COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N14K1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Ciriaco Goddi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: goddi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm NME for session 1/2014 1 Gbps, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the 1.3cm NME on March 11 2014, involving 16 EVN antennas: Eb Jb2 On20 Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Sh65 Hh Ys Mh Sr, plus the KVN stations KVNYS KVNUS KVNTN. Stations testing their new DBBC backends are also included: MC_DBBC (Md), TR_DBBC (Td), and YS_DBBC (Yd). The NME uses a setup with 1 Gbps and consists of integrations on the VLBI fringe finder DA193 (~1.8Jy at 22 GHz) as well as phase-referencing cycles between continuum calibrators (1st phase-reference cycle: J2040+4527 -- J2039+4159; 2nd phase-reference cycle: DA193 -- J0605+4030). There are three ftp fringe-test scans (1) 14:09:00 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, DA193) (2) 15:31:00 UT (scan 38, 2 sec, DA193) (3) 16:29:00 UT (scan 69, 2 sec, DA193) See you on Skype group chat and Good luck with the session! Ciriaco Skype account: ciriaco.goddi Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 14 00 00 DA193 04 02 52 68.6 450.8 -1.9 -70.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 04 00 --- 04 06 53 69.3 451.6 -1.8 -70.0 240 31 14 00 01 14 06 00 DA193 04 08 53 69.6 451.9 -1.8 -69.9 114 31 14 06 00 14 10 00 --- 04 12 54 70.4 452.7 -1.7 -69.8 240 62 14 06 01 14 12 00 DA193 04 14 54 70.7 453.1 -1.7 -69.8 114 62 14 12 00 14 13 00 --- 04 15 55 70.9 453.3 -1.7 -69.8 60 70 14 12 01 14 22 00 J2040+4527 04 24 56 15.8 319.1 7.7 42.4 387 70 14 22 00 14 23 00 =2039+452 04 25 56 15.7 319.2 7.7 42.3 60 77 14 22 01 14 23 40 J2039+4159 04 26 36 12.8 317.1 7.8 41.4 20 77 14 23 40 14 24 40 --- 04 27 36 12.7 317.3 7.8 41.3 60 85 14 23 41 14 25 20 J2040+4527 04 28 17 15.4 319.5 7.8 42.0 20 85 14 25 20 14 26 20 =2039+452 04 29 17 15.3 319.7 7.8 41.8 60 93 14 25 21 14 27 00 J2039+4159 04 29 57 12.4 317.6 7.8 40.9 20 93 14 27 00 14 28 00 --- 04 30 57 12.3 317.8 7.9 40.8 60 101 14 27 01 14 28 40 J2040+4527 04 31 37 15.0 320.0 7.8 41.5 20 101 14 28 40 14 29 40 =2039+452 04 32 37 14.9 320.1 7.9 41.3 60 108 14 28 41 14 30 20 J2039+4159 04 33 17 12.0 318.1 7.9 40.5 20 108 14 30 20 14 31 20 --- 04 34 18 11.9 318.3 7.9 40.3 60 116 14 30 21 14 32 00 J2040+4527 04 34 58 14.6 320.4 7.9 41.0 20 116 14 32 00 14 33 00 =2039+452 04 35 58 14.5 320.6 7.9 40.9 60 124 14 32 01 14 33 40 J2039+4159 04 36 38 11.6 318.6 8.0 40.0 20 124 14 33 40 14 34 40 --- 04 37 38 11.5 318.7 8.0 39.9 60 132 14 33 41 14 35 20 J2040+4527 04 38 18 14.3 320.9 8.0 40.5 20 132 14 35 20 14 36 20 =2039+452 04 39 18 14.1 321.0 8.0 40.4 60 139 14 35 21 14 37 00 J2039+4159 04 39 58 11.2 319.1 8.0 39.6 20 139 14 37 00 14 38 00 --- 04 40 59 11.1 319.2 8.0 39.4 60 147 14 37 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 14 38 40 J2040+4527 04 41 39 13.9 321.3 8.0 40.0 20 147 14 38 40 14 39 40 =2039+452 04 42 39 13.8 321.5 8.0 39.9 60 155 14 38 41 14 40 20 J2039+4159 04 43 19 10.8 319.6 8.1 39.1 20 155 14 40 20 14 41 20 --- 04 44 19 10.7 319.7 8.1 38.9 60 163 14 40 21 14 42 00 J2040+4527 04 44 59 13.5 321.8 8.1 39.6 20 163 14 42 00 14 43 00 =2039+452 04 45 59 13.4 321.9 8.1 39.4 60 170 14 42 01 14 43 40 J2039+4159 04 46 40 10.4 320.1 8.1 