COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 01 15 33 66.2 105.8 -2.1 0.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 01 19 34 66.8 107.0 -2.0 0.0 240 15 14 00 04 14 04 30 3C84 01 20 04 66.8 107.1 -2.0 0.0 19 15 14 04 30 14 08 30 --- 01 24 04 67.4 108.4 -1.9 0.0 240 31 14 04 34 14 10 30 3C84 01 26 05 67.7 109.0 -1.9 0.0 109 31 14 10 30 14 12 30 --- 01 28 05 68.0 109.7 -1.9 0.0 120 38 14 10 34 14 13 00 3C84 01 28 35 68.0 109.8 -1.9 0.0 19 38 14 13 00 14 15 00 --- 01 30 35 68.3 110.5 -1.8 0.0 120 46 14 13 04 14 15 30 J0313+4120 01 31 05 69.2 113.3 -1.7 0.0 11 46 14 15 30 14 17 30 =0309+411 01 33 06 69.5 114.1 -1.7 0.0 120 54 14 15 34 14 18 20 3C84 01 33 56 68.8 111.6 -1.8 0.0 31 54 14 18 20 14 20 20 --- 01 35 56 69.1 112.3 -1.7 0.0 120 62 14 18 24 14 20 50 J0313+4120 01 36 26 70.0 115.3 -1.6 0.0 11 62 14 20 50 14 22 50 =0309+411 01 38 27 70.2 116.1 -1.6 0.0 120 69 14 20 54 14 23 20 3C84 01 38 57 69.5 113.4 -1.7 0.0 11 69 14 23 20 14 25 20 --- 01 40 57 69.8 114.1 -1.7 0.0 120 77 14 23 24 14 25 50 J0313+4120 01 41 27 70.6 117.2 -1.5 0.0 11 77 14 25 50 14 27 50 =0309+411 01 43 27 70.9 118.0 -1.5 0.0 120 85 14 25 54 14 28 40 3C84 01 44 18 70.2 115.3 -1.6 0.0 31 85 14 28 40 14 30 40 --- 01 46 18 70.5 116.1 -1.6 0.0 120 92 14 28 44 14 31 10 J0313+4120 01 46 48 71.4 119.4 -1.5 0.0 11 92 14 31 10 14 33 10 =0309+411 01 48 48 71.6 120.3 -1.4 0.0 120 100 14 31 14 14 33 40 3C84 01 49 18 70.9 117.3 -1.5 0.0 11 100 14 33 40 14 35 40 --- 01 51 19 71.2 118.1 -1.5 0.0 120 108 14 33 44 14 36 10 J0313+4120 01 51 49 72.0 121.6 -1.4 0.0 11 108 14 36 10 14 38 10 =0309+411 01 53 49 72.3 122.5 -1.3 0.0 120 115 14 36 14 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 01 54 39 71.6 119.5 -1.4 0.0 31 115 14 39 00 14 41 00 --- 01 56 40 71.9 120.3 -1.4 0.0 120 123 14 39 04 14 41 30 J0313+4120 01 57 10 72.7 124.0 -1.3 0.0 11 123 14 41 30 14 43 30 =0309+411 01 59 10 72.9 125.0 -1.2 0.0 120 131 14 41 34 14 44 00 3C84 01 59 40 72.3 121.7 -1.4 0.0 11 131 14 44 00 14 46 00 --- 02 01 40 72.5 122.6 -1.3 0.0 120 138 14 44 04 14 46 30 J0313+4120 02 02 10 73.3 126.4 -1.2 0.0 11 138 14 46 30 14 48 30 =0309+411 02 04 11 73.5 127.5 -1.2 0.0 120 146 14 46 34 14 49 20 3C84 02 05 01 72.9 124.1 -1.3 0.0 31 146 14 49 20 14 51 20 --- 02 07 01 73.2 125.1 -1.2 0.0 120 154 14 49 24 14 51 50 J0313+4120 02 07 31 73.9 129.2 -1.1 0.0 11 154 14 51 50 14 53 50 =0309+411 02 09 32 74.2 130.3 -1.1 0.0 120 162 14 51 54 14 54 20 3C84 02 10 02 73.6 126.6 -1.2 0.0 11 162 14 54 20 14 58 20 --- 02 14 02 74.0 128.7 -1.1 0.0 240 177 14 54 24 15 00 20 3C84 02 16 03 74.3 129.7 -1.1 0.0 109 177 15 00 20 15 02 20 --- 02 18 03 74.5 130.8 -1.0 0.0 120 185 15 00 24 15 03 10 3C84 02 18 53 74.6 131.3 -1.0 0.0 39 185 15 03 10 15 05 10 --- 02 20 54 74.8 132.4 -1.0 