COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: test of NRAO RDBE/DDC + EVN for Gb/s (C-band) Exp. Code: F13C4 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Bob Campbell Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo Phone: +31 521 596-534 EMAIL: campbell@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596-534 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 test of NRAO RDBE/DDC + EVN for Gb/s (C-band) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2013 Day 148 --- Next scan frequencies: 4940.75 4940.75 4940.75 4940.75 4972.75 4972.75 4972.75 4972.75 5019.25 5019.25 5019.25 5019.25 5051.25 5051.25 5051.25 5051.25 Next BBC frequencies: 340.75 340.75 340.75 340.75 372.75 372.75 372.75 372.75 419.25 419.25 419.25 419.25 451.25 451.25 451.25 451.25 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 J2005+7752 03 11 01 40.0 344.8 7.1 63.3 0 0 10 00 00 10 12 00 =2007+777 03 23 03 39.5 345.2 7.3 60.6 720 46 10 00 04 10 12 26 J2005+7752 03 23 29 39.5 345.2 7.3 60.5 23 46 10 12 26 10 14 06 =2007+777 03 25 09 39.4 345.3 7.3 60.1 100 52 10 12 30 10 14 26 J2005+7752 03 25 30 39.4 345.3 7.3 60.0 17 52 10 14 26 10 19 06 =2007+777 03 30 10 39.2 345.4 7.4 59.0 280 70 10 14 30 10 19 26 J2005+7752 03 30 30 39.1 345.4 7.4 58.9 17 70 10 19 26 10 24 06 =2007+777 03 35 11 38.9 345.6 7.5 57.9 280 88 10 19 30 10 24 26 J2005+7752 03 35 31 38.9 345.6 7.5 57.8 17 88 10 24 26 10 29 06 =2007+777 03 40 12 38.7 345.8 7.6 56.7 280 106 10 24 30 10 29 26 J2005+7752 03 40 32 38.7 345.8 7.6 56.7 17 106 10 29 26 10 34 06 =2007+777 03 45 13 38.5 346.0 7.7 55.6 280 124 10 29 30 Next scan frequencies: 4979.75 4979.75 4979.75 4979.75 5012.25 5012.25 5012.25 5012.25 Next BBC frequencies: 379.75 379.75 379.75 379.75 412.25 412.25 412.25 412.25 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 10 37 06 J2005+7752 03 48 13 38.4 346.1 7.7 55.0 177 124 10 37 06 10 38 46 =2007+777 03 49 54 38.3 346.2 7.7 54.6 100 131 10 37 34 10 39 06 J2005+7752 03 50 14 38.3 346.2 7.8 54.5 17 131 10 39 06 10 43 46 =2007+777 03 54 54 38.1 346.3 7.8 53.5 280 148 10 39 10 10 44 06 J2005+7752 03 55 14 38.1 346.4 7.8 53.4 17 148 10 44 06 10 48 46 =2007+777 03 59 55 37.9 346.5 7.9 52.4 280 166 10 44 10 10 49 06 J2005+7752 04 00 15 37.9 346.6 7.9 52.3 17 166 10 49 06 10 53 46 =2007+777 04 04 56 37.7 346.8 8.0 51.3 280 184 10 49 10 10 54 06 J2005+7752 04 05 16 37.7 346.8 8.0 51.2 17 184 10 54 06 10 58 46 =2007+777 04 09 57 37.5 347.0 8.1 50.2 280 202 10 54 10 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: CG.evn.rdbeddc Matching groups in ./freq.sess213rdbe.dat: mc6cm Values confirmed by E-mail A.Orfei (JFD 2Oct98) Setup group: 23 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 16 Setup file default. LO sum= 4940.75 4940.75 4940.75 4940.75 4972.75 4972.75 4972.75 4972.75 5019.25 5019.25 5019.25 5019.25 5051.25 5051.25 5051.25 5051.25 BBC fr= 340.75 340.75 340.75 340.75 372.75 372.75 372.75 372.75 419.25 419.25 419.25 419.25 451.25 451.25 451.25 451.25 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: 16 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: C5.evn.rdbeddc Matching groups in ./freq.sess213rdbe.dat: mc6cm Values confirmed by E-mail A.Orfei (JFD 2Oct98) Setup group: 36 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 39 Setup file default. LO sum= 4979.75 4979.75 4979.75 4979.75 5012.25 5012.25 5012.25 5012.25 BBC fr= 379.75 379.75 379.75 379.75 412.25 412.25 412.25 412.25 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 39 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19, 66, 82, 67, 83 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J2005+7752 20 07 20.430170 * 20 05 30.998498 20 05 05.274132 0.48 2007+777 77 43 58.12300 * 77 52 43.24753 77 54 54.97866 0.10 J2005+77 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 16337 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 J2005+7752 CG.evn.rdbeddc 1 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 + 0.539 131.939 C5.evn.rdbeddc 25 26 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 + 0.339 85.739 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) J2005+7752 75.6 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