COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11M2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Stefanie Muehle Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2011 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 26 May 2011. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C84, DA193 and 4C39.25 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:35 (scan 04, 4 sec, DA193) ~13:18 (scan 19, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~14:15 (scan 35, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~14:54 (scan 43, 4 sec, 4C39.25) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (OMC-1S), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! Good luck with the session! Stefanie Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- Next scan frequencies: 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 Next BBC frequencies: 740.52 740.52 740.52 740.52 756.52 756.52 756.52 756.52 772.52 772.52 772.52 772.52 788.52 788.52 788.52 788.52 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 25 00 DA193 12 44 43 11.1 -49.9 6.8 58.6 0 0 12 25 00 12 30 00 --- 12 49 43 10.3 -49.4 6.9 57.9 300 19 12 25 01 12 31 00 DA193 12 50 44 10.1 -49.3 6.9 57.7 58 19 12 31 00 12 36 00 --- 12 55 44 9.3 -48.8 7.0 57.0 300 39 12 31 01 12 39 00 DA193 12 58 45 8.8 -48.5 7.0 56.6 178 39 12 39 00 12 49 00 --- 13 08 47 7.3 -47.4 7.2 55.1 600 77 12 39 01 12 53 00 4C39.25 13 12 47 44.0 -64.0 3.8 81.8 174 77 12 53 00 12 54 30 --- 13 14 17 43.7 -63.9 3.8 81.6 90 83 12 53 01 12 54 30 J0926+4029 13 14 17 43.7 -61.9 3.8 82.9 -6 83 No stop 12 56 00 =0922+407 13 15 48 43.4 -61.8 3.8 82.7 84 89 12 54 31 12 56 00 4C39.25 13 15 48 43.4 -63.8 3.8 81.4 -6 89 No stop 12 57 30 --- 13 17 18 43.1 -63.8 3.8 81.2 84 95 12 56 01 12 57 30 J0926+4029 13 17 18 43.1 -61.8 3.8 82.5 -6 95 No stop 12 59 00 =0922+407 13 18 48 42.9 -61.7 3.9 82.3 84 101 12 57 31 12 59 00 4C39.25 13 18 48 42.8 -63.7 3.9 81.1 -6 101 No stop 13 00 30 --- 13 20 18 42.6 -63.7 3.9 80.9 84 106 12 59 01 13 00 30 J0926+4029 13 20 18 42.6 -61.7 3.9 82.0 -6 106 No stop 13 02 00 =0922+407 13 21 49 42.3 -61.6 3.9 81.8 84 112 13 00 31 13 03 00 4C39.25 13 22 49 42.1 -63.6 3.9 80.5 54 112 13 03 00 13 04 30 --- 13 24 19 41.8 -63.5 3.9 80.3 90 118 13 03 01 13 04 30 J0926+4029 13 24 19 41.8 -61.5 4.0 81.5 -6 118 No stop 13 06 00 =0922+407 13 25 49 41.5 -61.5 4.0 81.3 84 124 13 04 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- 13 06 00 4C39.25 13 25 49 41.5 -63.4 4.0 80.1 -6 124 No stop 13 07 30 --- 13 27 20 41.2 -63.4 4.0 80.0 84 130 13 06 01 13 07 30 J0926+4029 13 27 20 41.3 -61.4 4.0 81.1 -6 130 No stop 13 09 00 =0922+407 13 28 50 41.0 -61.3 4.0 80.9 84 135 13 07 31 13 09 00 4C39.25 13 28 50 40.9 -63.3 4.0 79.8 -6 135 No stop 13 10 30 --- 13 30 20 40.6 -63.2 4.0 79.6 84 141 13 09 01 13 10 30 J0926+4029 13 30 20 40.7 -61.3 4.1 80.7 -6 141 No stop 13 12 00 =0922+407 13 31 50 40.4 -61.2 4.1 80.5 84 147 13 10 31 13 13 00 4C39.25 13 32 50 40.2 -63.1 4.1 79.3 54 147 13 13 00 13 15 00 --- 13 34 51 39.8 -63.0 4.1 79.0 120 155 13 13 01 13 16 00 4C39.25 13 35 51 39.6 -63.0 4.1 78.9 58 155 13 16 00 13 20 00 --- 13 39 52 38.8 -62.8 4.2 78.4 240 170 13 16 01 13 23 00 4C39.25 13 42 52 38.3 -62.6 4.3 78.0 178 170 13 23 00 13 24 30 --- 13 44 22 38.0 -62.5 4.3 77.8 90 176 13 23 01 13 24 30 J0926+4029 13 44 22 38.1 -60.7 4.3 78.8 -6 176 No stop 13 26 00 =0922+407 13 45 53 37.8 -60.6 4.3 78.6 84 182 13 24 31 13 26 00 4C39.25 13 45 53 37.7 -62.4 4.3 77.6 -6 182 No stop 13 27 30 --- 13 47 23 37.4 -62.4 4.3 77.4 84 188 13 26 01 13 27 30 J0926+4029 13 47 23 37.5 -60.5 4.3 78.4 -6 188 No stop 13 29 00 =0922+407 13 48 53 37.2 -60.4 4.4 78.2 84 194 13 27 31 13 29 00 4C39.25 13 48 53 37.1 -62.3 4.4 77.2 -6 194 No stop 13 30 30 --- 13 50 23 36.8 -62.2 4.4 77.1 84 199 13 29 01 13 30 30 J0926+4029 13 50 23 36.9 -60.4 4.4 78.0 -6 199 No stop 13 32 00 =0922+407 13 51 54 36.7 -60.3 4.4 77.8 84 205 13 30 31 13 32 00 4C39.25 13 51 54 36.5 -62.1 4.4 76.9 -6 205 No stop 13 33 30 --- 13 53 24 36.3 -62.0 4.4 76.7 84 211 13 32 01 14 08 30 4C39.25 14 28 30 29.7 -59.9 5.0 72.3 2097 211 14 08 30 14 10 30 --- 14 30 30 29.3 -59.7 5.0 72.1 120 219 14 08 31 14 11 30 4C39.25 14 31 30 29.1 -59.7 5.1 72.0 58 219 14 11 30 14 15 30 --- 14 35 31 28.4 -59.4 5.1 71.5 240 234 14 11 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- 14 18 30 4C39.25 14 38 31 27.8 -59.2 5.2 71.1 178 234 14 18 30 14 20 30 --- 14 40 32 27.5 -59.0 5.2 70.8 120 242 14 18 31 14 20 30 J0926+4029 14 40 32 27.7 -57.4 5.2 71.4 -6 242 No stop 14 27 30 =0922+407 14 47 33 26.5 -56.9 5.3 70.5 414 269 14 20 31 14 28 30 4C39.25 14 48 33 26.0 -58.4 5.3 69.8 54 269 14 28 30 14 30 30 --- 14 50 33 25.6 -58.3 5.4 69.6 120 277 14 28 31 14 30 30 J0926+4029 14 50 33 25.9 -56.7 5.4 70.1 -6 277 No stop 14 37 30 =0922+407 14 57 34 24.7 -56.2 5.5 69.2 414 304 14 30 31 14 38 30 4C39.25 14 58 35 24.2 -57.7 5.5 68.6 54 304 14 38 30 14 40 30 --- 15 00 35 23.8 -57.5 5.5 68.3 120 312 14 38 31 14 40 30 J0926+4029 15 00 35 24.2 -56.0 5.6 68.8 -6 312 No stop 14 47 30 =0922+407 15 07 36 22.9 -55.4 5.7 67.9 414 339 14 40 31 14 48 30 4C39.25 15 08 36 22.4 -56.9 5.7 67.3 54 339 14 48 30 14 50 30 --- 15 10 36 22.0 -56.7 5.7 67.1 120 346 14 48 31 14 51 30 4C39.25 15 11 37 21.8 -56.6 5.7 66.9 58 346 14 51 30 14 54 30 --- 15 14 37 21.3 -56.4 5.8 66.6 180 358 14 51 31 14 57 30 4C39.25 15 17 38 20.8 -56.1 5.8 66.2 178 358 14 57 30 15 00 00 --- 15 20 08 20.3 -55.9 5.9 65.9 150 368 14 57 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.M512 Matching groups in ./n11m2_freq.dat: sh5cm Email from Shen Zhiqiang, 30 Jan 2010 Setup group: 7 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 BBC fr= 740.52 740.52 740.52 740.52 756.52 756.52 756.52 756.52 772.52 772.52 772.52 772.52 788.52 788.52 788.52 788.52 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * OMC-1S 05 32 46.481300 * 05 35 13.930000 05 35 47.232344 0.00 -05 25 58.77005 *-05 24 05.30000 -05 23 45.35473 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.250 scan and 5.112 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0319+4130 03 16 29.567258 * 03 19 48.160088 03 20 33.170779 1.66 0316+413 41 19 51.91695 * 41 30 42.10408 41 33 05.90758 2.78 * 3C84 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2010a astro solution 10264 Observations 0.333 scan and 7.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 * J0541-0541 05 39 10.994583 * 05 41 38.083371 05 42 11.311730 0.04 0539-057 -05 43 15.02830 *-05 41 49.42843 -05 41 36.10081 0.08 J0541-05 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 727 Observations 0.133 scan and 2.392 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 18.312060 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 54.59441 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.333 scan and 9.202 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 * J0926+4029 09 22 50.724317 * 09 26 00.426852 09 26 44.290203 0.12 0922+407 40 42 49.48289 * 40 29 49.67264 40 26 54.79752 0.19 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 90 Observations 0.575 scan and 14.025 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 46.432079 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 24.89995 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.675 scan and 17.693 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 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) OMC-1S 33.5 3C84 23.1 J0541-0541 34.7 DA193 29.0 J0926+4029 68.1 4C39.25 68.5 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