38.6 20 170 14 43 40 14 44 40 --- 04 47 40 10.3 320.2 8.1 38.5 60 178 14 43 41 14 45 20 J2040+4527 04 48 20 13.1 322.3 8.1 39.1 20 178 14 45 20 14 46 20 =2039+452 04 49 20 13.0 322.4 8.1 38.9 60 186 14 45 21 14 47 00 J2039+4159 04 50 00 10.1 320.6 8.2 38.1 20 186 14 47 00 14 48 00 --- 04 51 00 9.9 320.7 8.2 D 38.0 0 194 14 47 01 14 48 40 J2040+4527 04 51 40 12.8 322.7 8.2 38.6 20 194 14 48 40 14 49 40 =2039+452 04 52 41 12.7 322.9 8.2 38.4 60 201 14 48 41 14 52 00 J2040+4527 04 55 01 12.4 323.2 8.2 38.1 134 201 14 52 00 14 53 00 =2039+452 04 56 01 12.3 323.4 8.2 37.9 60 209 14 52 01 14 55 20 J2040+4527 04 58 21 12.0 323.7 8.3 37.6 134 209 14 55 20 14 56 20 =2039+452 04 59 22 11.9 323.8 8.3 37.4 60 217 14 55 21 14 58 40 J2040+4527 05 01 42 11.7 324.2 8.3 37.1 134 217 14 58 40 14 59 40 =2039+452 05 02 42 11.6 324.3 8.4 36.9 60 225 14 58 41 15 02 00 J2040+4527 05 05 03 11.3 324.6 8.4 36.6 134 225 15 02 00 15 03 00 =2039+452 05 06 03 11.2 324.8 8.4 36.4 60 232 15 02 01 15 05 20 J2040+4527 05 08 23 11.0 325.1 8.5 36.1 134 232 15 05 20 15 06 20 =2039+452 05 09 23 10.9 325.3 8.5 35.9 60 240 15 05 21 15 08 40 J2040+4527 05 11 44 10.6 325.6 8.5 35.6 134 240 15 08 40 15 09 40 =2039+452 05 12 44 10.5 325.7 8.5 35.4 60 248 15 08 41 15 12 00 J2040+4527 05 15 04 10.3 326.1 8.6 35.1 134 248 15 12 00 15 13 00 =2039+452 05 16 04 10.2 326.2 8.6 34.9 60 255 15 12 01 16 42 00 DA193 06 45 19 80.1 610.6 0.8 D 62.4 5172 255 16 42 00 16 50 00 --- 06 53 20 78.7 614.3 0.9 64.8 0 317 16 42 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 16 52 00 DA193 06 55 21 78.4 615.1 1.0 65.3 113 317 16 52 00 17 00 00 --- 07 03 22 77.0 618.0 1.1 66.8 480 379 16 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess114.K1024 Matching groups in ./SH65.freq.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 18 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 7 Setup file default. LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 8 9 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J2039+4159 20 37 18.148706 * 20 39 05.710000 20 39 35.612228 0.00 41 49 02.37998 * 41 59 40.40000 42 02 36.74521 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.267 scan and 21.900 baseline hours in setup: sess114.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 15 16 21 22 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 31.341888 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 52.48027 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.967 scan and 206.150 baseline hours in setup: sess114.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 * J0605+4030 06 02 20.058852 * 06 05 50.855372 06 06 51.839612 0.15 0602+405 40 30 26.00787 * 40 30 08.10354 40 29 58.54527 0.12 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 326 observations 0.233 scan and 49.000 baseline hours in setup: sess114.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 * J2040+4527 20 39 06.383159 * 20 40 48.333100 20 41 16.571449 0.46 2039+452 45 16 33.23001 * 45 27 17.14599 45 30 14.98033 0.54 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 77 observations 0.283 scan and 25.524 baseline hours in setup: sess114.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 15 16 21 22 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) J2039+4159 59.3 DA193 98.0 J0605+4030 99.9 J2040+4527 61.3 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