SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: N17P1 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17P1 Start Day 62 is Fri 3 Mar 2017 MJD 57815 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 90cm (P-band) NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2017 (256 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 90cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 3rd Mar 2017 involving antennas: Jb1, Wb, Ef, Ar The NME uses a standard setup with 256 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators J1925+2106, J2115+2933, and J2212+2355 for ftp-fringe tests; Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 14:13:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, J1925+2106) 14:43:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 15:13:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 15:43:00 (scan 7, 2 sec, J2115+2933) 16:13:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J2212+2355) 16:43:00 (scan 11, 2 sec, J2212+2355) Good luck with the session! Benito. Skype account: jive.support.scientist CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): JIVE Correlator average time (2 sec): 1.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Output spectral channels per baseband (16): 8 Correlator FFT size (128): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 4 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): FTP Distribution format (FITS): FITS Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: All scans Elapsed time for project (hours): 3.00 Total time in scheduled scans (hours): 2.43 Total time in recording scans (hours): 2.43 Total baseline hours (recording scans): 24.33 Projected max correlator output rate (kB/s): 10.2 Projected correlator output data size (MB): 89.7 NOTES: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The correlator output data rate is for real-time processing. Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. The recordings for a scan are assumed to start at the scan START minus PRESTART. Some stations (VLA, VLBA/MARK5C) wait for good data so the estimates may be high. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z Axis Offset JODRELL1 Jb 53.23654 2.30858 179. 3822626.040 -154105.650 5086486.040 0.000 WSTRBORK Wb 52.91529 -6.59391 71. 3828750.697 442589.218 5064921.570 4.950 EFLSBERG Ef 50.52483 -6.88361 417. 4033947.262 486990.787 4900430.991 0.014 ARECIBO Ar 18.34417 66.75270 451. 2390486.900 -5564731.440 1994720.450 0.000 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 57815 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z JODRELL1 Jb -0.0117 0.0170 0.0093 50449 3822625.804 -154105.306 5086486.228 WSTRBORK Wb -0.0135 0.0170 0.0087 50449 3828750.424 442589.561 5064921.746 EFLSBERG Ef -0.0136 0.0169 0.0108 56293 4033947.205 486990.857 4900431.036 ARECIBO Ar 0.0099 0.0045 0.0101 52275 2390487.050 -5564731.371 1994720.603 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Jb Wb Ef Ar Jb 0 597 700 6394 Wb 597 0 266 6898 Ef 700 266 0 6911 Ar 6394 6898 6911 0 RECORDING SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION INFORMATION: List of scan-dependent controls seen for recording timing. MINPAUSE: 10. PRESTART: 0. DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR NBBC Tsys JODRELL1 MARK5B DBBC 16 GAP WSTRBORK MARK5B DBBC 8 GAP EFLSBERG MARK5C DBBC 16 CONT ARECIBO MARK5A VLBA4 8 CONT EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 12 Number of scans scheduled: 12 Number of stations: 4 Number of sources input: 3 Number of setup files used: 1 STATION SCAN SUMMARIES: Station Control Scans Scan Record Record Gbytes Hours Hours Scans JODRELL1 VEX 12 2.43 2.43 12 281. WSTRBORK VEX 12 2.43 2.43 12 281. EFLSBERG VEX 12 2.43 2.43 12 282. ARECIBO VEX 12 2.43 2.43 12 280. Notes on the station scan summaries: "Record Scans" are periods of recording with no gap. The Mark5A disk systems have a limit of 1024 such scans. There are often multiple projects on a disk pack. If using MARK5A, try to keep above about 6 GB per record scan by using MINPAUSE and PRESTART to prevent short gaps. However, also try to prevent record scans of more than an hour to minimize risk to data from playback problems. MARK5C will have one observe scan per record scan and there is no limit to the number. SETUP FILES: ======== Setup file: sess117.P256 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ar90cm Frontend 30-MHz filter (between 312-342 MHz), TG 22-Sep-04 ****** Only 63.50 of 64.