0.0 120 192 15 03 14 15 05 40 J0313+4120 02 21 24 75.5 137.2 -0.9 0.0 11 192 15 05 40 15 07 40 =0309+411 02 23 24 75.7 138.5 -0.8 0.0 120 200 15 05 44 15 08 30 3C84 02 24 14 75.2 134.4 -0.9 0.0 31 200 15 08 30 15 10 30 --- 02 26 14 75.4 135.6 -0.9 0.0 120 208 15 08 34 15 11 00 J0313+4120 02 26 45 76.0 140.6 -0.8 0.0 11 208 15 11 00 15 13 00 =0309+411 02 28 45 76.2 142.0 -0.8 0.0 120 215 15 11 04 15 13 50 3C84 02 29 35 75.8 137.7 -0.9 0.0 31 215 15 13 50 15 15 50 --- 02 31 35 76.0 139.0 -0.8 0.0 120 223 15 13 54 15 16 20 J0313+4120 02 32 05 76.5 144.3 -0.7 0.0 11 223 15 16 20 15 18 20 =0309+411 02 34 06 76.7 145.8 -0.7 0.0 120 231 15 16 24 15 19 10 3C84 02 34 56 76.3 141.2 -0.8 0.0 31 231 15 19 10 15 21 10 --- 02 36 56 76.5 142.6 -0.7 0.0 120 238 15 19 14 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 37 26 76.9 148.2 -0.6 0.0 11 238 15 21 40 15 23 40 =0309+411 02 39 27 77.1 149.7 -0.6 0.0 120 246 15 21 44 15 24 30 3C84 02 40 17 76.8 145.0 -0.7 0.0 31 246 15 24 30 15 26 30 --- 02 42 17 76.9 146.4 -0.6 0.0 120 254 15 24 34 15 27 00 J0313+4120 02 42 47 77.3 152.4 -0.5 0.0 11 254 15 27 00 15 29 00 =0309+411 02 44 47 77.5 154.0 -0.5 0.0 120 262 15 27 04 15 29 50 3C84 02 45 38 77.2 149.0 -0.6 0.0 31 262 15 29 50 15 31 50 --- 02 47 38 77.4 150.5 -0.6 0.0 120 269 15 29 54 15 32 20 J0313+4120 02 48 08 77.7 156.7 -0.4 0.0 11 269 15 32 20 15 34 20 =0309+411 02 50 08 77.8 158.4 -0.4 0.0 120 277 15 32 24 15 35 10 3C84 02 50 58 77.6 153.2 -0.5 0.0 31 277 15 35 10 15 37 10 --- 02 52 59 77.7 154.8 -0.5 0.0 120 285 15 35 14 15 37 40 J0313+4120 02 53 29 78.0 161.3 -0.3 0.0 11 285 15 37 40 15 39 40 =0309+411 02 55 29 78.1 163.0 -0.3 0.0 120 292 15 37 44 15 40 30 3C84 02 56 19 77.9 157.6 -0.4 0.0 31 292 15 40 30 15 42 30 --- 02 58 20 78.0 159.4 -0.4 0.0 120 300 15 40 34 15 43 00 J0313+4120 02 58 50 78.2 166.0 -0.3 0.0 11 300 15 43 00 15 45 00 =0309+411 03 00 50 78.3 167.8 -0.2 0.0 120 308 15 43 04 15 45 50 3C84 03 01 40 78.2 162.3 -0.3 0.0 31 308 15 45 50 15 47 50 --- 03 03 41 78.3 164.1 -0.3 0.0 120 315 15 45 54 15 48 20 J0313+4120 03 04 11 78.4 170.9 -0.2 0.0 11 315 15 48 20 15 50 20 =0309+411 03 06 11 78.4 172.7 -0.1 0.0 120 323 15 48 24 15 51 10 3C84 03 07 01 78.4 167.1 -0.2 0.0 31 323 15 51 10 15 53 10 --- 03 09 01 78.5 169.0 -0.2 0.0 120 331 15 51 14 15 53 40 J0313+4120 03 09 32 78.4 175.8 -0.1 0.0 11 331 15 53 40 15 55 40 =0309+411 03 11 32 78.5 177.7 -0.0 0.0 120 338 15 53 44 15 56 30 3C84 03 12 22 78.6 172.1 -0.1 0.0 31 338 15 56 30 15 58 30 --- 03 14 22 78.6 174.0 -0.1 0.0 120 346 15 56 34 15 59 00 J0313+4120 03 14 52 78.5 180.8 0.0 0.0 11 346 15 59 00 16 01 00 =0309+411 03 16 53 78.5 182.7 0.0 0.0 120 354 15 59 04 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 17 43 78.6 177.1 -0.1 0.0 31 354 16 01 50 16 