COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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: 126.49 126.49 126.49 126.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 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 02 16 26 71.0-219.6 -1.1 -27.2 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 02 20 27 71.4-217.5 -1.0 -25.9 240 15 14 00 01 14 04 30 3C84 02 20 57 71.4-217.2 -1.0 -25.7 28 15 14 04 30 14 08 30 --- 02 24 57 71.7-215.1 -0.9 -24.3 240 31 14 04 31 14 10 30 3C84 02 26 58 71.9-214.0 -0.9 -23.6 118 31 14 10 30 14 12 30 --- 02 28 58 72.0-212.9 -0.9 -22.9 120 38 14 10 31 14 13 00 3C84 02 29 28 72.0-212.6 -0.9 -22.7 28 38 14 13 00 14 15 00 --- 02 31 28 72.2-211.5 -0.8 -22.0 120 46 14 13 01 14 15 30 J0313+4120 02 31 59 72.5-207.0 -0.7 -19.0 6 46 14 15 30 14 17 30 =0309+411 02 33 59 72.6-205.9 -0.7 -18.2 120 54 14 15 31 14 18 20 3C84 02 34 49 72.4-209.5 -0.8 -20.7 28 54 14 18 20 14 20 20 --- 02 36 49 72.5-208.4 -0.7 -19.9 120 62 14 18 21 14 20 50 J0313+4120 02 37 19 72.8-203.8 -0.6 -16.8 6 62 14 20 50 14 22 50 =0309+411 02 39 20 72.9-202.6 -0.6 -16.0 120 69 14 20 51 14 23 20 3C84 02 39 50 72.7-206.6 -0.7 -18.7 8 69 14 23 20 14 25 20 --- 02 41 50 72.8-205.4 -0.6 -17.9 120 77 14 23 21 14 25 50 J0313+4120 02 42 20 73.1-200.8 -0.5 -14.7 5 77 14 25 50 14 27 50 =0309+411 02 44 21 73.2-199.5 -0.5 -13.8 120 85 14 25 51 14 28 40 3C84 02 45 11 73.0-203.4 -0.6 -16.5 27 85 14 28 40 14 30 40 --- 02 47 11 73.1-202.1 -0.6 -15.7 120 92 14 28 41 14 31 10 J0313+4120 02 47 41 73.3-197.4 -0.4 -12.3 5 92 14 31 10 14 33 10 =0309+411 02 49 41 73.4-196.1 -0.4 -11.4 120 100 14 31 11 14 33 40 3C84 02 50 12 73.3-200.2 -0.5 -14.4 7 100 14 33 40 14 35 40 --- 02 52 12 73.4-199.0 -0.5 -13.5 120 108 14 33 41 14 36 10 J0313+4120 02 52 42 73.5-194.2 -0.4 -10.1 4 108 14 36 10 14 38 10 =0309+411 02 54 42 73.5-192.9 -0.3 -9.2 120 115 14 36 11 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 02 55 32 73.5-196.8 -0.4 -12.0 27 115 14 39 00 14 41 00 --- 02 57 33 73.6-195.5 -0.4 -11.1 120 123 14 39 01 14 41 30 J0313+4120 02 58 03 73.6-190.7 -0.3 -7.6 4 123 14 41 30 14 43 30 =0309+411 03 00 03 73.7-189.3 -0.2 -6.7 120 131 14 41 31 14 44 00 3C84 03 00 33 73.7-193.6 -0.3 -9.7 6 131 14 44 00 14 46 00 --- 03 02 34 73.7-192.2 -0.3 -8.7 120 138 14 44 01 14 46 30 J0313+4120 03 03 04 73.7-187.3 -0.2 -5.2 4 138 14 46 30 14 48 30 =0309+411 03 05 04 73.8-186.0 -0.1 -4.3 120 146 14 46 31 14 49 20 3C84 03 05 54 73.8-190.0 -0.2 -7.2 26 146 14 49 20 14 51 20 --- 03 07 54 73.9-188.7 -0.2 -6.2 120 154 14 49 21 14 51 50 J0313+4120 03 08 24 73.8-183.7 -0.1 -2.7 4 154 14 51 50 14 53 50 =0309+411 03 10 25 73.8-182.4 -0.1 -1.7 120 162 14 51 51 14 54 20 3C84 03 10 55 73.9-186.7 -0.2 -4.8 6 162 14 54 20 14 58 20 --- 03 14 56 74.0-184.0 -0.1 -2.8 240 177 14 54 21 15 00 20 3C84 03 16 56 74.0-182.6 -0.1 -1.9 118 177 15 00 20 15 02 20 --- 03 18 56 74.0-181.2 -0.0 -0.9 120 185 15 00 21 15 03 10 3C84 03 19 46 74.0-180.7 -0.0 -0.5 48 185 15 03 10 15 05 10 --- 03 21 47 74.0-179.3 0.0 0.5 120 192 15 03 11 15 05 40 J0313+4120 03 22 17 73.8-174.4 0.1 4.0 4 192 15 05 40 15 07 40 =0309+411 03 24 17 73.7-173.1 0.2 4.9 120 200 15 05 41 15 08 30 3C84 03 25 07 74.0-177.0 0.1 2.1 26 200 15 08 30 15 10 30 --- 03 27 08 74.0-175.7 0.1 3.1 120 208 15 08 31 15 11 00 J0313+4120 03 27 38 73.7-170.8 0.2 6.5 4 208 15 11 00 15 13 00 =0309+411 03 29 38 73.6-169.5 0.3 7.5 120 215 15 11 01 15 13 50 3C84 03 30 28 73.9-173.4 0.2 4.7 27 215 15 13 50 15 15 50 --- 03 32 28 73.9-172.1 0.2 5.7 120 223 15 13 51 15 16 20 J0313+4120 03 32 59 73.6-167.3 0.3 9.0 5 223 15 16 20 15 18 20 =0309+411 03 34 59 73.5-166.0 0.4 10.0 120 231 15 16 21 15 19 10 3C84 03 35 49 73.8-169.8 0.3 7.3 27 231 15 19 10 15 21 10 --- 03 37 49 73.8-168.5 0.3 8.2 120 238 15 19 11 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 03 38 19 73.4-163.9 0.4 11.5 5 238 15 21 40 15 23 40 =0309+411 03 40 20 73.3-162.6 0.4 12.4 120 246 15 21 41 15 24 30 3C84 03 41 10 73.7-166.3 0.3 9.8 28 246 15 24 30 15 26 30 --- 03 43 10 73.6-165.0 0.4 10.7 120 254 15 24 31 15 27 00 J0313+4120 03 43 40 73.2-160.5 0.5 13.8 6 254 15 27 00 15 29 00 =0309+411 03 45 41 73.1-159.2 0.5 14.7 120 262 15 27 01 15 29 50 3C84 03 46 31 73.5-162.8 0.4 12.2 28 262 15 29 50 15 31 50 --- 03 48 31 73.4-161.5 0.5 13.1 120 269 15 29 51 15 32 20 J0313+4120 03 49 01 72.9-157.1 0.6 16.1 6 269 15 32 20 15 34 20 =0309+411 03 51 01 72.8-155.9 0.6 17.0 120 277 15 32 21 15 35 10 3C84 03 51 52 73.3-159.4 0.5 14.6 29 277 15 35 10 15 37 10 --- 03 53 52 73.2-158.2 0.6 15.5 120 285 15 35 11 15 37 40 J0313+4120 03 54 22 72.6-153.9 0.7 18.3 7 285 15 37 40 15 39 40 =0309+411 03 56 22 72.5-152.7 0.7 19.1 120 292 15 37 41 15 40 30 3C84 03 57 12 73.0-156.1 0.6 16.9 29 292 15 40 30 15 42 30 --- 03 59 13 72.9-154.9 0.6 17.7 120 300 15 40 31 15 43 00 J0313+4120 03 59 43 72.3-150.8 0.8 20.4 8 300 15 43 00 15 45 00 =0309+411 04 01 43 72.1-149.6 0.8 21.2 120 308 15 43 01 15 45 50 3C84 04 02 33 72.7-152.9 0.7 19.1 30 308 15 45 50 15 47 50 --- 04 04 34 72.6-151.7 0.7 19.9 120 315 15 45 51 15 48 20 J0313+4120 04 05 04 71.9-147.7 0.9 22.4 9 315 15 48 20 15 50 20 =0309+411 04 07 04 71.8-146.6 0.9 23.2 120 323 15 48 21 15 51 10 3C84 04 07 54 72.3-149.8 0.8 21.2 31 323 15 51 10 15 53 10 --- 04 09 55 72.2-148.6 0.8 21.9 120 331 15 51 11 15 53 40 J0313+4120 04 10 25 71.5-144.8 0.9 24.3 9 331 15 53 40 15 55 40 =0309+411 04 12 25 71.3-143.7 1.0 25.0 120 338 15 53 41 15 56 30 3C84 04 13 15 72.0-146.7 0.9 23.2 31 338 15 56 30 15 58 30 --- 04 15 15 71.8-145.6 0.9 23.9 120 346 15 56 31 15 59 00 J0313+4120 04 15 46 71.1-142.0 1.0 26.1 10 346 15 59 00 16 01 00 =0309+411 04 17 46 70.9-140.9 1.1 26.8 120 354 15 59 01 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 04 18 36 71.5-143.8 1.0 25.0 32 354 16 01 50 16 03 50 --- 04 20 36 71.4-142.7 1.0 25.7 120 362 16 01 51 16 04 20 J0313+4120 04 21 06 70.6-139.3 1.1 27.8 11 362 16 04 20 16 06 20 =0309+411 04 23 