COVER INFORMATION Station: MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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 01 35 36 70.6 449.5 -1.8 -72.3 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 01 39 37 71.4 450.2 -1.7 -72.3 240 15 14 00 01 14 04 30 3C84 01 40 07 71.5 450.3 -1.7 -72.3 27 15 14 04 30 14 08 30 --- 01 44 08 72.2 451.1 -1.6 -72.3 240 31 14 04 31 14 10 30 3C84 01 46 08 72.5 451.4 -1.6 -72.3 117 31 14 10 30 14 12 30 --- 01 48 08 72.9 451.8 -1.5 -72.3 120 38 14 10 31 14 13 00 3C84 01 48 38 73.0 451.9 -1.5 -72.2 27 38 14 13 00 14 15 00 --- 01 50 39 73.3 452.3 -1.5 -72.2 120 46 14 13 01 14 15 30 J0313+4120 01 51 09 74.6 454.5 -1.4 -71.3 23 46 14 15 30 14 17 30 =0309+411 01 53 09 74.9 454.9 -1.3 -71.2 120 54 14 15 31 14 18 20 3C84 01 53 59 73.9 453.0 -1.4 -72.1 43 54 14 18 20 14 20 20 --- 01 55 59 74.3 453.4 -1.4 -72.0 120 62 14 18 21 14 20 50 J0313+4120 01 56 30 75.5 455.7 -1.3 -71.0 23 62 14 20 50 14 22 50 =0309+411 01 58 30 75.9 456.2 -1.3 -70.9 120 69 14 20 51 14 23 20 3C84 01 59 00 74.8 454.1 -1.4 -71.9 23 69 14 23 20 14 25 20 --- 02 01 00 75.2 454.5 -1.3 -71.8 120 77 14 23 21 14 25 50 J0313+4120 02 01 30 76.4 457.0 -1.2 -70.6 23 77 14 25 50 14 27 50 =0309+411 02 03 31 76.8 457.5 -1.2 -70.4 120 85 14 25 51 14 28 40 3C84 02 04 21 75.8 455.3 -1.3 -71.6 43 85 14 28 40 14 30 40 --- 02 06 21 76.1 455.8 -1.2 -71.5 120 92 14 28 41 14 31 10 J0313+4120 02 06 51 77.4 458.5 -1.1 -70.0 23 92 14 31 10 14 33 10 =0309+411 02 08 52 77.7 459.1 -1.1 -69.8 120 100 14 31 11 14 33 40 3C84 02 09 22 76.7 456.6 -1.2 -71.2 23 100 14 33 40 14 35 40 --- 02 11 22 77.0 457.1 -1.2 -71.0 120 108 14 33 41 14 36 10 J0313+4120 02 11 52 78.2 460.0 -1.0 -69.4 22 108 14 36 10 14 38 10 =0309+411 02 13 52 78.6 460.7 -1.0 -69.0 120 115 14 36 11 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 14 43 77.6 458.0 -1.1 -70.7 42 115 14 39 00 14 41 00 --- 02 16 43 78.0 458.6 -1.1 -70.4 120 123 14 39 01 14 41 30 J0313+4120 02 17 13 79.2 461.9 -0.9 -68.4 22 123 14 41 30 14 43 30 =0309+411 02 19 13 79.5 462.6 -0.9 -68.0 120 131 14 41 31 14 44 00 3C84 02 19 43 78.5 459.5 -1.0 -70.0 22 131 14 44 00 14 46 00 --- 02 21 44 78.8 460.2 -1.0 -69.7 120 138 14 44 01 14 46 30 J0313+4120 02 22 14 80.0 463.8 -0.9 -67.3 21 138 14 46 30 14 48 30 =0309+411 02 24 14 80.4 464.7 -0.8 -66.8 120 146 14 46 31 14 49 20 3C84 02 25 04 79.4 461.4 -0.9 -69.1 41 146 14 49 20 14 51 20 --- 02 27 05 79.8 462.1 -0.9 -68.7 120 154 14 49 21 14 51 50 J0313+4120 02 27 35 81.0 466.2 -0.8 -65.8 21 154 14 51 50 14 53 50 =0309+411 02 29 35 81.3 467.2 -0.7 -65.2 120 162 14 51 51 14 54 20 3C84 02 30 05 80.3 463.3 -0.8 -68.0 21 162 14 54 20 14 58 20 --- 02 34 06 81.0 465.1 -0.8 -66.9 240 177 14 54 21 15 00 20 3C84 02 36 06 81.3 466.0 -0.7 -66.3 117 177 15 00 20 15 02 20 --- 02 38 06 81.7 467.1 -0.7 -65.6 120 185 15 00 21 15 03 10 3C84 02 38 56 81.8 467.5 -0.7 -65.3 47 185 