COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: NME + FTP FT Exp. Code: N14C1 Schedule Version: 3.00 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: 6cm NME + FTP FT for session 1/2014 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 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 04 2014, involving 19 stations: Eb Wb Jb1 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ir Ur Sh Hh Ys, as well as Md Td Yd (Mc Tr and Ys with DBBC) and Sh65. The session uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of three ftp fringe tests, interspersed with a longer set of phase referencing scans on 3C 84 (~25 Jy source at 5 GHz), and a weaker calibrator. The three ftp fringe-test scans, start at: (1) 14:07:30 UT (scan 2, 2 sec) (2) 14:57:20 UT (scan 20, 2 sec) (3) 16:52:50 UT (scan 62, 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 BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 NME + FTP FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 4 Mar 2014 Day 63 --- 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: 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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 3C84 07 37 57 46.2 283.0 4.3 53.7 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 07 41 58 45.6 283.6 4.4 53.5 240 15 14 00 01 14 04 30 3C84 07 42 28 45.5 283.7 4.4 53.5 24 15 14 04 30 14 08 30 --- 07 46 28 44.9 284.4 4.4 53.2 240 31 14 04 31 14 10 30 3C84 07 48 29 44.6 284.7 4.5 53.1 114 31 14 10 30 14 12 30 --- 07 50 29 44.3 285.0 4.5 53.0 120 38 14 10 31 14 13 00 3C84 07 50 59 44.3 285.1 4.5 53.0 24 38 14 13 00 14 15 00 --- 07 52 59 44.0 285.4 4.5 52.9 120 46 14 13 01 14 15 30 J0313+4120 07 53 30 42.8 286.3 4.7 52.3 15 46 14 15 30 14 17 30 =0309+411 07 55 30 42.5 286.6 4.7 52.2 120 54 14 15 31 14 18 20 3C84 07 56 20 43.5 285.9 4.6 52.7 36 54 14 18 20 14 20 20 --- 07 58 20 43.2 286.2 4.6 52.6 120 62 14 18 21 14 20 50 J0313+4120 07 58 50 42.0 287.2 4.7 52.0 15 62 14 20 50 14 22 50 =0309+411 08 00 51 41.7 287.5 4.8 51.9 120 69 14 20 51 14 23 20 3C84 08 01 21 42.7 286.7 4.7 52.4 16 69 14 23 20 14 25 20 --- 08 03 21 42.4 287.0 4.7 52.3 120 77 14 23 21 14 25 50 J0313+4120 08 03 51 41.2 287.9 4.8 51.7 15 77 14 25 50 14 27 50 =0309+411 08 05 52 40.9 288.2 4.9 51.6 120 85 14 25 51 14 28 40 3C84 08 06 42 41.9 287.5 4.8 52.1 36 85 14 28 40 14 30 40 --- 08 08 42 41.6 287.8 4.8 51.9 120 92 14 28 41 14 31 10 J0313+4120 08 09 12 40.5 288.8 4.9 51.3 15 92 14 31 10 14 33 10 =0309+411 08 11 12 40.2 289.1 5.0 51.2 120 100 14 31 11 14 33 40 3C84 08 11 43 41.2 288.3 4.8 51.7 16 100 14 33 40 14 35 40 --- 08 13 43 40.9 288.6 4.9 51.6 120 108 14 33 41 14 36 10 J0313+4120 08 14 13 39.7 289.5 5.0 51.0 16 108 14 36 10 14 38 10 =0309+411 08 16 13 39.4 289.8 5.0 50.9 120 115 14 36 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 NME + FTP FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 4 Mar 2014 Day 63 --- 14 39 00 3C84 08 17 03 40.4 289.1 4.9 51.4 36 115 14 39 00 14 41 00 --- 08 19 04 40.1 289.4 5.0 51.3 120 123 14 39 01 14 41 30 J0313+4120 08 19 34 38.9 290.4 5.1 50.7 16 123 14 41 30 14 43 30 =0309+411 08 21 34 38.7 290.7 5.1 50.5 120 131 14 41 31 14 44 00 3C84 08 22 04 39.7 289.9 5.0 51.1 16 131 14 44 00 14 46 00 --- 08 24 05 39.4 290.2 5.1 50.9 120 138 14 44 01 14 46 30 J0313+4120 08 24 35 38.2 291.1 5.2 50.3 16 138 14 46 30 14 48 30 =0309+411 08 26 35 37.9 291.4 5.2 50.2 120 146 14 46 31 14 49 20 3C84 08 27 25 38.9 290.7 5.1 50.7 36 146 14 49 20 14 51 20 --- 08 29 25 38.6 291.0 5.1 50.5 120 154 14 49 21 14 51 50 J0313+4120 08 29 56 37.4 291.9 5.3 49.9 16 154 14 