COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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 07 57 28 34.8 -58.4 4.6 77.1 0 0 13 00 00 13 10 00 =3C84 08 07 29 33.0 -57.8 4.8 75.7 600 38 13 00 01 13 12 00 J0319+4130 08 09 30 32.6 -57.7 4.8 75.4 118 38 13 12 00 13 17 00 =3C84 08 14 30 31.7 -57.4 4.9 74.7 300 58 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0319+4130 08 15 31 31.5 -57.4 4.9 74.6 58 58 13 18 00 13 25 00 =3C84 08 22 32 30.3 -57.0 5.0 73.7 420 85 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0319+4130 08 23 32 30.1 -56.9 5.0 73.5 58 85 13 26 00 13 33 00 =3C84 08 30 33 28.9 -56.5 5.2 72.6 420 112 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0319+4130 08 31 33 28.7 -56.4 5.2 72.4 58 112 13 34 00 13 41 00 =3C84 08 38 34 27.4 -55.9 5.3 71.5 420 138 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0319+4130 08 40 35 27.1 -55.8 5.3 71.2 118 138 13 43 00 13 47 00 =3C84 08 44 35 26.4 -55.5 5.4 70.7 240 154 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0319+4130 08 47 36 25.8 -55.3 5.4 70.3 178 154 13 50 00 14 00 00 =3C84 08 57 37 24.1 -54.6 5.6 68.9 600 192 13 50 01 14 02 30 J0237+2848 09 00 08 10.4 -62.4 6.4 60.1 94 192 14 02 30 14 10 00 =0234+285 09 07 39 9.0 -61.6 6.5 59.3 450 221 14 02 31 14 12 00 J0237+2848 09 09 39 8.6 -61.4 6.5 59.1 118 221 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0234+285 09 14 40 7.6 -60.8 6.6 58.6 300 240 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0237+2848 09 15 40 7.5 -60.7 6.6 58.5 58 240 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0234+285 09 22 42 6.1 -59.8 6.7 D 57.7 0 267 14 18 01 15 04 00 J0319+4130 10 01 48 13.3 -49.1 6.7 60.0 2287 267 15 04 00 15 10 00 =3C84 10 07 49 12.3 -48.6 6.8 59.1 360 290 15 04 01 15 12 00 J0319+4130 10 09 49 12.0 -48.4 6.8 58.8 118 290 15 12 00 15 17 00 =3C84 10 14 50 11.2 -47.9 6.9 58.1 300 310 15 12 01 15 18 00 J0319+4130 10 15 50 11.0 -47.8 6.9 57.9 58 310 15 18 00 15 25 00 =3C84 10 22 51 9.9 -47.0 7.0 56.9 420 337 15 18 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 --- 15 26 00 J0319+4130 10 23 52 9.7 -46.9 7.0 56.8 58 337 15 26 00 15 33 00 =3C84 10 30 53 8.6 -46.2 7.2 55.7 420 363 15 26 01 15 34 00 J0319+4130 10 31 53 8.5 -46.1 7.2 55.6 58 363 15 34 00 15 41 00 =3C84 10 38 54 7.4 -45.3 7.3 54.5 420 390 15 34 01 15 43 00 J0319+4130 10 40 54 7.1 -45.1 7.3 54.2 118 390 15 43 00 15 47 00 =3C84 10 44 55 6.5 -44.7 7.4 D 53.6 0 406 15 43 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: 16 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 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: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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