COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N24L1 Schedule Version: 1.00 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, 2024. 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 COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME and ftp fringe-test on March 1, 2024 involving 11 EVN antennas + eMERLIN : Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, O8, T6, Ur, Tr, Hh, Ir, 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) 12:43:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:13:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0237+2848) 13:48:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 14:18:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 14:48:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 1 Mar 2024 Day 61 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 116.49 116.49 116.49 116.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 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 06 40 45.0 98.0 -3.5 -46.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0234+285 23 11 41 45.8 99.0 -3.5 -45.8 300 39 12 00 01 12 10 00 J0237+2848 23 16 42 46.6 100.1 -3.4 -45.6 280 39 12 10 00 12 15 00 =0234+285 23 21 43 47.3 101.3 -3.3 -45.4 300 77 12 10 01 12 20 00 J0237+2848 23 26 44 48.1 102.4 -3.2 -45.2 280 77 12 20 00 12 30 00 =0234+285 23 36 45 49.7 104.8 -3.0 -44.6 600 155 12 20 01 12 35 00 J0237+2848 23 41 46 50.4 106.0 -3.0 -44.3 280 155 12 35 00 12 45 00 =0234+285 23 51 48 52.0 108.5 -2.8 -43.5 600 232 12 35 01 12 50 00 J0237+2848 23 56 49 52.7 109.8 -2.7 -43.1 280 232 12 50 00 13 00 00 =0234+285 00 06 50 54.2 112.6 -2.5 -42.1 600 309 12 50 01 13 05 00 J0237+2848 00 11 51 54.9 114.0 -2.5 -41.6 280 309 13 05 00 13 15 00 =0234+285 00 21 53 56.4 116.9 -2.3 -40.4 600 386 13 05 01 13 20 00 J0237+2848 00 26 53 57.1 118.4 -2.2 -39.7 279 386 13 20 00 13 30 00 =0234+285 00 36 55 58.5 121.6 -2.0 -38.2 600 464 13 20 01 13 40 00 J0530+1331 00 46 57 22.2 95.7 -4.8 -40.6 421 464 13 40 00 13 50 00 =0528+134 00 56 58 23.8 97.7 -4.6 -40.4 600 541 13 40 01 13 55 00 J0530+1331 01 01 59 24.6 98.7 -4.5 -40.3 281 541 13 55 00 14 05 00 =0528+134 01 12 01 26.2 100.7 -4.3 -40.0 600 618 13 55 01 14 10 00 J0530+1331 01 17 02 27.0 101.8 -4.3 -39.8 281 618 14 10 00 14 20 00 =0528+134 01 27 03 28.5 103.9 -4.1 -39.4 600 696 14 10 01 14 25 00 J0530+1331 01 32 04 29.3 105.0 -4.0 -39.2 280 696 14 25 00 14 35 00 =0528+134 01 42 06 30.8 107.2 -3.8 -38.7 600 773 14 25 01 14 40 00 J0530+1331 01 47 07 31.6 108.3 -3.8 -38.4 280 773 14 40 00 14 50 00 =0528+134 01 57 08 33.1 110.6 -3.6 -37.8 600 850 14 40 01 14 55 00 J0530+1331 02 02 09 33.8 111.7 -3.5 -37.4 280 850 14 55 00 15 00 00 =0528+134 02 07 10 34.6 112.9 -3.4 -37.0 300 889 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: sess124.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef18cm 18cm Prime focus receiver, standard LO ****** 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: 1 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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 = A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 116.49 116.49 116.49 116.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 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 16.769841 0.11 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 54 27.64013 0.10 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0528+134 05 28 06.759217 * 05 30 56.416748 05 32 18.432029 0.10 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28883 * 13 31 55.14950 13 33 00.62591 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 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1.000 120.000 J0530+1331 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.917 109.798 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 65.6 J0530+1331 101.5 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