COVER INFORMATION Station: MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N14M1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2014 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 01 March 2014 involving 9 antennas: Eb Wb1 Jb2 On25 Mc Nt Tr Sh Ys Sr (Td, Yd, Md). The NME uses a standard setup with 128 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C48, DA193 for ftp-fringe tests; - linear polarization check using the polarized calibrator J2202+4216 (3C48 as calibrator of J2202+4216); - D-terms check using the calibrator DA193; - and phase-referencing parts with a continuum source (J0552+3754) as target. Three ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:39:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C48) 13:49:58 (scan 22, 2 sec, DA193) 14:46:58 (scan 60, 2 sec, DA193) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 1 Mar 2014 Day 60 --- Next scan frequencies: 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 Next BBC frequencies: 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 30 00 3C48 23 53 32 66.8 470.1 -1.7 -53.2 0 0 12 30 00 12 35 00 --- 23 58 32 67.6 471.7 -1.7 -52.4 300 5 12 30 01 12 36 00 3C48 23 59 33 67.8 472.1 -1.6 -52.2 57 5 12 36 00 12 41 00 --- 00 04 33 68.6 473.8 -1.6 -51.2 300 10 12 36 01 12 43 00 3C48 00 06 34 69.0 474.5 -1.5 -50.8 117 10 12 43 00 12 48 00 --- 00 11 35 69.8 476.5 -1.4 -49.7 300 15 12 43 01 12 54 00 J2202+4216 00 17 36 65.7 636.8 2.2 73.3 143 15 12 54 00 13 03 00 =BLLAC 00 26 37 64.1 637.9 2.4 72.8 540 23 12 54 01 13 04 00 J2202+4216 00 27 37 63.9 638.0 2.4 72.8 57 23 13 04 00 13 14 00 =BLLAC 00 37 39 62.2 639.3 2.6 72.2 600 33 13 04 01 13 23 35 DA193 00 47 15 34.7 785.7 -5.2 -57.8 377 33 13 23 35 13 28 35 --- 00 52 16 35.5 786.3 -5.1 -58.2 300 38 13 23 36 13 29 05 J0552+3754 00 52 46 35.1 788.8 -5.0 -57.4 23 38 13 29 05 13 30 05 =0548+378 00 53 47 35.3 788.9 -5.0 -57.5 60 39 13 29 06 13 30 05 DA193 00 53 47 35.8 786.5 -5.0 -58.4 -7 39 No stop 13 31 05 --- 00 54 47 35.9 786.6 -5.0 -58.4 53 40 13 30 06 13 31 05 J0552+3754 00 54 47 35.4 789.0 -5.0 -57.6 -7 40 No stop 13 32 05 =0548+378 00 55 47 35.6 789.2 -5.0 -57.6 53 41 13 31 06 13 32 05 DA193 00 55 47 36.1 786.8 -5.0 -58.5 -7 41 No stop 13 33 05 --- 00 56 47 36.2 786.9 -5.0 -58.6 53 42 13 32 06 13 33 05 J0552+3754 00 56 47 35.8 789.3 -4.9 -57.7 -7 42 No stop 13 34 05 =0548+378 00 57 47 35.9 789.4 -4.9 -57.8 53 43 13 33 06 13 34 05 DA193 00 57 47 36.4 787.0 -5.0 -58.7 -7 43 No stop 13 35 05 --- 00 58 47 36.6 787.1 -5.0 -58.8 53 44 13 34 06 13 35 05 J0552+3754 00 58 47 36.1 789.6 -4.9 -57.9 -7 44 No stop 13 36 05 =0548+378 00 59 48 36.3 789.7 -4.9 -57.9 53 45 13 35 06 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 1 Mar 2014 Day 60 --- 13 36 05 DA193 00 59 48 36.7 787.3 -4.9 -58.9 -7 45 No stop 13 37 05 --- 01 00 48 