51 50 14 53 50 =0309+411 08 31 56 37.2 292.2 5.3 49.8 120 162 14 51 51 14 54 20 3C84 08 32 26 38.2 291.5 5.2 50.3 16 162 14 54 20 14 58 20 --- 08 36 27 37.6 292.1 5.3 50.0 240 177 14 54 21 15 00 20 3C84 08 38 27 37.3 292.4 5.3 49.9 114 177 15 00 20 15 02 20 --- 08 40 27 37.0 292.7 5.3 49.7 120 185 15 00 21 15 03 10 3C84 08 41 17 36.9 292.8 5.3 49.7 44 185 15 03 10 15 05 10 --- 08 43 18 36.6 293.1 5.4 49.5 120 192 15 03 11 15 05 40 J0313+4120 08 43 48 35.5 294.0 5.5 48.9 16 192 15 05 40 15 07 40 =0309+411 08 45 48 35.2 294.3 5.5 48.7 120 200 15 05 41 15 08 30 3C84 08 46 38 36.1 293.6 5.4 49.3 36 200 15 08 30 15 10 30 --- 08 48 39 35.9 293.9 5.5 49.1 120 208 15 08 31 15 11 00 J0313+4120 08 49 09 34.7 294.8 5.6 48.5 16 208 15 11 00 15 13 00 =0309+411 08 51 09 34.4 295.2 5.6 48.3 120 215 15 11 01 15 13 50 3C84 08 51 59 35.4 294.4 5.5 48.9 36 215 15 13 50 15 15 50 --- 08 53 59 35.1 294.7 5.6 48.7 120 223 15 13 51 15 16 20 J0313+4120 08 54 30 34.0 295.7 5.7 48.0 16 223 15 16 20 15 18 20 =0309+411 08 56 30 33.7 296.0 5.7 47.9 120 231 15 16 21 15 19 10 3C84 08 57 20 34.6 295.2 5.6 48.4 36 231 15 19 10 15 21 10 --- 08 59 20 34.4 295.5 5.6 48.3 120 238 15 19 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 NME + FTP FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 4 Mar 2014 Day 63 --- 15 21 40 J0313+4120 08 59 50 33.2 296.5 5.8 47.6 16 238 15 21 40 15 23 40 =0309+411 09 01 51 32.9 296.8 5.8 47.4 120 246 15 21 41 15 24 30 3C84 09 02 41 33.9 296.0 5.7 48.0 36 246 15 24 30 15 26 30 --- 09 04 41 33.6 296.3 5.7 47.8 120 254 15 24 31 15 27 00 J0313+4120 09 05 11 32.5 297.3 5.9 47.1 16 254 15 27 00 15 29 00 =0309+411 09 07 12 32.2 297.6 5.9 47.0 120 262 15 27 01 15 29 50 3C84 09 08 02 33.2 296.8 5.8 47.6 36 262 15 29 50 15 31 50 --- 09 10 02 32.9 297.1 5.8 47.4 120 269 15 29 51 15 32 20 J0313+4120 09 10 32 31.8 298.1 5.9 46.7 16 269 15 32 20 15 34 20 =0309+411 09 12 32 31.5 298.4 6.0 46.5 120 277 15 32 21 15 35 10 3C84 09 13 23 32.4 297.6 5.9 47.1 36 277 15 35 10 15 37 10 --- 09 15 23 32.1 297.9 5.9 46.9 120 285 15 35 11 15 37 40 J0313+4120 09 15 53 31.0 298.9 6.0 46.2 16 285 15 37 40 15 39 40 =0309+411 09 17 53 30.8 299.2 6.1 46.1 120 292 15 37 41 15 40 30 3C84 09 18 43 31.7 298.4 6.0 46.7 36 292 15 40 30 15 42 30 --- 09 20 44 31.4 298.8 6.0 46.5 120 300 15 40 31 15 43 00 J0313+4120 09 21 14 30.3 299.7 6.1 45.8 16 300 15 43 00 15 45 00 =0309+411 09 23 14 30.0 300.0 6.2 45.6 120 308 15 43 01 15 45 50 3C84 09 24 04 31.0 299.3 6.1 46.2 36 308 15 45 50 15 47 50 --- 09 26 05 30.7 299.6 6.1 46.0 120 315 15 45 51 15 48 20 J0313+4120 09 26 35 29.6 300.5 6.2 45.3 16 315 15 48 20 15 50 20 =0309+411 09 28 35 29.3 300.8 6.2 45.1 120 323 15 48 21 15 51 10 3C84 09 29 25 30.2 300.1 6.1 45.7 36 323 15 51 10 15 53 10 --- 09 31 26 30.0 300.4 6.2 45.5 120 331 15 51 11 15 53 40 J0313+4120 09 31 56 28.9 301.3 6.3 44.8 16 331 15 53 40 15 55 40 =0309+411 09 33 56 28.6 301.6 6.3 44.6 120 338 15 53 41 15 56 30 3C84 09 34 46 29.5 300.9 6.2 45.2 36 338 15 56 30 15 58 30 --- 09 36 46 29.3 301.2 6.3 45.0 120 346 15 56 31 15 59 00 J0313+4120 09 37 17 28.2 302.1 6.4 44.3 16 346 15 59 00 16 01 00 =0309+411 09 39 17 27.9 302.4 6.4 44.1 120 354 15 59 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 NME + FTP FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 4 Mar 2014 Day 63 --- 16 01 50 3C84 09 40 07 28.8 301.7 6.3 44.7 36 354 16 01 50 16 03 50 --- 09 42 07 28.6 302.0 6.4 44.5 120 362 16 01 51 16 04 20 J0313+4120 09 42 37 27.5 303.0 6.5 43.8 16 362 16 04 20 16 06 20 =0309+411 09 44 38 27.2 303.3 6.5 43.6 120 369 16 04 21 16 07 10 3C84 09 45 