COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N20K1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Dhanya G.Nair Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: nair@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm (K-band) ftp fringe test for session 1/2020 (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 2nd March 2020 involving 20 telescopes: Jb2 Ef On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Mh Kt Ky Ku Cm Da Kn Pi With 4 sec integration time 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 20 min throughout the experiment: 10:18:00 J0205+3212 10:38:00 J0205+3212 10:58:00 J0205+3212 11:18:00 J0238+1636 11:38:00 J0238+1636 11:58:00 0234+285 12:18:00 0234+285 12:38:00 0234+285 12:58:00 0234+285 Clear skies! Dhanya G.Nair Skype account: jive.support.scientist Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 2 Mar 2020 Day 62 --- 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: 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 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 10 00 00 J0205+3212 21 10 10 34.1 78.9 -4.9 -47.6 0 0 10 00 00 10 05 00 =0202+319 21 15 11 34.9 79.7 -4.9 -47.7 300 39 10 00 01 10 07 00 J0205+3212 21 17 11 35.2 80.1 -4.8 -47.8 102 39 10 07 00 10 20 00 =0202+319 21 30 13 37.2 82.4 -4.6 -48.2 780 139 10 07 01 10 22 45 J0205+3212 21 32 58 37.7 82.8 -4.6 -48.3 146 139 10 22 45 10 25 00 =0202+319 21 35 14 38.0 83.2 -4.5 -48.3 135 157 10 22 46 10 27 00 J0205+3212 21 37 14 38.3 83.6 -4.5 -48.4 102 157 10 27 00 10 40 00 =0202+319 21 50 16 40.4 86.0 -4.3 -48.6 780 257 10 27 01 10 42 45 J0205+3212 21 53 02 40.8 86.5 -4.2 -48.7 146 257 10 42 45 10 45 00 =0202+319 21 55 17 41.2 86.9 -4.2 -48.7 135 274 10 42 46 10 47 00 J0205+3212 21 57 17 41.5 87.3 -4.1 -48.7 101 274 10 47 00 11 00 00 =0202+319 22 10 20 43.6 89.7 -3.9 -48.8 780 375 10 47 01 11 02 00 J0205+3212 22 12 20 43.9 90.1 -3.9 -48.8 101 375 11 02 00 11 05 00 =0202+319 22 15 20 44.4 90.7 -3.8 -48.8 180 398 11 02 01 11 07 00 J0238+1636 22 17 21 28.3 98.0 -4.4 -41.1 25 398 11 07 00 11 20 00 =0235+164 22 30 23 30.3 100.7 -4.2 -40.7 780 499 11 07 01 11 22 05 J0238+1636 22 32 28 30.6 101.2 -4.1 -40.6 106 499 11 22 05 11 25 00 =0235+164 22 35 24 31.1 101.8 -4.1 -40.5 175 521 11 22 06 11 27 00 J0238+1636 22 37 24 31.4 102.2 -4.0 -40.4 101 521 11 27 00 11 40 00 =0235+164 22 50 26 33.4 105.0 -3.8 -39.9 780 622 11 27 01 11 42 00 J0238+1636 22 52 27 33.7 105.5 -3.8 -39.8 101 622 11 42 00 11 45 00 =0235+164 22 55 27 34.2 106.1 -3.7 -39.6 180 645 11 42 01 11 47 00 0234+285 22 57 27 43.6 96.1 -3.7 -46.2 53 645 11 47 00 12 00 00 --- 23 10 29 45.6 98.9 -3.5 -45.8 780 745 11 47 01 12 02 00 0234+285 23 12 30 45.9 99.3 -3.4 -45.8 101 745 12 02 00 12 05 00 --- 23 15 30 46.4 100.0 -3.4 -45.7 180 768 12 02 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 2 Mar 2020 Day 62 --- 12 07 00 0234+285 23 17 31 46.7 100.4 -3.4 -45.6 101 768 12 07 00 12 20 00 --- 23 30 33 48.7 103.4 -3.1 -44.9 780 869 12 07 01 12 22 00 0234+285 23 32 33 49.0 103.9 -3.1 -44.8 101 869 12 22 00 12 25 00 --- 23 35 34 49.5 104.6 -3.1 -44.6 180 892 12 22 01 12 27 00 0234+285 23 37 34 49.8 105.1 -3.0 -44.5 101 892 12 27 00 12 40 00 --- 23 50 36 51.8 108.3 -2.8 -43.6 780 993 12 27 01 12 42 00 0234+285 23 52 36 52.1 108.8 -2.8 -43.4 101 993 12 42 00 12 45 00 --- 23 55 37 52.6 109.6 -2.7 -43.2 180 1016 12 42 01 12 47 00 0234+285 23 57 37 52.9 110.1 -2.7 -43.0 101 1016 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 00 10 39 54.8 113.7 -2.5 -41.7 780 1116 12 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.K1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef1cm_d 1.3cm secondary focus, IF 500-1000 MHz ****** Only 128.00 of 256.00 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: 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= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 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 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 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 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 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= 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 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: 2 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) 0202+319 02 02 09.652800 * 02 05 04.925362 02 06 13.714633 0.00 * J0205+3212 31 58 10.39522 * 32 12 30.09544 32 18 10.65415 0.00 J0205+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 49141 observations. * 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 39 01.986830 0.00 J0237+2848 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98999 28 53 16.22933 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 58420 observations. 0235+164 02 35 52.630214 * 02 38 38.930106 02 39 44.342468 0.12 * J0238+1636 16 24 04.01612 * 16 36 59.27454 16 42 01.81891 0.16 J0238+16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 64441 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 J0205+3212 sess120.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.858 163.083 0234+285 sess120.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 1.017 193.167 J0238+1636 sess120.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.532 98.126 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) J0205+3212 60.1 0234+285 64.7 J0238+1636 60.4 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