36.9 787.4 -4.9 -59.0 53 45 13 36 06 13 37 05 J0552+3754 01 00 48 36.4 789.8 -4.9 -58.0 -7 45 No stop 13 38 05 =0548+378 01 01 48 36.6 790.0 -4.9 -58.1 53 46 13 37 06 13 38 05 DA193 01 01 48 37.1 787.5 -4.9 -59.1 -7 46 No stop 13 39 05 --- 01 02 48 37.2 787.6 -4.9 -59.1 53 47 13 38 06 13 39 05 J0552+3754 01 02 48 36.8 790.1 -4.8 -58.2 -7 47 No stop 13 40 05 =0548+378 01 03 48 37.0 790.2 -4.8 -58.2 53 48 13 39 06 13 41 05 DA193 01 04 48 37.6 787.9 -4.9 -59.3 53 48 13 41 05 13 42 05 --- 01 05 49 37.7 788.0 -4.8 -59.4 60 49 13 41 06 13 42 05 J0552+3754 01 05 49 37.3 790.5 -4.8 -58.4 -7 49 No stop 13 43 05 =0548+378 01 06 49 37.5 790.6 -4.8 -58.5 53 50 13 42 06 13 43 05 DA193 01 06 49 37.9 788.1 -4.8 -59.5 -7 50 No stop 13 44 05 --- 01 07 49 38.1 788.3 -4.8 -59.6 53 51 13 43 06 13 45 05 DA193 01 08 49 38.2 788.4 -4.8 -59.6 57 51 13 45 05 13 50 05 --- 01 13 50 39.1 789.0 -4.7 -60.1 300 56 13 45 06 13 52 05 DA193 01 15 50 39.4 789.2 -4.7 -60.2 117 56 13 52 05 13 53 05 --- 01 16 50 39.6 789.4 -4.7 -60.3 60 57 13 52 06 13 53 05 J0552+3754 01 16 50 39.2 791.9 -4.6 -59.2 -7 57 No stop 13 54 05 =0548+378 01 17 50 39.3 792.0 -4.6 -59.3 53 58 13 53 06 13 54 05 DA193 01 17 50 39.7 789.5 -4.6 -60.4 -7 58 No stop 13 55 05 --- 01 18 51 39.9 789.6 -4.6 -60.5 53 59 13 54 06 13 55 05 J0552+3754 01 18 51 39.5 792.2 -4.6 -59.3 -7 59 No stop 13 56 05 =0548+378 01 19 51 39.7 792.3 -4.6 -59.4 53 60 13 55 06 13 56 05 DA193 01 19 51 40.1 789.7 -4.6 -60.6 -7 60 No stop 13 57 05 --- 01 20 51 40.2 789.9 -4.6 -60.6 53 61 13 56 06 13 57 05 J0552+3754 01 20 51 39.8 792.4 -4.5 -59.5 -7 61 No stop 13 58 05 =0548+378 01 21 51 40.0 792.6 -4.5 -59.6 53 62 13 57 06 13 58 05 DA193 01 21 51 40.4 790.0 -4.6 -60.7 -7 62 No stop 13 59 05 --- 01 22 51 40.6 790.1 -4.6 -60.8 53 63 13 58 06 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 1 Mar 2014 Day 60 --- 13 59 05 J0552+3754 01 22 51 40.2 792.7 -4.5 -59.6 -7 63 No stop 14 00 05 =0548+378 01 23 51 40.3 792.8 -4.5 -59.7 53 64 13 59 06 14 00 05 DA193 01 23 51 40.7 790.2 -4.5 -60.9 -7 64 No stop 14 01 05 --- 01 24 52 40.9 790.4 -4.5 -61.0 53 65 14 00 06 14 01 05 J0552+3754 01 24 52 40.5 793.0 -4.5 -59.8 -7 65 No stop 14 02 05 =0548+378 01 25 52 40.7 793.1 -4.5 -59.8 53 66 14 01 06 14 02 05 DA193 01 25 52 41.1 790.5 -4.5 -61.0 -7 66 No stop 14 03 05 --- 01 26 52 41.2 790.6 -4.5 -61.1 53 67 14 02 06 14 03 05 J0552+3754 01 26 52 40.9 793.2 -4.4 -59.9 -7 67 No stop 14 04 05 =0548+378 01 27 52 41.0 793.3 -4.4 -60.0 53 68 14 03 06 14 05 05 DA193 01 28 52 41.6 790.9 -4.5 -61.3 53 68 14 05 05 14 06 05 --- 01 29 52 41.8 791.0 -4.4 -61.3 60 69 14 05 06 14 06 05 J0552+3754 01 29 52 41.4 793.6 -4.4 -60.1 -7 69 No stop 14 07 05 =0548+378 01 30 53 41.5 793.7 -4.4 -60.2 53 70 14 06 06 14 07 05 DA193 01 30 53 41.9 791.1 -4.4 -61.4 -7 70 No stop 14 08 05 --- 01 31 53 42.1 