COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: 6cm FTP Fringe Test F14C1 Exp. Code: F14C1 Schedule Version: 2.00 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: 6cm FTP Fringe Test for Session 1/2014 512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm ftp fringe-test F14C1 on 03 March 2014 involving 16 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Sh65 Hh Ys Ir. Stations testing their new DBBC backends are also included: MC_DBBC (Md), TR_DBBC (Td), and YS_DBBC (Yd). The ftp test uses a standard 512 Mbps setup and consists of long integrations on standard fringe finder calibrators: 0528+134 (2 Jy at 5 GHz) and DA193 (5 Jy at 5 GHz). There are two ftp fringe-test scans (1) 16:09:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, 0528+134) (2) 16:45:00 UT (scan 6, 2 sec, DA193) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Goddi Support Scientist, JIVE Skype account: ciriaco.goddi Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 6cm FTP Fringe Test F14C1 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 3 Mar 2014 Day 62 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 0528+134 10 50 12 15.7 276.6 5.3 61.0 0 0 16 00 00 16 04 00 --- 10 54 13 14.9 277.0 5.4 60.9 240 15 16 00 01 16 06 00 0528+134 10 56 13 14.4 277.3 5.4 60.9 118 15 16 06 00 16 10 00 --- 11 00 14 13.6 277.8 5.5 60.8 240 31 16 06 01 16 12 00 0528+134 11 02 14 13.2 278.0 5.5 60.7 118 31 16 12 00 16 22 00 --- 11 12 16 11.0 279.3 5.7 60.4 600 70 16 12 01 16 24 00 0528+134 11 14 16 10.6 279.5 5.7 60.3 118 70 16 24 00 16 34 00 --- 11 24 18 8.5 280.7 5.9 59.9 600 108 16 24 01 16 38 00 DA193 11 28 18 24.3 303.2 5.5 68.8 208 108 16 38 00 16 41 00 --- 11 31 19 23.8 303.5 5.6 68.4 180 120 16 38 01 16 43 00 DA193 11 33 19 23.4 303.6 5.6 68.2 118 120 16 43 00 16 47 00 --- 11 37 20 22.7 303.9 5.7 67.6 240 135 16 43 01 16 50 00 DA193 11 40 20 22.2 304.2 5.7 67.3 178 135 16 50 00 17 00 00 --- 11 50 22 20.4 305.0 5.9 65.9 600 174 16 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess114.C512 Matching groups in ./SH65.freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 9 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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: 12 13 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 -- 6cm FTP Fringe Test F14C1 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 45.469738 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 20.49436 0.10 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 138123 observations 0.467 scan and 79.800 baseline hours in setup: sess114.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 31.509620 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 52.40132 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.283 scan and 43.350 baseline hours in setup: sess114.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 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 99.9 DA193 105.6 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