25 01 47.4 24.3 -1.1 0.0 -1 234 15 16 30 15 18 30 --- 04 27 01 47.5 23.6 -1.1 0.0 119 242 15 16 34 15 19 00 J0539+1433 04 27 31 45.8 25.8 -1.2 0.0 -1 242 15 19 00 15 23 00 =0536+145 04 31 32 46.2 24.5 -1.1 0.0 239 257 15 19 04 15 23 30 0528+134 04 32 02 48.0 22.0 -1.0 0.0 -1 257 15 23 30 15 25 30 --- 04 34 03 48.1 21.3 -1.0 0.0 119 265 15 23 34 15 26 00 J0539+1433 04 34 33 46.5 23.5 -1.1 0.0 -1 265 15 26 00 15 30 00 =0536+145 04 38 33 46.8 22.2 -1.0 0.0 239 281 15 26 04 15 30 30 0528+134 04 39 03 48.5 19.5 -0.9 0.0 -1 281 15 30 30 15 32 30 --- 04 41 04 48.7 18.8 -0.8 0.0 119 288 15 30 34 15 33 00 J0539+1433 04 41 34 47.1 21.2 -1.0 0.0 -1 288 15 33 00 15 37 00 =0536+145 04 45 34 47.4 19.8 -0.9 0.0 239 304 15 33 04 15 37 30 0528+134 04 46 05 49.0 17.1 -0.8 0.0 -1 304 15 37 30 15 39 30 --- 04 48 05 49.2 16.3 -0.7 0.0 119 312 15 37 34 15 40 00 J0539+1433 04 48 35 47.6 18.8 -0.9 0.0 -1 312 15 40 00 15 44 00 =0536+145 04 52 36 47.9 17.4 -0.8 0.0 239 327 15 40 04 15 44 30 0528+134 04 53 06 49.5 14.5 -0.6 0.0 -1 327 15 44 30 15 46 30 --- 04 55 06 49.6 13.8 -0.6 0.0 119 335 15 44 34 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 15 47 00 J0539+1433 04 55 36 48.1 16.4 -0.7 0.0 -1 335 15 47 00 15 51 00 =0536+145 04 59 37 48.3 15.0 -0.7 0.0 239 350 15 47 04 15 53 00 0528+134 05 01 37 49.9 11.4 -0.5 0.0 89 350 15 53 00 16 00 00 --- 05 08 38 50.2 8.8 -0.4 0.0 420 377 15 53 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess113.L512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 11 Station: HART 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 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= 124.49 124.49 124.49 124.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 140.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 156.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 172.49 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 2 13 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759218 * 05 30 56.416749 05 31 42.227682 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 20.17821 0.10 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 138123 observations 0.450 scan and 67.919 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 17 18 * J0539+1433 05 36 51.361474 * 05 39 42.365992 05 40 28.584312 0.10 0536+145 14 32 10.73036 * 14 33 45.56166 14 34 00.64915 0.10 J0539+14 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 2596 observations 0.400 scan and 61.034 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 17 18 * J0552+3754 05 48 52.231755 * 05 52 17.936920 05 53 13.622374 0.13 0548+378 37 53 44.15048 * 37 54 25.28236 37 54 33.67474 0.11 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 889 observations 0.333 scan and 50.870 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 17 18 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 27.509602 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 54.38748 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.442 scan and 67.488 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 17 18 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) 0528+134 91.8 J0539+1433 94.0 J0552+3754 97.2 DA193 97.8 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