COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: FTP Fringe Test Exp. Code: F14K1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Ivan Agudo Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596-549 EMAIL: agudo@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596-549 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3cm FTP Fringe Test for session 1/2014 1024 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters Participation from Sr (with DBBC), and Sh65 (TIANMA65 or T6) expected Additional DBBC testing data from Mc, Tr, and Ys is also expected. COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 1.3cm FTP-FT on March 10 2011, involving 22 stations: Eb Jb2 On20 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh Ys Mh Sr Ky, Ku, Kt, as well as Md Td Yd (Mc Tr and Ys with DBBC) and Sh65. The test uses a standard setup with 1024 Mbps and consists of two ftp fringe tests, interspersed with a longer set of scans on 0234+285 (~1.5 Jy source at 22 GHz). The two ftp fringe-test scans, start at: (1) 12:07:30 UT (scan 2, 2 sec) (2) 12:56:00 UT (scan 8, 2 sec) See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ivan Support Scientist, JIVE Skype account: JIVE.Support.Scientist Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 FTP Fringe Test 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 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 12 00 00 0234+285 23 58 56 54.8 462.7 -2.7 -52.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 04 00 --- 00 02 56 55.5 463.6 -2.6 -52.3 240 15 12 00 04 12 04 30 0234+285 00 03 26 55.6 463.7 -2.6 -52.3 27 15 12 04 30 12 08 30 --- 00 07 27 56.3 464.7 -2.5 -51.9 240 31 12 04 34 12 10 30 0234+285 00 09 27 56.6 465.2 -2.5 -51.8 117 31 12 10 30 12 18 30 --- 00 17 29 58.0 467.2 -2.4 -51.0 480 61 12 10 34 12 19 00 0234+285 00 17 59 58.1 467.4 -2.3 -51.0 27 61 12 19 00 12 27 00 --- 00 26 00 59.4 469.5 -2.2 -50.1 480 92 12 19 04 12 27 30 0234+285 00 26 30 59.5 469.6 -2.2 -50.1 27 92 12 27 30 12 35 30 --- 00 34 32 60.9 471.9 -2.1 -49.0 480 123 12 27 34 12 36 00 0234+285 00 35 02 60.9 472.1 -2.1 -49.0 27 123 12 36 00 12 44 00 --- 00 43 03 62.3 474.5 -1.9 -47.8 480 154 12 36 04 12 44 30 0234+285 00 43 33 62.3 474.7 -1.9 -47.7 27 154 12 44 30 12 52 30 --- 00 51 34 63.6 477.3 -1.8 -46.3 480 184 12 44 34 12 53 00 0234+285 00 52 04 63.7 477.5 -1.8 -46.2 27 184 12 53 00 12 57 00 --- 00 56 05 64.3 478.9 -1.7 -45.5 240 200 12 53 04 12 59 00 0234+285 00 58 05 64.6 479.6 -1.7 -45.1 117 200 12 59 00 13 00 00 --- 00 59 06 64.8 480.0 -1.7 -44.8 60 204 12 59 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess114.K1024 Matching groups in ./SH65.freq.dat: mc13mm values confirmed Maccaferri (CR 30Nov00) Setup group: 22 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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: 4 Setup file default. LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 42.679952 0.11 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98998 28 51 46.49950 0.10 J0237+28 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 56811 observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 0234+285 sess114.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 1 + 0.883 204.050 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) 0234+285 57.4 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