COVER INFORMATION Station: MC_DBBC (Code Md ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N13M2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2013 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 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 29 May 2013 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 Jb2 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys (Jm, Od, Nd, Md, Td, Yd). The NME uses a standard setup with 128 Mbps (like experiment EG073A). The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like J0137+3309 and 0528+134 as well as phase-referencing part with a continuum source as target (0528+134, J0522+1415). Because the M-band experiments of the session are methanol maser experiments, a phase-referencing part with a maser source (W3OH) as target is also included. Three ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 12:07:58 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0137+3309) 12:56:28 (scan 17, 2 sec, 0528+134) 13:52:28 (scan 31, 2 sec, 0528+134) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly and that Phase-cal is OFF. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 29 May 2013 Day 149 --- Next scan frequencies: 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 Next BBC frequencies: 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 J0137+3309 05 15 17 47.1 274.0 3.6 58.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 03 00 =0134+329 05 18 18 46.6 274.5 3.7 58.2 180 3 12 00 01 12 04 00 J0137+3309 05 19 18 46.4 274.7 3.7 58.2 57 3 12 04 00 12 09 00 =0134+329 05 24 19 45.5 275.5 3.8 58.0 300 8 12 04 01 12 11 00 J0137+3309 05 26 19 45.2 275.8 3.8 58.0 117 8 12 11 00 12 13 00 =0134+329 05 28 20 44.8 276.1 3.8 57.9 120 10 12 11 01 12 17 00 0528+134 05 32 20 59.0 540.3 0.0 0.2 -117 10 12 17 00 12 20 00 --- 05 35 21 59.0 541.7 0.1 1.3 63 13 12 17 01 12 20 00 J0522+1415 05 35 21 59.6 545.7 0.2 4.2 -9 13 No stop 12 22 00 =0519+142 05 37 21 59.6 546.6 0.2 4.9 111 15 12 20 01 12 22 00 0528+134 05 37 21 59.0 542.7 0.1 2.0 -9 15 No stop 12 25 00 --- 05 40 22 59.0 544.1 0.1 3.0 171 17 12 22 01 12 25 30 J0522+1415 05 40 52 59.5 548.3 0.3 6.1 21 17 12 25 30 12 27 30 =0519+142 05 42 52 59.5 549.3 0.3 6.8 120 19 12 25 31 12 27 30 0528+134 05 42 52 58.9 545.3 0.2 3.9 -9 19 No stop 12 30 30 --- 05 45 52 58.9 546.7 0.2 4.9 171 22 12 27 31 12 30 30 J0522+1415 05 45 52 59.4 550.7 0.4 7.8 -9 22 No stop 12 32 30 =0519+142 05 47 53 59.3 551.6 0.4 8.5 111 24 12 30 31 12 32 30 0528+134 05 47 53 58.8 547.6 0.3 5.6 -9 24 No stop 12 35 30 --- 05 50 53 58.7 549.0 0.3 6.6 171 27 12 32 31 12 36 00 J0522+1415 05 51 23 59.2 553.3 0.5 9.7 21 27 12 36 00 12 38 00 =0519+142 05 53 24 59.1 554.2 0.5 10.4 120 29 12 36 01 12 38 00 0528+134 05 53 24 58.7 550.2 0.4 7.5 -9 29 No stop 12 41 00 --- 05 56 24 58.6 551.6 0.4 8.5 171 32 12 38 01 12 41 00 J0522+1415 05 56 24 58.9 555.6 0.5 11.4 -9 32 No stop 12 43 00 =0519+142 05 58 25 58.8 556.5 0.6 12.1 111 34 12 41 01 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 29 May 2013 Day 149 --- 12 43 00 0528+134 05 58 25 58.5 552.5 0.4 9.1 -9 34 No stop 12 46 00 --- 06 01 25 58.4 553.9 0.5 10.1 171 37 12 43 01 12 46 30 J0522+1415 06 01 55 58.7 558.1 0.6 13.2 21 37 12 46 30 12 48 30 =0519+142 06 03 55 58.5 559.0 0.7 13.9 120 39 12 46 31 12 48 30 0528+134 06 03 55 58.3 555.0 0.5 11.0 -9 39 No stop 12 51 30 --- 06 06 56 58.1 556.4 0.6 11.9 171 42 12 48 31 12 52 30 0528+134 06 07 56 58.1 556.8 0.6 12.3 57 42 12 52 30 12 57 30 --- 06 12 57 57.8 559.1 0.7 13.9 300 46 12 52 31 12 59 30 0528+134 06 14 57 57.7 559.9 0.7 14.5 117 46 12 59 30 13 02 30 --- 06 17 58 57.5 561.3 0.8 15.4 180 49 12 59 31 13 08 00 J0244+6228 06 23 29 54.5 679.8 3.6 94.4 168 49 13 08 00 13 10 00 =0241+622 06 25 29 54.2 679.8 3.7 94.0 120 51 13 08 01 13 10 00 W3OH 06 25 29 52.2 678.7 4.0 89.1 -9 51 No stop 13 13 00 --- 06 28 29 51.8 678.7 4.0 88.5 171 54 13 10 01 13 13 