COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 346.49 346.49 346.49 346.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 378.49 378.49 378.49 378.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 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 06 37 44 54.2 -75.6 3.3 70.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 06 41 44 53.5 -75.2 3.3 69.7 240 15 14 00 04 14 04 30 3C84 06 42 14 53.4 -75.1 3.4 69.6 28 15 14 04 30 14 08 30 --- 06 46 15 52.7 -74.7 3.4 69.3 240 31 14 04 34 14 10 30 3C84 06 48 15 52.3 -74.5 3.5 69.1 118 31 14 10 30 14 12 30 --- 06 50 16 52.0 -74.2 3.5 69.0 120 38 14 10 34 14 13 00 3C84 06 50 46 51.9 -74.2 3.5 68.9 28 38 14 13 00 14 15 00 --- 06 52 46 51.6 -74.0 3.5 68.8 120 46 14 13 04 14 15 30 J0313+4120 06 53 16 50.2 -73.4 3.7 68.0 24 46 14 15 30 14 17 30 =0309+411 06 55 16 49.9 -73.2 3.7 67.8 120 54 14 15 34 14 18 20 3C84 06 56 07 51.0 -73.6 3.6 68.5 45 54 14 18 20 14 20 20 --- 06 58 07 50.6 -73.4 3.6 68.3 120 62 14 18 24 14 20 50 J0313+4120 06 58 37 49.3 -72.8 3.7 67.6 24 62 14 20 50 14 22 50 =0309+411 07 00 37 48.9 -72.6 3.8 67.4 120 69 14 20 54 14 23 20 3C84 07 01 07 50.1 -73.1 3.7 68.1 25 69 14 23 20 14 25 20 --- 07 03 08 49.8 -72.8 3.7 67.9 120 77 14 23 24 14 25 50 J0313+4120 07 03 38 48.4 -72.3 3.8 67.1 24 77 14 25 50 14 27 50 =0309+411 07 05 38 48.1 -72.1 3.9 67.0 120 85 14 25 54 14 28 40 3C84 07 06 28 49.2 -72.5 3.8 67.7 45 85 14 28 40 14 30 40 --- 07 08 29 48.8 -72.3 3.8 67.5 120 92 14 28 44 14 31 10 J0313+4120 07 08 59 47.5 -71.7 3.9 66.7 25 92 14 31 10 14 33 10 =0309+411 07 10 59 47.2 -71.5 4.0 66.5 120 100 14 31 14 14 33 40 3C84 07 11 29 48.3 -71.9 3.8 67.2 25 100 14 33 40 14 35 40 --- 07 13 29 48.0 -71.7 3.9 67.1 120 108 14 33 44 14 36 10 J0313+4120 07 14 00 46.6 -71.2 4.0 66.3 25 108 14 36 10 14 38 10 =0309+411 07 16 00 46.3 -70.9 4.0 66.1 120 115 14 36 14 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 07 16 50 47.4 -71.4 3.9 66.8 45 115 14 39 00 14 41 00 --- 07 18 50 47.0 -71.1 4.0 66.6 120 123 14 39 04 14 41 30 J0313+4120 07 19 20 45.7 -70.6 4.1 65.8 25 123 14 41 30 14 43 30 =0309+411 07 21 21 45.4 -70.3 4.1 65.6 120 131 14 41 34 14 44 00 3C84 07 21 51 46.5 -70.8 4.0 66.3 25 131 14 44 00 14 46 00 --- 07 23 51 46.2 -70.6 4.1 66.2 120 138 14 44 04 14 46 30 J0313+4120 07 24 21 44.9 -70.0 4.2 65.4 25 138 14 46 30 14 48 30 =0309+411 07 26 22 44.5 -69.8 4.2 65.2 120 146 14 46 34 14 49 20 3C84 07 27 12 45.6 -70.2 4.1 65.9 45 146 14 49 20 14 51 20 --- 07 29 12 45.3 -70.0 4.1 65.7 120 154 14 49 24 14 51 50 J0313+4120 07 29 42 44.0 -69.4 4.3 64.9 25 154 14 51 50 14 53 50 =0309+411 07 31 42 43.6 -69.2 4.3 64.7 120 162 14 51 54 14 54 20 3C84 07 32 13 44.8 -69.7 4.2 65.4 25 162 14 54 20 14 58 20 --- 07 36 13 44.1 -69.2 4.3 65.1 240 177 14 54 24 15 00 20 3C84 07 38 14 43.7 -69.0 4.3 64.9 118 177 15 00 20 15 02 20 --- 07 40 14 43.4 -68.8 4.3 64.7 120 185 15 00 24 15 03 10 3C84 07 41 04 43.3 -68.7 4.3 64.6 48 185 