COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: F21K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Dhanya 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 1/2021 (2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 x 32 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 15th March 2021 from 13:30-14:30 UT involving the following antennas: Jb2 Ef Mc On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Kt Ky Ku The FTP-test uses a standard setup at 2048 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrator: The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 13:38:00 scan01 J0530+1331 13:58:00 scan03 J0530+1331 14:18:00 scan05 J0530+1331 Clear skies! Dhanya G.Nair Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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 15 Mar 2021 Day 74 --- Next scan frequencies: 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 Next BBC frequencies: 876.51 876.51 876.51 876.51 812.51 812.51 812.51 812.51 748.51 748.51 748.51 748.51 684.51 684.51 684.51 684.51 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 30 00 J0530+1331 00 54 17 23.1 98.3 -4.6 -37.5 0 0 13 30 00 13 40 00 =0528+134 01 04 19 24.5 100.4 -4.5 -37.3 600 155 13 30 01 13 43 00 J0530+1331 01 07 19 25.0 101.1 -4.4 -37.2 175 155 13 43 00 13 47 00 =0528+134 01 11 20 25.6 101.9 -4.3 -37.0 240 216 13 43 01 13 50 00 J0530+1331 01 14 20 26.0 102.6 -4.3 -36.9 175 216 13 50 00 14 00 00 =0528+134 01 24 22 27.5 104.8 -4.1 -36.5 600 371 13 50 01 14 03 00 J0530+1331 01 27 23 27.9 105.4 -4.1 -36.4 175 371 14 03 00 14 07 00 =0528+134 01 31 23 28.5 106.3 -4.0 -36.2 240 433 14 03 01 14 10 00 J0530+1331 01 34 24 28.9 107.0 -4.0 -36.1 175 433 14 10 00 14 20 00 =0528+134 01 44 25 30.3 109.3 -3.8 -35.5 600 587 14 10 01 14 23 00 J0530+1331 01 47 26 30.8 110.0 -3.7 -35.4 174 587 14 23 00 14 27 00 =0528+134 01 51 27 31.3 110.9 -3.7 -35.1 240 649 14 23 01 14 28 00 J0530+1331 01 52 27 31.5 111.1 -3.7 -35.1 55 649 14 28 00 14 30 00 =0528+134 01 54 27 31.8 111.6 -3.6 -34.9 120 680 14 28 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess121.K2048 --- 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: 5 Station: JODRELL2 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 23016.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 A2 B2 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 BBC fr= 876.51 876.51 876.51 876.51 812.51 812.51 812.51 812.51 748.51 748.51 748.51 748.51 684.51 684.51 684.51 684.51 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 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) 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416746 05 32 07.259142 0.21 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28882 * 13 31 55.14948 13 32 46.58655 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 138236 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 J0530+1331 sess121.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 13 14 0.733 88.000 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) J0530+1331 87.9 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