COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 00 39 30 60.7 441.4 -2.7 -70.4 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 00 49 32 62.4 442.7 -2.5 -71.0 600 39 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 00 51 32 62.8 442.9 -2.5 -71.1 117 39 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 00 56 33 63.7 443.6 -2.4 -71.3 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 00 57 33 63.8 443.7 -2.4 -71.3 57 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 01 04 34 65.1 444.7 -2.3 -71.6 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 01 05 34 65.3 444.9 -2.3 -71.7 57 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 01 12 36 66.5 445.9 -2.1 -71.9 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 01 13 36 66.7 446.0 -2.1 -72.0 57 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 01 20 37 67.9 447.0 -2.0 -72.1 420 139 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 01 22 37 68.3 447.4 -2.0 -72.2 117 139 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 01 26 38 69.0 448.0 -1.9 -72.3 240 155 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 01 29 38 69.5 448.5 -1.9 -72.3 177 155 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 01 39 40 71.3 450.2 -1.7 -72.4 600 193 13 50 01 14 02 30 J0237+2848 01 42 10 70.7 499.5 -0.9 -32.0 81 193 14 02 30 14 10 00 =0234+285 01 49 42 71.6 503.9 -0.8 -28.7 450 222 14 02 31 14 12 00 J0237+2848 01 51 42 71.8 505.1 -0.8 -27.8 117 222 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 01 56 43 72.3 508.3 -0.7 -25.4 300 242 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 01 57 43 72.3 508.9 -0.7 -24.9 57 242 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 02 04 44 72.9 513.7 -0.6 -21.2 420 269 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0237+2848 02 05 44 73.0 514.4 -0.6 -20.6 57 269 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0234+285 02 12 45 73.5 519.4 -0.4 -16.6 420 296 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0237+2848 02 13 46 73.6 520.2 -0.4 -16.0 57 296 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0234+285 02 20 47 73.9 525.5 -0.3 -11.8 420 323 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0237+2848 02 22 47 74.0 527.1 -0.3 -10.5 117 323 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0234+285 02 26 48 74.2 530.2 -0.2 -7.9 240 338 14 43 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 29 48 74.3 532.6 -0.2 -6.0 176 338 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0234+285 02 39 50 74.4 540.7 0.0 0.6 600 377 14 50 01 15 04 00 J0319+4130 02 43 51 82.6 470.2 -0.6 -63.4 140 377 15 04 00 15 10 00 =3C84 02 49 52 83.6 474.7 -0.5 -60.0 360 400 15 04 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 02 51 52 83.9 476.4 -0.5 -58.6 117 400 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 02 56 53 84.7 481.7 -0.4 -54.2 300 419 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 02 57 53 84.9 482.9 -0.4 -53.2 57 419 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 03 04 54 85.8 493.7 -0.3 -43.6 420 446 15 18 01 15 26 00 J0319+4130 03 05 54 86.0 495.6 -0.3 -41.8 56 446 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 03 12 55 86.7 512.7 -0.1 -25.9 420 473 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 03 13 56 86.8 515.7 -0.1 -23.1 56 473 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 03 20 57 87.1 539.8 -0.0 -0.1 420 500 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 03 22 57 87.0 547.1 0.0 6.8 115 500 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 03 26 58 86.9 560.9 0.1 19.8 240 516 15 43 01 15 50 00 J0319+4130 03 29 58 86.6 569.9 0.1 28.4 175 516 15 50 00 16 00 00 =3C84 03 40 00 85.4 591.4 0.3 48.1 600 555 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 --- 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: 11 Station: MEDICINA 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 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 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: 4 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