COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23L1 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Junghwan Oh Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991 PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 627454602 EMAIL: oh@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: L-band (18 cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 1, 2023. 1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 BBC, 32 MHz filters MER: 512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 BBC, 64 MHz filters v4: adds Ed/Od for DBBC3 testing with 128MHHz filters COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on March 6, 2023 involving 10 EVN antennas + eMERLIN : Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, O8, T6, Ur, Tr, Hh, Cm, Da, Kn, Pi, De The NME uses a standard setup with 1024 Mbps (512 Mbps for eMERLIN). The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:13:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 12:43:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 13:13:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848, 18cm setup) 13:48:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0530+1331, 18cm setup) 14:18:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0530+1331, 18cm setup) 14:48:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0530+1331, 18cm setup) Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 6 Mar 2023 Day 65 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J0237+2848 23 42 27 51.9 458.9 -2.9 -53.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0234+285 23 47 28 52.7 460.0 -2.9 -53.3 300 39 12 00 01 12 10 00 J0237+2848 23 52 29 53.6 461.1 -2.8 -53.1 297 39 12 10 00 12 15 00 =0234+285 23 57 29 54.5 462.2 -2.7 -52.8 300 77 12 10 01 12 20 00 J0237+2848 00 02 30 55.4 463.3 -2.6 -52.4 297 77 12 20 00 12 30 00 =0234+285 00 12 32 57.1 465.8 -2.4 -51.6 600 155 12 20 01 12 35 00 J0237+2848 00 17 33 57.9 467.1 -2.4 -51.1 297 155 12 35 00 12 45 00 =0234+285 00 27 34 59.6 469.7 -2.2 -50.0 600 232 12 35 01 12 50 00 J0237+2848 00 32 35 60.5 471.2 -2.1 -49.4 297 232 12 50 00 13 00 00 =0234+285 00 42 37 62.1 474.2 -1.9 -48.0 600 309 12 50 01 13 05 00 J0237+2848 00 47 38 62.9 475.8 -1.9 -47.2 297 309 13 05 00 13 15 00 =0234+285 00 57 39 64.5 479.2 -1.7 -45.3 600 386 13 05 01 13 20 00 J0237+2848 01 02 40 65.3 481.1 -1.6 -44.2 297 386 13 20 00 13 30 00 =0234+285 01 12 42 66.8 485.0 -1.4 -41.8 600 464 13 20 01 13 40 00 J0530+1331 01 22 43 29.1 459.8 -4.2 -46.3 517 464 13 40 00 13 50 00 =0528+134 01 32 45 30.8 461.8 -4.0 -45.9 600 541 13 40 01 13 55 00 J0530+1331 01 37 46 31.7 462.8 -3.9 -45.7 297 541 13 55 00 14 05 00 =0528+134 01 47 48 33.4 464.8 -3.7 -45.2 600 618 13 55 01 14 10 00 J0530+1331 01 52 48 34.3 465.8 -3.7 -44.9 297 618 14 10 00 14 20 00 =0528+134 02 02 50 36.0 467.9 -3.5 -44.2 600 696 14 10 01 14 25 00 J0530+1331 02 07 51 36.8 469.0 -3.4 -43.9 297 696 14 25 00 14 35 00 =0528+134 02 17 52 38.5 471.3 -3.2 -43.1 600 773 14 25 01 14 40 00 J0530+1331 02 22 53 39.3 472.4 -3.2 -42.7 297 773 14 40 00 14 50 00 =0528+134 02 32 55 41.0 474.8 -3.0 -41.8 600 850 14 40 01 14 55 00 J0530+1331 02 37 56 41.8 476.0 -2.9 -41.2 297 850 14 55 00 15 00 00 =0528+134 02 42 57 42.6 477.2 -2.8 -40.7 300 889 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess123.L1024 --- 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: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 0234+285 02 34 55.589593 * 02 37 52.405680 02 39 12.875930 0.11 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 54 09.64113 0.10 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0528+134 05 28 06.759217 * 05 30 56.416748 05 32 14.662233 0.10 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28883 * 13 31 55.14950 13 32 56.66992 0.10 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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 sess123.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 + 1.000 136.000 J0530+1331 sess123.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 + 0.917 124.440 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 61.5 J0530+1331 97.3 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