15 03 10 15 05 10 --- 02 40 57 82.2 468.7 -0.7 -64.5 120 192 15 03 11 15 05 40 J0313+4120 02 41 27 83.3 475.0 -0.5 -59.5 18 192 15 05 40 15 07 40 =0309+411 02 43 27 83.6 476.7 -0.5 -58.1 120 200 15 05 41 15 08 30 3C84 02 44 17 82.7 470.8 -0.6 -63.0 38 200 15 08 30 15 10 30 --- 02 46 18 83.0 472.2 -0.6 -61.9 120 208 15 08 31 15 11 00 J0313+4120 02 46 48 84.1 479.9 -0.5 -55.5 16 208 15 11 00 15 13 00 =0309+411 02 48 48 84.4 482.1 -0.4 -53.7 120 215 15 11 01 15 13 50 3C84 02 49 38 83.6 474.8 -0.5 -59.9 36 215 15 13 50 15 15 50 --- 02 51 39 83.9 476.6 -0.5 -58.5 120 223 15 13 51 15 16 20 J0313+4120 02 52 09 84.9 486.2 -0.4 -50.0 14 223 15 16 20 15 18 20 =0309+411 02 54 09 85.2 489.1 -0.3 -47.5 120 231 15 16 21 15 19 10 3C84 02 54 59 84.4 479.9 -0.4 -55.7 33 231 15 19 10 15 21 10 --- 02 56 59 84.7 482.2 -0.4 -53.7 120 238 15 19 11 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 02 57 30 85.7 494.7 -0.3 -42.5 10 238 15 21 40 15 23 40 =0309+411 02 59 30 85.9 498.5 -0.2 -39.0 120 246 15 21 41 15 24 30 3C84 03 00 20 85.2 486.6 -0.3 -49.9 29 246 15 24 30 15 26 30 --- 03 02 20 85.5 489.7 -0.3 -47.1 120 254 15 24 31 15 27 00 J0313+4120 03 02 50 86.3 506.0 -0.2 -32.1 5 254 15 27 00 15 29 00 =0309+411 03 04 51 86.4 511.2 -0.2 -27.3 120 262 15 27 01 15 29 50 3C84 03 05 41 86.0 495.7 -0.3 -41.7 24 262 15 29 50 15 31 50 --- 03 07 41 86.2 500.0 -0.2 -37.8 120 269 15 29 51 15 32 20 J0313+4120 03 08 11 86.7 520.8 -0.1 -18.2 -2 269 15 32 20 15 34 20 =0309+411 03 10 12 86.8 527.2 -0.1 -12.1 118 277 15 32 21 15 35 10 3C84 03 11 02 86.6 508.2 -0.2 -30.2 19 277 15 35 10 15 37 10 --- 03 13 02 86.7 513.8 -0.1 -24.8 120 285 15 35 11 15 37 40 J0313+4120 03 13 32 86.9 538.5 -0.0 -1.4 -7 285 15 37 40 15 39 40 =0309+411 03 15 32 86.9 545.4 0.0 5.1 113 292 15 37 41 15 40 30 3C84 03 16 23 86.9 524.5 -0.1 -14.7 17 292 15 40 30 15 42 30 --- 03 18 23 87.0 531.5 -0.0 -8.1 120 300 15 40 31 15 43 00 J0313+4120 03 18 53 86.7 556.4 0.1 15.6 -7 300 15 43 00 15 45 00 =0309+411 03 20 53 86.6 562.6 0.1 21.4 113 308 15 43 01 15 45 50 3C84 03 21 43 87.0 543.5 0.0 3.4 19 308 15 45 50 15 47 50 --- 03 23 44 87.0 550.7 0.0 10.2 120 315 15 45 51 15 48 20 J0313+4120 03 24 14 86.3 571.8 0.2 30.1 -2 315 15 48 20 15 50 20 =0309+411 03 26 14 86.1 576.7 0.2 34.6 118 323 15 48 21 15 51 10 3C84 03 27 04 86.8 561.9 0.1 20.8 24 323 15 51 10 15 53 10 --- 03 29 05 86.7 567.9 0.1 26.5 120 331 15 51 11 15 53 40 J0313+4120 03 29 35 85.8 583.7 0.3 41.0 5 331 15 53 40 15 55 40 =0309+411 03 31 35 85.5 587.3 0.3 44.3 120 338 15 53 41 15 56 30 3C84 03 32 25 86.4 576.8 0.2 34.8 30 338 15 56 30 15 58 30 --- 03 34 26 86.1 581.4 0.2 39.0 120 346 15 56 31 15 59 00 J0313+4120 03 34 56 85.0 592.6 0.3 49.0 12 346 15 59 00 16 01 00 =0309+411 03 36 56 84.8 595.3 0.4 51.3 120 354 15 59 01 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 03 37 46 85.7 587.9 0.3 45.0 35 354 16 01 50 16 03 50 --- 03 