07 70.4-138.3 1.2 28.4 120 369 16 04 21 16 07 10 3C84 04 23 57 71.1-141.0 1.1 26.8 33 369 16 07 10 16 09 10 --- 04 25 57 70.9-140.0 1.1 27.5 120 377 16 07 11 16 09 40 J0313+4120 04 26 27 70.1-136.6 1.2 29.4 12 377 16 09 40 16 11 40 =0309+411 04 28 28 69.9-135.7 1.2 30.0 120 385 16 09 41 16 12 30 3C84 04 29 18 70.6-138.3 1.1 28.5 33 385 16 12 30 16 14 30 --- 04 31 18 70.5-137.3 1.2 29.1 120 392 16 12 31 16 15 00 J0313+4120 04 31 48 69.6-134.1 1.3 30.9 13 392 16 15 00 16 17 00 =0309+411 04 33 48 69.4-133.2 1.3 31.4 120 400 16 15 01 16 17 50 3C84 04 34 39 70.2-135.7 1.2 30.1 34 400 16 17 50 16 19 50 --- 04 36 39 70.0-134.7 1.3 30.6 120 408 16 17 51 16 20 20 J0313+4120 04 37 09 69.1-131.7 1.4 32.3 13 408 16 20 20 16 22 20 =0309+411 04 39 09 68.9-130.8 1.4 32.8 120 415 16 20 21 16 23 10 3C84 04 39 59 69.6-133.2 1.3 31.5 35 415 16 23 10 16 25 10 --- 04 42 00 69.4-132.3 1.4 32.0 120 423 16 23 11 16 25 40 J0313+4120 04 42 30 68.6-129.4 1.5 33.6 14 423 16 25 40 16 27 40 =0309+411 04 44 30 68.4-128.5 1.5 34.0 120 431 16 25 41 16 28 30 3C84 04 45 20 69.1-130.8 1.4 32.9 35 431 16 28 30 16 30 30 --- 04 47 21 68.9-129.9 1.4 33.4 120 438 16 28 31 16 31 00 J0313+4120 04 47 51 68.0-127.1 1.6 34.8 15 438 16 31 00 16 33 00 =0309+411 04 49 51 67.8-126.3 1.6 35.2 120 446 16 31 01 16 33 50 3C84 04 50 41 68.6-128.5 1.5 34.1 36 446 16 33 50 16 35 50 --- 04 52 42 68.3-127.6 1.5 34.6 120 454 16 33 51 16 36 20 J0313+4120 04 53 12 67.4-125.0 1.7 35.9 15 454 16 36 20 16 38 20 =0309+411 04 55 12 67.2-124.2 1.7 36.3 120 462 16 36 21 16 39 10 3C84 04 56 02 68.0-126.3 1.6 35.3 36 462 16 39 10 16 41 10 --- 04 58 02 67.8-125.5 1.6 35.7 120 469 16 39 11 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 04 58 33 66.8-122.9 1.7 36.9 16 469 16 41 40 16 43 40 =0309+411 05 00 33 66.6-122.1 1.8 37.3 120 477 16 41 41 16 44 30 3C84 05 01 23 67.4-124.1 1.7 36.4 37 477 16 44 30 16 46 30 --- 05 03 23 67.2-123.3 1.7 36.8 120 485 16 44 31 16 47 00 J0313+4120 05 03 53 66.2-120.9 1.8 37.9 16 485 16 47 00 16 49 00 =0309+411 05 05 54 66.0-120.1 1.9 38.2 120 492 16 47 01 16 49 50 3C84 05 06 44 66.8-122.1 1.8 37.4 37 492 16 49 50 16 53 50 --- 05 10 45 66.3-120.6 1.8 38.1 240 508 16 49 51 16 55 50 3C84 05 12 45 66.1-119.8 1.9 38.5 118 508 16 55 50 17 00 00 --- 05 16 56 65.6-118.4 1.9 39.1 250 524 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 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 19 Station: IRBENE 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= 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 4840.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 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= 126.49 126.49 126.49 126.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 142.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 158.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 174.49 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: 10 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