00 J0244+6228 06 28 29 53.9 679.8 3.7 93.3 -9 54 No stop 13 15 00 =0241+622 06 30 30 53.7 679.7 3.7 92.8 111 56 13 13 01 13 15 00 W3OH 06 30 30 51.6 678.7 4.0 88.1 -9 56 No stop 13 18 00 --- 06 33 30 51.2 678.8 4.1 87.4 171 59 13 15 01 13 18 30 J0244+6228 06 34 00 53.2 679.7 3.8 92.0 21 59 13 18 30 13 20 30 =0241+622 06 36 01 53.0 679.7 3.8 91.6 120 61 13 18 31 13 20 30 W3OH 06 36 01 50.9 678.8 4.1 86.9 -9 61 No stop 13 23 30 --- 06 39 01 50.6 678.8 4.2 86.2 171 64 13 20 31 13 23 30 J0244+6228 06 39 01 52.7 679.7 3.9 90.9 -9 64 No stop 13 25 30 =0241+622 06 41 01 52.4 679.7 3.9 90.4 111 66 13 23 31 13 25 30 W3OH 06 41 01 50.3 678.8 4.2 85.8 -9 66 No stop 13 28 30 --- 06 44 02 50.0 678.9 4.3 85.2 171 69 13 25 31 13 29 00 J0244+6228 06 44 32 52.0 679.7 4.0 89.7 21 69 13 29 00 13 31 00 =0241+622 06 46 32 51.8 679.7 4.0 89.2 120 71 13 29 01 13 31 00 W3OH 06 46 32 49.7 678.9 4.3 84.7 -9 71 No stop 13 34 00 --- 06 49 33 49.3 679.0 4.4 84.0 171 74 13 31 01 Schedule for MC_DBBC (Code Md ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 29 May 2013 Day 149 --- 13 34 00 J0244+6228 06 49 33 51.5 679.7 4.1 88.6 -9 74 No stop 13 36 00 =0241+622 06 51 33 51.2 679.7 4.1 88.1 111 75 13 34 01 13 42 30 0528+134 06 58 04 54.0 577.5 1.4 26.5 248 75 13 42 30 13 47 30 --- 07 03 05 53.4 579.3 1.5 27.7 300 80 13 42 31 13 48 30 0528+134 07 04 05 53.3 579.7 1.5 27.9 57 80 13 48 30 13 53 30 --- 07 09 06 52.7 581.4 1.6 29.0 300 85 13 48 31 13 55 30 0528+134 07 11 06 52.5 582.1 1.7 29.5 117 85 13 55 30 14 00 00 --- 07 15 37 51.9 583.7 1.7 30.4 270 90 13 55 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.M128 --- 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: 12 Station: MC_DBBC Total bit rate: 128 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. LO sum= 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 BBC fr= 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Bandwd= 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Matching frequency sets: 12 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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) * W3OH 02 23 16.455482 * 02 27 03.832000 02 28 04.585277 0.00 61 38 57.81942 * 61 52 25.29000 61 55 49.00009 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.250 scan and 19.820 baseline hours in setup: sess213.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 * J0137+3309 01 34 49.826374 * 01 37 41.299440 01 38 27.349694 0.52 0134+329 32 54 20.25881 * 33 09 35.13299 33 13 30.82737 0.50 3C48 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0137+33 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 140 observations 0.167 scan and 15.167 baseline hours in setup: sess213.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 * J0244+6228 02 41 00.673388 * 02 44 57.696708 02 46 00.907159 0.52 0241+622 62 15 27.54317 * 62 28 06.51568 62 31 17.49580 0.21 J0244+62 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2011A astro solution 95 Observations 0.200 scan and 15.822 baseline hours in setup: sess213.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 * J0522+1415 05 19 54.695573 * 05 22 45.146686 05 23 30.354569 1.17 0519+142 14 12 41.00356 * 14 15 29.28247 14 16 04.32765 0.86 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2011A astro solution 38 Observations 0.200 scan and 16.346 baseline hours in setup: sess213.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 J0530+1331 05 28 06.759218 * 05 30 56.416749 05 31 41.414240 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 20.59923 0.10 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 138123 observations 0.725 scan and 60.548 baseline hours in setup: sess213.M128 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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) W3OH 45.1 J0137+3309 38.7 J0244+6228 44.3 J0522+1415 15.5 0528+134 17.6 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