39 46 85.4 591.3 0.3 48.0 120 362 16 01 51 16 04 20 J0313+4120 03 40 17 84.3 599.2 0.4 54.7 16 362 16 04 20 16 06 20 =0309+411 03 42 17 83.9 601.3 0.5 56.4 120 369 16 04 21 16 07 10 3C84 03 43 07 85.0 596.0 0.4 52.2 38 369 16 07 10 16 09 10 --- 03 45 07 84.7 598.5 0.4 54.4 120 377 16 07 11 16 09 40 J0313+4120 03 45 37 83.4 604.3 0.5 58.9 19 377 16 09 40 16 11 40 =0309+411 03 47 38 83.1 605.9 0.6 60.2 120 385 16 09 41 16 12 30 3C84 03 48 28 84.1 602.1 0.5 57.4 40 385 16 12 30 16 14 30 --- 03 50 28 83.8 604.0 0.5 58.9 120 392 16 12 31 16 15 00 J0313+4120 03 50 58 82.5 608.4 0.6 62.1 21 392 16 15 00 16 17 00 =0309+411 03 52 59 82.2 609.7 0.7 63.0 120 400 16 15 01 16 17 50 3C84 03 53 49 83.3 606.8 0.6 61.1 41 400 16 17 50 16 19 50 --- 03 55 49 82.9 608.3 0.6 62.3 120 408 16 17 51 16 20 20 J0313+4120 03 56 19 81.6 611.7 0.7 64.4 22 408 16 20 20 16 22 20 =0309+411 03 58 19 81.3 612.7 0.7 65.2 120 415 16 20 21 16 23 10 3C84 03 59 10 82.4 610.5 0.6 63.9 42 415 16 23 10 16 25 10 --- 04 01 10 82.1 611.7 0.7 64.8 120 423 16 23 11 16 25 40 J0313+4120 04 01 40 80.7 614.4 0.8 66.2 23 423 16 25 40 16 27 40 =0309+411 04 03 40 80.4 615.3 0.8 66.8 120 431 16 25 41 16 28 30 3C84 04 04 31 81.5 613.5 0.7 66.0 43 431 16 28 30 16 30 30 --- 04 06 31 81.1 614.5 0.8 66.7 120 438 16 28 31 16 31 00 J0313+4120 04 07 01 79.8 616.7 0.9 67.7 23 438 16 31 00 16 33 00 =0309+411 04 09 01 79.5 617.5 0.9 68.1 120 446 16 31 01 16 33 50 3C84 04 09 51 80.6 616.0 0.8 67.6 43 446 16 33 50 16 35 50 --- 04 11 52 80.2 616.9 0.9 68.1 120 454 16 33 51 16 36 20 J0313+4120 04 12 22 78.9 618.7 1.0 68.7 23 454 16 36 20 16 38 20 =0309+411 04 14 22 78.5 619.4 1.0 69.1 120 462 16 36 21 16 39 10 3C84 04 15 12 79.6 618.2 0.9 68.9 43 462 16 39 10 16 41 10 --- 04 17 13 79.3 618.9 0.9 69.3 120 469 16 39 11 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 17 43 77.9 620.5 1.1 69.6 23 469 16 41 40 16 43 40 =0309+411 04 19 43 77.6 621.1 1.1 69.9 120 477 16 41 41 16 44 30 3C84 04 20 33 78.7 620.1 1.0 69.8 43 477 16 44 30 16 46 30 --- 04 22 33 78.3 620.7 1.0 70.1 120 485 16 44 31 16 47 00 J0313+4120 04 23 04 77.0 622.1 1.2 70.3 23 485 16 47 00 16 49 00 =0309+411 04 25 04 76.6 622.6 1.2 70.5 120 492 16 47 01 16 49 50 3C84 04 25 54 77.8 621.7 1.1 70.6 43 492 16 49 50 16 53 50 --- 04 29 55 77.0 622.9 1.2 71.0 240 508 16 49 51 16 55 50 3C84 04 31 55 76.7 623.4 1.2 71.2 117 508 16 55 50 17 00 00 --- 04 36 06 76.0 624.4 1.3 71.5 250 524 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: 16 Station: MC_DBBC 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= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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: 13 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= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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: 13 15 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