COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jay Blanchard Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: blanchard@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm (K-band) ftp fringe test for session 1/2018 (1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3 cm K-band fringe test on March 12 2018 involving 14 telescopes: Jb2 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Sv Zc Bd Hh Mh The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 1024 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 13:28:00 0234+285 13:58:00 DA193 14:28:00 DA193 14:58:00 0454+039 15:28:00 0528+134 15:58:00 0528+134 Clear skies! Jay Skype account: jive.support.scientist Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 12 Mar 2018 Day 71 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 187.49 187.49 187.49 187.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 13 00 00 0234+285 02 11 15 34.8 7.4 -0.5 0.0 0 0 13 00 00 13 15 00 --- 02 26 18 35.1 3.4 -0.2 0.0 900 116 13 00 01 13 17 00 0234+285 02 28 18 35.2 2.8 -0.2 0.0 99 116 13 17 00 13 30 00 --- 02 41 20 35.2 359.4 0.0 0.0 780 216 13 17 01 13 32 00 0234+285 02 43 21 35.2 358.8 0.1 0.0 99 216 13 32 00 13 45 00 --- 02 56 23 35.1 355.3 0.3 0.0 780 317 13 32 01 13 47 00 DA193 02 58 23 12.3 33.5 -3.0 0.0 -5 317 13 47 00 14 00 00 --- 03 11 25 13.8 31.5 -2.8 0.0 775 417 13 47 01 14 02 00 DA193 03 13 26 14.1 31.2 -2.7 0.0 99 417 14 02 00 14 15 00 --- 03 26 28 15.5 29.1 -2.5 0.0 780 518 14 02 01 14 17 00 DA193 03 28 28 15.8 28.8 -2.5 0.0 99 518 14 17 00 14 30 00 --- 03 41 30 17.1 26.6 -2.3 0.0 780 618 14 17 01 14 32 00 DA193 03 43 30 17.3 26.2 -2.2 0.0 99 618 14 32 00 14 45 00 --- 03 56 33 18.6 23.9 -2.0 0.0 780 719 14 32 01 14 47 00 0454+039 03 58 33 56.8 27.7 -1.0 0.0 21 719 14 47 00 15 00 00 --- 04 11 35 58.1 22.1 -0.8 0.0 780 819 14 47 01 15 02 00 0454+039 04 13 35 58.2 21.3 -0.7 0.0 99 819 15 02 00 15 15 00 --- 04 26 37 59.1 15.3 -0.5 0.0 780 920 15 02 01 15 17 00 0528+134 04 28 38 47.7 23.2 -1.1 0.0 74 920 15 17 00 15 30 00 --- 04 41 40 48.7 18.7 -0.8 0.0 780 1020 15 17 01 15 32 00 0528+134 04 43 40 48.9 18.0 -0.8 0.0 99 1020 15 32 00 15 45 00 --- 04 56 42 49.6 13.3 -0.6 0.0 780 1121 15 32 01 15 47 00 0528+134 04 58 43 49.7 12.6 -0.6 0.0 99 1121 15 47 00 16 00 00 --- 05 11 45 50.3 7.7 -0.3 0.0 780 1221 15 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess118.K1024nme --- 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: 7 Station: HART Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 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= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 187.49 187.49 187.49 187.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 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 55.251536 0.00 J0237+2848 28 35 11.40776 * 28 48 08.99001 28 52 42.37045 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 54650 observations. * 0454+039 04 54 08.968859 * 04 56 47.174717 04 57 43.880312 0.22 J0456+0400 03 56 14.46649 * 04 00 52.94701 04 02 17.87570 0.42 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 144 observations. * 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 57.421250 0.21 J0530+1331 13 29 42.28885 * 13 31 55.14952 13 32 30.66110 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 135789 observations. 0552+398 05 52 01.407169 * 05 55 30.805611 05 56 46.257878 0.00 J0555+3948 39 48 21.94581 * 39 48 49.16496 39 48 55.19860 0.00 * DA193 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0555+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 394383 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 0234+285 sess118.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.683 116.850 0454+039 sess118.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.433 66.700 0528+134 sess118.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.650 111.150 DA193 sess118.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.867 145.746 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) 0234+285 55.4 0454+039 82.1 0528+134 91.1 DA193 97.1 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