03 50 --- 03 19 43 78.6 179.0 -0.0 0.0 120 362 16 01 54 16 04 20 J0313+4120 03 20 13 78.4 185.8 0.1 0.0 11 362 16 04 20 16 06 20 =0309+411 03 22 14 78.4 187.7 0.1 0.0 120 369 16 04 24 16 07 10 3C84 03 23 04 78.6 182.2 0.0 0.0 31 369 16 07 10 16 09 10 --- 03 25 04 78.6 184.1 0.1 0.0 120 377 16 07 14 16 09 40 J0313+4120 03 25 34 78.3 190.8 0.2 0.0 11 377 16 09 40 16 11 40 =0309+411 03 27 34 78.2 192.6 0.2 0.0 120 385 16 09 44 16 12 30 3C84 03 28 25 78.6 187.3 0.1 0.0 31 385 16 12 30 16 14 30 --- 03 30 25 78.5 189.1 0.2 0.0 120 392 16 12 34 16 15 00 J0313+4120 03 30 55 78.1 195.6 0.3 0.0 11 392 16 15 00 16 17 00 =0309+411 03 32 55 78.0 197.4 0.3 0.0 120 400 16 15 04 16 17 50 3C84 03 33 45 78.4 192.2 0.2 0.0 31 400 16 17 50 16 19 50 --- 03 35 46 78.4 194.1 0.3 0.0 120 408 16 17 54 16 20 20 J0313+4120 03 36 16 77.9 200.3 0.4 0.0 11 408 16 20 20 16 22 20 =0309+411 03 38 16 77.8 202.0 0.4 0.0 120 415 16 20 24 16 23 10 3C84 03 39 06 78.2 197.1 0.3 0.0 31 415 16 23 10 16 25 10 --- 03 41 07 78.1 198.8 0.3 0.0 120 423 16 23 14 16 25 40 J0313+4120 03 41 37 77.6 204.8 0.5 0.0 11 423 16 25 40 16 27 40 =0309+411 03 43 37 77.4 206.4 0.5 0.0 120 431 16 25 44 16 28 30 3C84 03 44 27 78.0 201.7 0.4 0.0 31 431 16 28 30 16 30 30 --- 03 46 28 77.9 203.5 0.4 0.0 120 438 16 28 34 16 31 00 J0313+4120 03 46 58 77.2 209.1 0.5 0.0 11 438 16 31 00 16 33 00 =0309+411 03 48 58 77.0 210.6 0.6 0.0 120 446 16 31 04 16 33 50 3C84 03 49 48 77.6 206.2 0.5 0.0 31 446 16 33 50 16 35 50 --- 03 51 48 77.5 207.8 0.5 0.0 120 454 16 33 54 16 36 20 J0313+4120 03 52 19 76.8 213.1 0.6 0.0 11 454 16 36 20 16 38 20 =0309+411 03 54 19 76.6 214.6 0.7 0.0 120 462 16 36 24 16 39 10 3C84 03 55 09 77.3 210.5 0.6 0.0 31 462 16 39 10 16 41 10 --- 03 57 09 77.1 212.0 0.6 0.0 120 469 16 39 14 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 03 57 39 76.3 216.9 0.7 0.0 11 469 16 41 40 16 43 40 =0309+411 03 59 40 76.1 218.3 0.8 0.0 120 477 16 41 44 16 44 30 3C84 04 00 30 76.8 214.5 0.7 0.0 31 477 16 44 30 16 46 30 --- 04 02 30 76.6 215.9 0.7 0.0 120 485 16 44 34 16 47 00 J0313+4120 04 03 00 75.8 220.5 0.8 0.0 11 485 16 47 00 16 49 00 =0309+411 04 05 01 75.6 221.8 0.9 0.0 120 492 16 47 04 16 49 50 3C84 04 05 51 76.3 218.3 0.8 0.0 31 492 16 49 50 16 53 50 --- 04 09 51 76.0 221.0 0.8 0.0 240 508 16 49 54 16 55 50 3C84 04 11 52 75.8 222.3 0.9 0.0 109 508 16 55 50 17 00 00 --- 04 16 02 75.3 224.9 0.9 0.0 250 524 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: wb6cm LO from PC-SCHED values, must be in Low patch Setup group: 1 Station: WSTRBORK 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 = 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: 2 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: 2 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