COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18C1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Ross Burns Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 1/2018 (512 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 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 28th Feb 2017 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir, Km The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrators J0319+4130 and J0237+2848 for ftp-fringe tests; The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 13:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0319+4130 (AKA 3C84)) 13:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 14:15:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 14:45:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 15:15:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 15:45:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, J0319+4130) Good luck with the session! Ross Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2018 Day 64 --- 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: 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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 13 00 00 J0319+4130 00 20 27 58.0 88.4 -3.0 -58.2 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 30 29 59.6 90.3 -2.8 -58.2 600 39 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 00 32 29 59.9 90.7 -2.8 -58.2 109 39 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 00 37 30 60.7 91.7 -2.7 -58.2 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 00 38 30 60.8 91.9 -2.7 -58.1 49 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 00 45 31 61.9 93.4 -2.6 -58.0 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 00 46 31 62.1 93.6 -2.6 -58.0 49 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 00 53 32 63.2 95.1 -2.5 -57.8 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 00 54 33 63.4 95.3 -2.4 -57.8 49 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 01 01 34 64.5 96.9 -2.3 -57.5 420 139 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 01 03 34 64.8 97.4 -2.3 -57.4 108 139 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 01 07 35 65.4 98.4 -2.2 -57.2 240 155 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 01 10 35 65.9 99.1 -2.2 -57.0 168 155 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 01 20 37 67.5 101.7 -2.0 -56.3 600 193 13 50 01 14 02 30 J0237+2848 01 23 07 64.1 139.4 -1.3 -28.2 30 193 14 02 30 14 10 00 =0234+285 01 30 39 64.8 142.8 -1.1 -26.0 450 222 14 02 31 14 12 00 J0237+2848 01 32 39 65.0 143.8 -1.1 -25.4 106 222 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 01 37 40 65.5 146.2 -1.0 -23.9 300 242 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 01 38 40 65.6 146.6 -1.0 -23.5 47 242 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 01 45 41 66.1 150.1 -0.9 -21.2 420 269 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 01 46 41 66.2 150.6 -0.9 -20.9 47 269 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 01 53 42 66.7 154.2 -0.8 -18.4 420 296 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 01 54 42 66.8 154.8 -0.7 -18.0 47 296 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 02 01 44 67.2 158.5 -0.6 -15.4 420 323 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 02 03 44 67.4 159.6 -0.6 -14.6 106 323 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 02 07 45 67.6 161.9 -0.5 -13.1 240 338 14 43 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2018 Day 64 --- 14 50 00 J0237+2848 02 10 45 67.7 163.6 -0.5 -11.9 165 338 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 02 20 47 68.1 169.3 -0.3 -7.7 600 377 14 50 01 15 04 00 J0319+4130 02 24 47 76.8 127.3 -0.9 -42.5 106 377 15 04 00 15 10 00 =3C84 02 30 48 77.5 131.1 -0.8 -39.8 360 400 15 04 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 02 32 49 77.8 132.5 -0.8 -38.8 105 400 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 02 37 50 78.4 136.1 -0.7 -36.1 300 419 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 02 38 50 78.5 136.8 -0.7 -35.6 45 419 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 02 45 51 79.2 142.5 -0.6 -31.2 420 446 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 02 46 51 79.3 143.3 -0.6 -30.5 45 446 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 02 53 52 79.9 149.8 -0.5 -25.3 420 473 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 02 54 52 80.0 150.7 -0.4 -24.5 44 473 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 03 01 53 80.5 157.9 -0.3 -18.6 420 500 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 03 03 54 80.6 160.1 -0.3 -16.8 102 500 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 03 07 54 80.8 164.6 -0.2 -13.1 240 516 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 03 10 55 80.9 168.0 -0.2 -10.2 161 516 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 03 20 57 81.1 179.9 -0.0 -0.0 600 555 15 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess118.C512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** Only 32.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 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 = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 866.49 866.49 866.49 866.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 882.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 898.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 914.49 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: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 55.340534 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 43.07865 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 54650 observations. 3C84 03 16 29.567263 * 03 19 48.160094 03 20 59.169032 1.30 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 34.03512 2.69 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 10208 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 J0237+2848 sess118.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.792 98.192 J0319+4130 sess118.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 1.600 194.933 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) J0237+2848 62.1 J0319+4130 75.1 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