COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: PFB test: 4Gbps mode Exp. Code: FR040 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: campbell Address: JIVE Phone: 0521-596-534 EMAIL: campbell@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 PFB test: 4Gbps mode 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 2 Mar 2017 Day 61 --- Next scan frequencies: 4628.00 4628.00 4660.00 4660.00 4692.00 4692.00 4724.00 4724.00 4756.00 4756.00 4788.00 4788.00 4820.00 4820.00 4852.00 4852.00 4884.00 4884.00 4916.00 4916.00 4948.00 4948.00 4980.00 4980.00 5012.00 5012.00 5044.00 5044.00 5076.00 5076.00 Next BBC frequencies: 16.00 16.00 48.00 48.00 80.00 80.00 112.00 112.00 144.00 144.00 176.00 176.00 208.00 208.00 240.00 240.00 272.00 272.00 304.00 304.00 336.00 336.00 368.00 368.00 400.00 400.00 432.00 432.00 464.00 464.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 45 00 3C454.3 02 17 54 25.1 304.8 3.4 0.0 0 0 13 45 00 13 49 00 --- 02 21 55 24.3 304.1 3.5 0.0 240 116 13 45 01 13 52 00 3C454.3 02 24 56 23.8 303.6 3.5 0.0 159 116 13 52 00 13 57 00 --- 02 29 56 22.8 302.8 3.6 0.0 300 261 13 52 01 14 02 00 3C454.3 02 34 57 21.9 302.0 3.7 0.0 279 261 14 02 00 14 07 00 --- 02 39 58 20.9 301.2 3.8 0.0 300 406 14 02 01 14 13 00 0528+134 02 45 59 33.6 50.6 -2.8 0.0 136 406 14 13 00 14 17 00 --- 02 50 00 34.3 49.8 -2.7 0.0 240 522 14 13 01 14 20 00 0528+134 02 53 00 34.8 49.2 -2.6 0.0 159 522 14 20 00 14 25 00 --- 02 58 01 35.6 48.1 -2.6 0.0 300 667 14 20 01 14 29 30 0528+134 03 02 32 36.4 47.1 -2.5 0.0 249 667 14 29 30 14 34 30 --- 03 07 33 37.2 46.0 -2.4 0.0 300 812 14 29 31 14 37 30 0528+134 03 10 33 37.7 45.3 -2.4 0.0 159 812 14 37 30 14 42 30 --- 03 15 34 38.5 44.1 -2.3 0.0 300 956 14 37 31 14 47 00 0528+134 03 20 05 39.2 43.0 -2.2 0.0 249 956 14 47 00 14 52 00 --- 03 25 05 39.9 41.8 -2.1 0.0 300 1101 14 47 01 14 55 00 0528+134 03 28 06 40.4 41.0 -2.1 0.0 159 1101 14 55 00 15 00 00 --- 03 33 07 41.1 39.7 -2.0 0.0 300 1246 14 55 01 15 04 30 0528+134 03 37 38 41.8 38.6 -1.9 0.0 249 1246 15 04 30 15 09 30 --- 03 42 38 42.4 37.2 -1.8 0.0 300 1391 15 04 31 15 12 30 0528+134 03 45 39 42.8 36.4 -1.8 0.0 159 1391 15 12 30 15 17 30 --- 03 50 40 43.5 35.0 -1.7 0.0 300 1536 15 12 31 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 PFB test: 4Gbps mode 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 2 Mar 2017 Day 61 --- 15 22 00 0528+134 03 55 10 44.1 33.7 -1.6 0.0 249 1536 15 22 00 15 27 00 --- 04 00 11 44.7 32.2 -1.5 0.0 300 1681 15 22 01 15 30 00 0528+134 04 03 12 45.0 31.3 -1.5 0.0 159 1681 15 30 00 15 35 00 --- 04 08 13 45.6 29.8 -1.4 0.0 300 1826 15 30 01 15 39 30 0528+134 04 12 43 46.1 28.4 -1.3 0.0 249 1826 15 39 30 15 44 30 --- 04 17 44 46.6 26.8 -1.2 0.0 300 1971 15 39 31 15 47 30 0528+134 04 20 45 46.9 25.8 -1.2 0.0 159 1971 15 47 30 15 52 30 --- 04 25 45 47.4 24.1 -1.1 0.0 300 2116 15 47 31 15 57 00 0528+134 04 30 16 47.8 22.6 -1.0 0.0 249 2116 15 57 00 16 02 00 --- 04 35 17 48.2 20.9 -0.9 0.0 300 2261 15 57 01 16 05 00 0528+134 04 38 17 48.5 19.9 -0.9 0.0 159 2261 16 05 00 16 10 00 --- 04 43 18 48.8 18.1 -0.8 0.0 300 2406 16 05 01 16 14 30 0528+134 04 47 49 49.1 16.5 -0.7 0.0 249 2406 16 14 30 16 19 30 --- 04 52 50 49.4 14.7 -0.7 0.0 300 2551 16 14 31 16 22 30 0528+134 04 55 50 49.6 13.6 -0.6 0.0 159 2551 16 22 30 16 27 30 --- 05 00 51 49.9 11.8 -0.5 0.0 300 2696 16 22 31 16 32 00 0528+134 05 05 22 50.0 10.1 -0.4 0.0 249 2696 16 32 00 16 37 00 --- 05 10 23 50.2 8.2 -0.4 0.0 300 2840 16 32 01 16 40 00 0528+134 05 13 23 50.3 7.1 -0.3 0.0 159 2840 16 40 00 16 45 00 --- 05 18 24 50.4 5.2 -0.2 0.0 300 2985 16 40 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess117.C4096PFB --- 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: 5 Station: HART Total bit rate: 3840 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 30 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 4612.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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 RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4628.00 4628.00 4660.00 4660.00 4692.00 4692.00 4724.00 4724.00 4756.00 4756.00 4788.00 4788.00 4820.00 4820.00 4852.00 4852.00 4884.00 4884.00 4916.00 4916.00 4948.00 4948.00 4980.00 4980.00 5012.00 5012.00 5044.00 5044.00 5076.00 5076.00 BBC fr= 16.00 16.00 48.00 48.00 80.00 80.00 112.00 112.00 144.00 144.00 176.00 176.00 208.00 208.00 240.00 240.00 272.00 272.00 304.00 304.00 336.00 336.00 368.00 368.00 400.00 400.00 432.00 432.00 464.00 464.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 5 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 54.503504 0.21 J0530+1331 13 29 42.28885 * 13 31 55.14952 13 32 26.67937 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 135789 observations. * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747938 22 54 47.039697 0.67 J2253+1608 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 14 15.88373 0.70 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 40748 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 0528+134 sess117.C4096PFB 1 2 3 1.483 14.833 3C454.3 sess117.C4096PFB 1 2 3 0.233 2.333 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) 0528+134 100.7 3C454.3 23.2 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