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: ARECIBO Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 1076.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 320.25 320.25 320.25 320.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 BBC fr= 755.75 755.75 755.75 755.75 739.75 739.75 739.75 739.75 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess117.P256 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef92cm Prime focus system: not usually available (new in 2011). ****** Only 32.00 of 64.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 2 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 256 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 177.00 177.00 177.00 177.00 177.00 177.00 177.00 177.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 320.25 320.25 320.25 320.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 BBC fr= 143.25 143.25 143.25 143.25 159.25 159.25 159.25 159.25 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess117.P256 --- 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: 3 Station: JODRELL1 Total bit rate: 256 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 320.25 320.25 320.25 320.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 BBC fr= 170.25 170.25 170.25 170.25 186.25 186.25 186.25 186.25 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess117.P256 --- 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: 4 Station: WSTRBORK Total bit rate: 256 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 -53.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 3 7 3 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 320.25 320.25 320.25 320.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 336.25 BBC fr= 373.25 373.25 373.25 373.25 389.25 389.25 389.25 389.25 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 2 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17P1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start elevation. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 62 is Fri 3 Mar 2017 MJD 57815 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Jb Wb Ef Ar 1 62 14:00:00 J1925+2106 - 24 19 18 77 62 14:15:00 sess117.P256 - 0 0S 0 0 2 62 14:20:00 J2115+2933 - 44 39 38 76 62 14:30:00 - - 121 86 186 19 3 62 14:32:00 J2115+2933 - 42 37 36 77 62 14:45:00 - - 112 109 109 111 4 62 14:50:00 J2115+2933 - 39 34 34 79 62 15:00:00 - - 291 289 288 290 5 62 15:02:00 J2115+2933 - 38 32 32 79 62 15:15:00 - - 112 109 109 110 6 62 15:20:00 J2115+2933 - 35 30 29 78 62 15:30:00 - - 292 289 288 290 7 62 15:32:00 J2115+2933 - 33 28 27 76 62 15:45:00 - - 112 109 109 111 8 62 15:50:00 J2115+2933 - 30 25 24 73 62 16:00:00 - - 292 289 288 290 9 62 16:02:00 J2212+2355 - 33 28 27 84 62 16:15:00 - - 44 60 56 -177 10 62 16:17:00 J2212+2355 - 31 25 25 82 62 16:30:00 - - 112 109 109 110 11 62 16:32:00 J2212+2355 - 28 23 22 79 62 16:45:00 - - 112 109 109 111 12 62 16:47:00 J2212+2355 - 26 21 20 76 62 17:00:00 - - 112 109S 109 110 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17P1 Network Monitoring Experiment Flags: D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, R=>Rises, S=>Sets, W=>Slew too long, t=>Tape Chg. Top item is: Start azimuth. Bottom item is: End azimuth. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 62 is Fri 3 Mar 2017 MJD 57815 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Jb Wb Ef Ar 1 62 14:00:00 J1925+2106 - 273 280 281 285 62 14:15:00 sess117.P256 - 276 283D 284 283 2 62 14:20:00 J2115+2933 - 262 270 272 395 62 14:30:00 - - 264 272 274 387 3 62 14:32:00 J2115+2933 - 265 272 274 386 62 14:45:00 - - 267 275 276 373 4 62 14:50:00 J2115+2933 - 268 275 277 368 62 15:00:00 - - 270 277 279 357 5 62 15:02:00 J2115+2933 - 271 278 279 354 62 15:15:00 - - 273 280 282 341 6 62 15:20:00 J2115+2933 - 274 281 283 336 62 15:30:00 - - 276 283 284 328 7 62 15:32:00 J2115+2933 - 277 283 285 326 62 15:45:00 - - 279 286 287 318 8 62 15:50:00 J2115+2933 - 280 287 288 315 62 16:00:00 - - 282 288 290 311 9 62 16:02:00 J2212+2355 - 267 274 276 341 62 16:15:00 - - 269 277 278 319 10 62 16:17:00 J2212+2355 - 270 277 278 317 62 16:30:00 - - 272 279 281 305 11 62 16:32:00 J2212+2355 - 273 280 281 304 62 16:45:00 - - 275 282 283 297 12 62 16:47:00 J2212+2355 - 276 283 284 297 62 17:00:00 - - 278 285D 286 293 SCAN SUMMARY for experiment N17P1 Network Monitoring Experiment Top item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. Bottom item is: Nothing requested with SUMITEM. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 62 is Fri 3 Mar 2017 MJD 57815 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Jb Wb Ef Ar 1 62 14:00:00 J1925+2106 - 0 0 0 0 62 14:15:00 sess117.P256 - 2 62 14:20:00 J2115+2933 - 179 214 114 281 62 14:30:00 - - 3 62 14:32:00 J2115+2933 - 8 11 11 9 62 14:45:00 - - 4 62 14:50:00 J2115+2933 - 9 11 12 10 62 15:00:00 - - 5 62 15:02:00 J2115+2933 - 8 11 11 10 62 15:15:00 - - 6 62 15:20:00 J2115+2933 - 8 11 12 10 62 15:30:00 - - 7 62 15:32:00 J2115+2933 - 8 11 11 9 62 15:45:00 - - 8 62 15:50:00 J2115+2933 - 8 11 12 10 62 16:00:00 - - 9 62 16:02:00 J2212+2355 - 76 60 64 297 62 16:15:00 - - 10 62 16:17:00 J2212+2355 - 8 11 11 10 62 16:30:00 - - 11 62 16:32:00 J2212+2355 - 8 11 11 9 62 16:45:00 - - 12 62 16:47:00 J2212+2355 - 8 11 11 10 62 17:00:00 - - TIME RANGE OF RECORDINGS and TOTAL BYTES: Obs. start time. Obs. end time. Total Station Day Time Day Time GBytes (UT) (UT) JODRELL1 62 14:00:00 62 17:00:00 280.8 WSTRBORK 62 14:00:00 62 17:00:00 280.8 EFLSBERG 62 14:00:00 62 17:00:00 282.1 ARECIBO 62 14:00:00 62 17:00:00 280.3 POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1923+210 19 23 49.792392 * 19 25 59.605356 19 26 42.958834 0.00 * J1925+2106 21 00 23.30496 * 21 06 26.16204 21 08 26.39524 0.00 J1925+21 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 35472 observations. 2113+293 21 13 20.577468 * 21 15 29.413456 21 16 12.136398 0.00 * J2115+2933 29 21 06.68463 * 29 33 38.36694 29 37 50.47746 0.01 J2115+29 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 42546 observations. 2209+236 22 09 45.687920 * 22 12 05.966315 22 12 52.561216 0.00 * J2212+2355 23 40 49.85188 * 23 55 40.54382 24 00 40.17529 0.01 J2212+23 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 20356 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 J1925+2106 sess117.P256 1 3 4 0.250 0.750 J2115+2933 sess117.P256 1 2 3 4 1.317 7.900 J2212+2355 sess117.P256 1 2 3 4 0.867 4.402 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) J1925+2106 58.8 J2115+2933 43.7 J2212+2355 32.5 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 SOURCE SEPARATIONS Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. J1925+2106 J2115+2933 26.0677 J2115+2933 J2212+2355 13.8225 CATALOGS, FILES, and CODE VERSIONS Catalogs: Station: ../sta.sess117.114_RDBE.dat Version: 2015Mar03-18:50:14 Location: ../loc.sess117.114.dat Version: 2015Feb26-16:00:00 Frequency: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat Version: 2015Mar03-18:50:14 Source: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc Version: Not given Source2: NONE Version: --- Other external files: Ephemeris: NONE PEAKFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/peak.cmd MSGFILE: /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/messages.txt Code versions: Release version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.87 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 0.00 Version of PGPLOT: v5.3.1 This schedule produced on: Mon Feb 20 13:31:22 2017