791.2 -4.4 -61.5 53 71 14 07 06 14 08 05 J0552+3754 01 31 53 41.7 793.9 -4.4 -60.2 -7 71 No stop 14 09 05 =0548+378 01 32 53 41.9 794.0 -4.3 -60.3 53 72 14 08 06 14 09 05 DA193 01 32 53 42.3 791.3 -4.4 -61.6 -7 72 No stop 14 10 05 --- 01 33 53 42.4 791.5 -4.4 -61.7 53 73 14 09 06 14 10 05 J0552+3754 01 33 53 42.1 794.1 -4.3 -60.4 -7 73 No stop 14 11 05 =0548+378 01 34 53 42.2 794.3 -4.3 -60.4 53 74 14 10 06 14 11 05 DA193 01 34 53 42.6 791.6 -4.4 -61.7 -7 74 No stop 14 12 05 --- 01 35 53 42.8 791.7 -4.3 -61.8 53 75 14 11 06 14 12 05 J0552+3754 01 35 53 42.4 794.4 -4.3 -60.5 -8 75 No stop 14 13 05 =0548+378 01 36 54 42.6 794.5 -4.3 -60.6 52 75 14 12 06 14 13 05 DA193 01 36 54 42.9 791.8 -4.3 -61.9 -7 75 No stop 14 14 05 --- 01 37 54 43.1 792.0 -4.3 -62.0 53 76 14 13 06 14 14 05 J0552+3754 01 37 54 42.7 794.7 -4.3 -60.6 -8 76 No stop 14 15 05 =0548+378 01 38 54 42.9 794.8 -4.2 -60.7 52 77 14 14 06 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Page 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 1 Mar 2014 Day 60 --- 14 15 05 DA193 01 38 54 43.3 792.1 -4.3 -62.0 -8 77 No stop 14 16 05 --- 01 39 54 43.4 792.2 -4.3 -62.1 52 78 14 15 06 14 16 05 J0552+3754 01 39 54 43.1 794.9 -4.2 -60.8 -8 78 No stop 14 17 05 =0548+378 01 40 54 43.3 795.1 -4.2 -60.8 52 79 14 16 06 14 18 05 DA193 01 41 54 43.8 792.5 -4.2 -62.3 52 79 14 18 05 14 19 05 --- 01 42 55 44.0 792.6 -4.2 -62.3 60 80 14 18 06 14 19 05 J0552+3754 01 42 55 43.6 795.3 -4.2 -61.0 -8 80 No stop 14 20 05 =0548+378 01 43 55 43.8 795.5 -4.2 -61.0 52 81 14 19 06 14 20 05 DA193 01 43 55 44.1 792.7 -4.2 -62.4 -8 81 No stop 14 21 05 --- 01 44 55 44.3 792.8 -4.2 -62.5 52 82 14 20 06 14 21 05 J0552+3754 01 44 55 44.0 795.6 -4.1 -61.1 -8 82 No stop 14 22 05 =0548+378 01 45 55 44.1 795.7 -4.1 -61.1 52 83 14 21 06 14 22 05 DA193 01 45 55 44.5 793.0 -4.2 -62.6 -8 83 No stop 14 23 05 --- 01 46 55 44.6 793.1 -4.2 -62.6 52 84 14 22 06 14 23 05 J0552+3754 01 46 55 44.3 795.9 -4.1 -61.2 -8 84 No stop 14 24 05 =0548+378 01 47 55 44.5 796.0 -4.1 -61.3 52 85 14 23 06 14 24 05 DA193 01 47 55 44.8 793.2 -4.1 -62.7 -8 85 No stop 14 25 05 --- 01 48 56 45.0 793.3 -4.1 -62.8 52 86 14 24 06 14 25 05 J0552+3754 01 48 56 44.6 796.1 -4.1 -61.3 -8 86 No stop 14 26 05 =0548+378 01 49 56 44.8 796.3 -4.1 -61.4 52 87 14 25 06 14 26 05 DA193 01 49 56 45.2 793.5 -4.1 -62.9 -8 87 No stop 14 27 05 --- 01 50 56 45.3 793.6 -4.1 -62.9 52 88 14 26 06 14 27 05 J0552+3754 01 50 56 45.0 796.4 -4.0 -61.4 -8 88 No stop 14 28 05 =0548+378 01 51 56 45.2 796.5 -4.0 -61.5 52 89 14 27 06 14 28 05 DA193 01 51 56 45.5 793.7 -4.1 -63.0 -8 89 No stop 14 29 05 --- 01 52 56 45.7 793.8 -4.1 -63.1 52 90 14 28 06 14 29 05 J0552+3754 01 52 56 45.3 796.7 -4.0 -61.6 -8 90 No stop 14 30 05 =0548+378 01 53 56 45.5 796.8 -4.0 -61.6 52 91 14 29 06 14 31 05 DA193 01 54 57 46.0 