COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) 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 HART (Code Hh ) 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: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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 01 43 39 18.9 19.0 -1.6 0.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 01 53 41 19.6 17.2 -1.5 0.0 600 39 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 01 55 41 19.7 16.8 -1.4 0.0 99 39 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 02 00 42 20.0 15.9 -1.3 0.0 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 02 01 42 20.1 15.7 -1.3 0.0 39 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 02 08 44 20.5 14.3 -1.2 0.0 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 02 09 44 20.5 14.1 -1.2 0.0 39 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 02 16 45 20.9 12.8 -1.1 0.0 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 02 17 45 21.0 12.6 -1.1 0.0 39 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 02 24 46 21.3 11.2 -0.9 0.0 420 139 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 02 26 46 21.4 10.9 -0.9 0.0 99 139 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 02 30 47 21.5 10.1 -0.8 0.0 240 155 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 02 33 48 21.7 9.5 -0.8 0.0 159 155 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 02 43 49 22.0 7.5 -0.6 0.0 600 193 13 50 01 14 02 30 J0237+2848 02 46 20 35.2 358.0 0.1 0.0 98 193 14 02 30 14 10 00 =0234+285 02 53 51 35.1 356.0 0.2 0.0 450 222 14 02 31 14 12 00 J0237+2848 02 55 51 35.1 355.5 0.3 0.0 99 222 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 03 00 52 35.0 354.1 0.4 0.0 300 242 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 03 01 52 35.0 353.9 0.4 0.0 39 242 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 03 08 53 34.8 352.0 0.5 0.0 420 269 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 03 09 54 34.7 351.7 0.5 0.0 39 269 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 03 16 55 34.5 349.9 0.6 0.0 420 296 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 03 17 55 34.4 349.6 0.6 0.0 39 296 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 03 24 56 34.1 347.8 0.8 0.0 420 323 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 03 26 56 34.0 347.3 0.8 0.0 99 323 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 03 30 57 33.8 346.3 0.9 0.0 240 338 14 43 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 03 33 58 33.7 345.5 0.9 0.0 159 338 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 03 43 59 33.0 343.0 1.1 0.0 600 377 14 50 01 15 04 00 J0319+4130 03 48 00 22.2 354.5 0.5 0.0 188 377 15 04 00 15 10 00 =3C84 03 54 01 22.1 353.3 0.6 0.0 360 400 15 04 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 03 56 01 22.0 352.9 0.6 0.0 99 400 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 04 01 02 21.9 351.9 0.7 0.0 300 419 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 04 02 02 21.9 351.7 0.7 0.0 39 419 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 04 09 03 21.6 350.4 0.8 0.0 420 446 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 04 10 03 21.6 350.2 0.8 0.0 39 446 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 04 17 05 21.3 348.8 0.9 0.0 420 473 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 04 18 05 21.3 348.6 1.0 0.0 39 473 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 04 25 06 20.9 347.2 1.1 0.0 420 500 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 04 27 06 20.8 346.8 1.1 0.0 99 500 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 04 31 07 20.6 346.1 1.2 0.0 240 516 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 04 34 07 20.4 345.5 1.2 0.0 159 516 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 04 44 09 19.8 343.6 1.4 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: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 8 Station: HART 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= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 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= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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: 13 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