COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 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 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: 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 14 00 00 DA193 09 22 22 47.8 -63.4 3.4 85.3 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 09 26 23 47.0 -63.3 3.5 84.7 240 15 14 00 01 14 06 00 DA193 09 28 23 46.6 -63.2 3.5 84.4 118 15 14 06 00 14 10 00 --- 09 32 24 45.8 -63.1 3.6 83.9 240 31 14 06 01 14 10 30 DA193 09 32 54 45.8 -63.1 3.6 83.8 28 31 14 10 30 14 17 00 --- 09 39 25 44.5 -62.9 3.7 82.9 390 56 14 10 31 14 18 00 DA193 09 40 25 44.3 -62.9 3.7 82.8 58 56 14 18 00 14 20 00 --- 09 42 25 43.9 -62.8 3.8 82.5 120 64 14 18 01 14 20 30 DA193 09 42 55 43.8 -62.8 3.8 82.4 28 64 14 20 30 14 22 30 --- 09 44 56 43.5 -62.7 3.8 82.2 120 72 14 20 31 14 23 00 J0552+3754 09 45 26 42.4 -65.1 3.9 79.9 24 72 14 23 00 14 27 00 =0548+378 09 49 26 41.7 -64.9 3.9 79.4 240 87 14 23 01 14 27 30 DA193 09 49 56 42.5 -62.5 3.9 81.5 24 87 14 27 30 14 29 30 --- 09 51 57 42.1 -62.4 3.9 81.2 120 95 14 27 31 14 30 00 J0552+3754 09 52 27 41.1 -64.8 4.0 79.1 24 95 14 30 00 14 34 00 =0548+378 09 56 28 40.3 -64.6 4.1 78.6 240 110 14 30 01 14 34 30 DA193 09 56 58 41.2 -62.2 4.0 80.5 24 110 14 34 30 14 36 30 --- 09 58 58 40.8 -62.1 4.0 80.3 120 118 14 34 31 14 37 00 J0552+3754 09 59 28 39.7 -64.4 4.1 78.2 24 118 14 37 00 14 41 00 =0548+378 10 03 29 39.0 -64.2 4.2 77.7 240 134 14 37 01 14 41 30 DA193 10 03 59 39.8 -61.9 4.1 79.6 24 134 14 41 30 14 43 30 --- 10 05 59 39.5 -61.8 4.2 79.4 120 141 14 41 31 14 44 00 J0552+3754 10 06 29 38.4 -64.0 4.2 77.4 24 141 14 44 00 14 48 00 =0548+378 10 10 30 37.6 -63.8 4.3 76.9 240 157 14 44 01 14 48 30 DA193 10 11 00 38.5 -61.6 4.2 78.7 24 157 14 48 30 14 50 30 --- 10 13 00 38.1 -61.5 4.3 78.4 120 165 14 48 31 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 14 51 00 J0552+3754 10 13 30 37.0 -63.7 4.3 76.5 24 165 14 51 00 14 55 00 =0548+378 10 17 31 36.3 -63.4 4.4 76.1 240 180 14 51 01 14 58 00 0528+134 10 20 31 22.0 272.9 4.8 61.6 -161 180 14 58 00 15 02 00 --- 10 24 32 21.2 273.4 4.9 61.5 79 195 14 58 01 15 04 00 0528+134 10 26 32 20.8 273.7 4.9 61.5 118 195 15 04 00 15 06 00 --- 10 28 33 20.3 273.9 4.9 61.5 120 203 15 04 01 15 07 00 0528+134 10 29 33 20.1 274.0 5.0 61.5 58 203 15 07 00 15 09 00 --- 10 31 33 19.7 274.3 5.0 61.4 120 211 15 07 01 15 09 30 0528+134 10 32 03 19.6 274.3 5.0 61.4 28 211 15 09 30 15 11 30 --- 10 34 04 19.2 274.6 5.0 61.4 120 219 15 09 31 15 12 00 J0539+1433 10 34 34 21.4 274.5 4.9 61.9 22 219 15 12 00 15 16 00 =0536+145 10 38 34 20.6 275.0 5.0 61.8 240 234 15 12 01 15 16 30 0528+134 10 39 05 18.1 275.2 5.1 61.3 22 234 15 16 30 15 18 30 --- 10 41 05 17.7 275.4 5.2 61.3 120 242 15 16 31 15 19 00 J0539+1433 10 41 35 19.9 275.4 5.0 61.7 22 242 15 19 00 15 23 00 =0536+145 10 45 36 19.1 275.9 5.1 61.7 240 257 15 19 01 15 23 30 0528+134 10 46 06 16.6 276.1 5.2 61.1 22 257 15 23 30 15 25 30 --- 10 48 06 16.2 276.3 5.3 61.1 120 265 15 23 31 15 26 00 J0539+1433 10 48 36 18.4 276.2 5.1 61.6 22 265 15 26 00 15 30 00 =0536+145 10 52 37 17.6 276.7 5.2 61.5 240 281 15 26 01 15 30 30 0528+134 10 53 07 15.1 276.9 5.4 61.0 22 281 15 30 30 15 32 30 --- 10 55 07 14.7 277.2 5.4 60.9 120 288 15 30 31 15 33 00 J0539+1433 10 55 37 16.9 277.1 5.3 61.4 22 288 15 33 00 15 37 00 =0536+145 10 59 38 16.1 277.6 5.3 61.3 240 304 15 33 01 15 37 30 0528+134 11 00 08 13.6 277.8 5.5 60.8 22 304 15 37 30 15 39 30 --- 11 02 08 13.2 278.0 5.5 60.7 120 312 15 37 31 15 40 00 J0539+1433 11 02 38 15.4 277.9 5.4 61.2 22 312 15 40 00 15 44 00 =0536+145 11 06 39 14.6 278.4 5.4 61.1 240 327 15 40 01 15 44 30 0528+134 11 07 09 12.1 278.6 5.6 60.5 22 327 15 44 30 15 46 30 --- 11 09 09 11.7 278.9 5.6 60.5 120 335 15 44 31 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 15 47 00 J0539+1433 11 09 40 13.9 278.8 5.5 61.0 22 335 15 47 00 15 51 00 =0536+145 11 13 40 13.1 279.3 5.6 60.8 240 350 15 47 01 15 53 00 0528+134 11 15 41 10.3 279.7 5.7 60.3 112 350 15 53 00 16 00 00 --- 11 22 42 8.8 280.5 5.8 60.0 420 377 15 53 01 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: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 10 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 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= 8.00 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: 12 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, 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