15 03 10 15 05 10 --- 07 43 04 42.9 -68.5 4.4 64.5 120 192 15 03 14 15 05 40 J0313+4120 07 43 34 41.6 -67.9 4.5 63.7 25 192 15 05 40 15 07 40 =0309+411 07 45 35 41.3 -67.7 4.5 63.5 120 200 15 05 44 15 08 30 3C84 07 46 25 42.4 -68.1 4.4 64.2 45 200 15 08 30 15 10 30 --- 07 48 25 42.0 -67.9 4.5 64.0 120 208 15 08 34 15 11 00 J0313+4120 07 48 55 40.7 -67.3 4.6 63.2 25 208 15 11 00 15 13 00 =0309+411 07 50 56 40.4 -67.1 4.6 63.0 120 215 15 11 04 15 13 50 3C84 07 51 46 41.5 -67.5 4.5 63.7 45 215 15 13 50 15 15 50 --- 07 53 46 41.1 -67.3 4.6 63.5 120 223 15 13 54 15 16 20 J0313+4120 07 54 16 39.8 -66.7 4.7 62.7 25 223 15 16 20 15 18 20 =0309+411 07 56 16 39.5 -66.5 4.7 62.5 120 231 15 16 24 15 19 10 3C84 07 57 07 40.6 -66.9 4.6 63.2 45 231 15 19 10 15 21 10 --- 07 59 07 40.2 -66.7 4.6 63.0 120 238 15 19 14 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 07 59 37 38.9 -66.1 4.8 62.2 25 238 15 21 40 15 23 40 =0309+411 08 01 37 38.6 -65.9 4.8 62.0 120 246 15 21 44 15 24 30 3C84 08 02 27 39.7 -66.3 4.7 62.7 45 246 15 24 30 15 26 30 --- 08 04 28 39.3 -66.1 4.7 62.5 120 254 15 24 34 15 27 00 J0313+4120 08 04 58 38.0 -65.5 4.8 61.7 25 254 15 27 00 15 29 00 =0309+411 08 06 58 37.7 -65.3 4.9 61.5 120 262 15 27 04 15 29 50 3C84 08 07 48 38.8 -65.7 4.8 62.2 45 262 15 29 50 15 31 50 --- 08 09 49 38.5 -65.5 4.8 62.0 120 269 15 29 54 15 32 20 J0313+4120 08 10 19 37.2 -64.9 4.9 61.1 25 269 15 32 20 15 34 20 =0309+411 08 12 19 36.8 -64.7 5.0 60.9 120 277 15 32 24 15 35 10 3C84 08 13 09 37.9 -65.1 4.9 61.6 45 277 15 35 10 15 37 10 --- 08 15 10 37.6 -64.9 4.9 61.4 120 285 15 35 14 15 37 40 J0313+4120 08 15 40 36.3 -64.3 5.0 60.6 25 285 15 37 40 15 39 40 =0309+411 08 17 40 36.0 -64.0 5.1 60.4 120 292 15 37 44 15 40 30 3C84 08 18 30 37.0 -64.5 5.0 61.1 45 292 15 40 30 15 42 30 --- 08 20 30 36.7 -64.3 5.0 60.9 120 300 15 40 34 15 43 00 J0313+4120 08 21 01 35.4 -63.7 5.1 60.1 25 300 15 43 00 15 45 00 =0309+411 08 23 01 35.1 -63.4 5.2 59.9 120 308 15 43 04 15 45 50 3C84 08 23 51 36.1 -63.9 5.1 60.6 45 308 15 45 50 15 47 50 --- 08 25 51 35.8 -63.7 5.1 60.4 120 315 15 45 54 15 48 20 J0313+4120 08 26 21 34.6 -63.0 5.2 59.6 25 315 15 48 20 15 50 20 =0309+411 08 28 22 34.2 -62.8 5.2 59.4 120 323 15 48 24 15 51 10 3C84 08 29 12 35.3 -63.3 5.1 60.1 45 323 15 51 10 15 53 10 --- 08 31 12 35.0 -63.1 5.2 59.9 120 331 15 51 14 15 53 40 J0313+4120 08 31 42 33.7 -62.4 5.3 59.0 25 331 15 53 40 15 55 40 =0309+411 08 33 43 33.4 -62.2 5.3 58.8 120 338 15 53 44 15 56 30 3C84 08 34 33 34.4 -62.7 5.2 59.5 45 338 15 56 30 15 58 30 --- 08 36 33 34.1 -62.5 5.3 59.3 120 346 15 56 34 15 59 00 J0313+4120 08 37 03 32.8 -61.8 5.4 58.5 25 346 15 59 00 16 01 00 =0309+411 08 39 03 32.5 -61.6 5.4 58.3 120 354 15 59 04 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 08 39 54 33.6 -62.1 5.3 59.0 45 354 16 01 50 16 03 50 --- 08 41 54 33.2 -61.8 5.4 58.8 120 362 16 01 54 16 04 20 J0313+4120 08 42 24 32.0 -61.2 5.5 57.9 25 