28 28.1 302.5 6.4 44.2 36 369 16 07 10 16 09 10 --- 09 47 28 27.9 302.8 6.4 44.0 120 377 16 07 11 16 09 40 J0313+4120 09 47 58 26.8 303.8 6.6 43.3 16 377 16 09 40 16 11 40 =0309+411 09 49 59 26.5 304.1 6.6 43.1 120 385 16 09 41 16 12 30 3C84 09 50 49 27.4 303.3 6.5 43.7 36 385 16 12 30 16 14 30 --- 09 52 49 27.2 303.6 6.5 43.5 120 392 16 12 31 16 15 00 J0313+4120 09 53 19 26.1 304.6 6.7 42.8 16 392 16 15 00 16 17 00 =0309+411 09 55 19 25.9 304.9 6.7 42.6 120 400 16 15 01 16 17 50 3C84 09 56 10 26.7 304.1 6.6 43.2 36 400 16 17 50 16 19 50 --- 09 58 10 26.5 304.4 6.6 43.0 120 408 16 17 51 16 20 20 J0313+4120 09 58 40 25.4 305.4 6.7 42.2 16 408 16 20 20 16 22 20 =0309+411 10 00 40 25.2 305.7 6.8 42.0 120 415 16 20 21 16 23 10 3C84 10 01 31 26.1 304.9 6.7 42.7 36 415 16 23 10 16 25 10 --- 10 03 31 25.8 305.2 6.7 42.5 120 423 16 23 11 16 25 40 J0313+4120 10 04 01 24.8 306.2 6.8 41.7 16 423 16 25 40 16 27 40 =0309+411 10 06 01 24.5 306.5 6.9 41.5 120 431 16 25 41 16 28 30 3C84 10 06 51 25.4 305.8 6.8 42.2 36 431 16 28 30 16 30 30 --- 10 08 52 25.1 306.1 6.8 42.0 120 438 16 28 31 16 31 00 J0313+4120 10 09 22 24.1 307.1 6.9 41.2 16 438 16 31 00 16 33 00 =0309+411 10 11 22 23.8 307.4 7.0 41.0 120 446 16 31 01 16 33 50 3C84 10 12 12 24.7 306.6 6.9 41.6 36 446 16 33 50 16 35 50 --- 10 14 13 24.5 306.9 6.9 41.4 120 454 16 33 51 16 36 20 J0313+4120 10 14 43 23.4 307.9 7.0 40.6 16 454 16 36 20 16 38 20 =0309+411 10 16 43 23.2 308.2 7.0 40.4 120 462 16 36 21 16 39 10 3C84 10 17 33 24.1 307.4 6.9 41.1 36 462 16 39 10 16 41 10 --- 10 19 33 23.8 307.7 7.0 40.9 120 469 16 39 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 6 NME + FTP FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 4 Mar 2014 Day 63 --- 16 41 40 J0313+4120 10 20 04 22.8 308.7 7.1 40.1 16 469 16 41 40 16 43 40 =0309+411 10 22 04 22.5 309.0 7.1 39.8 120 477 16 41 41 16 44 30 3C84 10 22 54 23.4 308.2 7.0 40.5 36 477 16 44 30 16 46 30 --- 10 24 54 23.2 308.5 7.1 40.3 120 485 16 44 31 16 47 00 J0313+4120 10 25 24 22.1 309.6 7.2 39.5 16 485 16 47 00 16 49 00 =0309+411 10 27 25 21.9 309.9 7.2 39.3 120 492 16 47 01 16 49 50 3C84 10 28 15 22.8 309.1 7.1 40.0 36 492 16 49 50 16 53 50 --- 10 32 16 22.3 309.7 7.2 39.5 240 508 16 49 51 16 55 50 3C84 10 34 16 22.0 310.0 7.2 39.3 114 508 16 55 50 17 00 00 --- 10 38 27 21.5 310.7 7.3 38.9 250 524 16 55 51 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: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 7 Station: BADARY 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 = 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. 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= 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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: 8 9 19 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0313+4120 03 09 44.793518 * 03 13 01.962133 03 13 58.390888 0.14 0309+411 41 08 48.80254 * 41 20 01.18313 41 23 12.60092 0.10 J0313+41 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 7173 observations J0319+4130 03 16 29.567260 * 03 19 48.160090 03 20 45.032733 1.30 0316+413 41 19 51.91699 * 41 30 42.10412 41 33 47.13470 2.72 * 3C84 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2011B astro solution 9957 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 J0313+4120 sess114.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 + 0.933 127.962 3C84 sess114.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 + 1.336 199.565 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) J0313+4120 74.7 3C84 76.0 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