794.1 -4.0 -63.2 52 91 14 31 05 14 41 05 --- 02 04 58 47.7 795.3 -3.9 -63.9 600 101 14 31 06 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Page 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 1 Mar 2014 Day 60 --- 14 42 05 DA193 02 05 58 47.9 795.5 -3.8 -64.0 57 101 14 42 05 14 49 05 --- 02 13 00 49.1 796.3 -3.7 -64.4 420 107 14 42 06 14 51 05 DA193 02 15 00 49.5 796.6 -3.7 -64.6 117 107 14 51 05 14 54 05 --- 02 18 00 50.0 797.0 -3.6 -64.7 180 110 14 51 06 15 05 05 3C48 02 29 02 75.1 585.2 0.8 37.2 368 110 15 05 05 15 10 05 --- 02 34 03 74.4 588.3 0.9 39.6 300 115 15 05 06 15 10 35 3C48 02 34 33 74.3 588.6 0.9 39.8 27 115 15 10 35 15 19 35 --- 02 43 35 73.1 593.7 1.1 43.4 540 124 15 10 36 15 20 05 3C48 02 44 05 73.0 593.9 1.1 43.6 27 124 15 20 05 15 29 05 --- 02 53 06 71.7 598.3 1.2 46.5 540 133 15 20 06 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess114.M128 --- 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: 12 Station: MC_DBBC Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 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 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= 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 BBC fr= 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 12 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) J0137+3309 01 34 49.826374 * 01 37 41.299440 01 38 29.923171 0.52 0134+329 32 54 20.25881 * 33 09 35.13299 33 13 55.11422 0.50 * 3C48 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0137+33 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 140 observations 0.633 scan and 48.050 baseline hours in setup: sess114.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 * J0552+3754 05 48 52.231755 * 05 52 17.936920 05 53 17.614550 0.13 0548+378 37 53 44.15048 * 37 54 25.28236 37 54 31.93218 0.11 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 889 observations 0.417 scan and 25.356 baseline hours in setup: sess114.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 31.573650 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 52.33276 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 376994 observations 0.917 scan and 73.041 baseline hours in setup: sess114.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 * J2202+4216 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 17.606818 0.14 BLLAC 42 02 08.59073 * 42 16 39.97987 42 20 47.37812 0.10 2200+420 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J2202+42 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 59418 observations VR422201 0.317 scan and 20.789 baseline hours in setup: sess114.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 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) 3C48 57.1 J0552+3754 107.1 DA193 107.6 J2202+4216 50.9 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