362 16 04 20 16 06 20 =0309+411 08 44 24 31.7 -60.9 5.5 57.7 120 369 16 04 24 16 07 10 3C84 08 45 14 32.7 -61.5 5.4 58.4 45 369 16 07 10 16 09 10 --- 08 47 15 32.4 -61.2 5.4 58.2 120 377 16 07 14 16 09 40 J0313+4120 08 47 45 31.1 -60.5 5.6 57.4 25 377 16 09 40 16 11 40 =0309+411 08 49 45 30.8 -60.3 5.6 57.2 120 385 16 09 44 16 12 30 3C84 08 50 35 31.9 -60.8 5.5 57.9 45 385 16 12 30 16 14 30 --- 08 52 36 31.5 -60.6 5.5 57.7 120 392 16 12 34 16 15 00 J0313+4120 08 53 06 30.3 -59.9 5.7 56.8 25 392 16 15 00 16 17 00 =0309+411 08 55 06 30.0 -59.7 5.7 56.6 120 400 16 15 04 16 17 50 3C84 08 55 56 31.0 -60.2 5.6 57.3 45 400 16 17 50 16 19 50 --- 08 57 57 30.7 -60.0 5.6 57.1 120 408 16 17 54 16 20 20 J0313+4120 08 58 27 29.5 -59.3 5.7 56.3 25 408 16 20 20 16 22 20 =0309+411 09 00 27 29.1 -59.0 5.8 56.0 120 415 16 20 24 16 23 10 3C84 09 01 17 30.2 -59.6 5.7 56.8 45 415 16 23 10 16 25 10 --- 09 03 17 29.9 -59.3 5.7 56.5 120 423 16 23 14 16 25 40 J0313+4120 09 03 48 28.6 -58.6 5.8 55.7 25 423 16 25 40 16 27 40 =0309+411 09 05 48 28.3 -58.4 5.9 55.5 120 431 16 25 44 16 28 30 3C84 09 06 38 29.3 -58.9 5.8 56.2 45 431 16 28 30 16 30 30 --- 09 08 38 29.0 -58.7 5.8 56.0 120 438 16 28 34 16 31 00 J0313+4120 09 09 08 27.8 -58.0 5.9 55.1 25 438 16 31 00 16 33 00 =0309+411 09 11 09 27.5 -57.7 6.0 54.9 120 446 16 31 04 16 33 50 3C84 09 11 59 28.5 -58.3 5.9 55.6 45 446 16 33 50 16 35 50 --- 09 13 59 28.2 -58.1 5.9 55.4 120 454 16 33 54 16 36 20 J0313+4120 09 14 29 27.0 -57.3 6.0 54.5 25 454 16 36 20 16 38 20 =0309+411 09 16 30 26.7 -57.1 6.0 54.3 120 462 16 36 24 16 39 10 3C84 09 17 20 27.7 -57.7 5.9 55.0 45 462 16 39 10 16 41 10 --- 09 19 20 27.4 -57.4 6.0 54.8 120 469 16 39 14 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 09 19 50 26.2 -56.7 6.1 53.9 25 469 16 41 40 16 43 40 =0309+411 09 21 50 25.9 -56.4 6.1 53.7 120 477 16 41 44 16 44 30 3C84 09 22 41 26.9 -57.0 6.0 54.4 45 477 16 44 30 16 46 30 --- 09 24 41 26.6 -56.8 6.1 54.2 120 485 16 44 34 16 47 00 J0313+4120 09 25 11 25.4 -56.0 6.2 53.3 25 485 16 47 00 16 49 00 =0309+411 09 27 11 25.1 -55.8 6.2 53.1 120 492 16 47 04 16 49 50 3C84 09 28 02 26.1 -56.4 6.1 53.8 45 492 16 49 50 16 53 50 --- 09 32 02 25.4 -55.9 6.2 53.4 240 508 16 49 54 16 55 50 3C84 09 34 02 25.1 -55.6 6.2 53.2 118 508 16 55 50 17 00 00 --- 09 38 13 24.5 -55.1 6.3 52.7 250 524 16 55 54 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: ur6cm Setup group: 8 Station: URUMQI 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= 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 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: 11 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= 346.49 346.49 346.49 346.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 362.49 378.49 378.49 378.49 378.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 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: 11 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