COVER INFORMATION Station: ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) 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: 412.52 412.52 412.52 412.52 416.52 416.52 416.52 416.52 420.52 420.52 420.52 420.52 424.52 424.52 424.52 424.52 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 16 22 46.3 260.5 3.6 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 03 00 =0134+329 05 19 23 45.9 261.2 3.7 0.0 180 3 12 00 01 12 04 00 J0137+3309 05 20 23 45.8 261.4 3.7 0.0 54 3 12 04 00 12 09 00 =0134+329 05 25 24 45.1 262.6 3.8 0.0 300 8 12 04 01 12 11 00 J0137+3309 05 27 24 44.9 263.0 3.8 0.0 114 8 12 11 00 12 13 00 =0134+329 05 29 25 44.6 263.5 3.8 0.0 120 10 12 11 01 12 17 00 0528+134 05 33 25 46.1 180.6 0.0 0.0 35 10 12 17 00 12 20 00 --- 05 36 26 46.1 181.7 0.1 0.0 180 13 12 17 01 12 20 00 J0522+1415 05 36 26 46.8 184.6 0.2 0.0 -16 13 No stop 12 22 00 =0519+142 05 38 26 46.8 185.3 0.2 0.0 104 15 12 20 01 12 22 00 0528+134 05 38 26 46.1 182.4 0.1 0.0 -16 15 No stop 12 25 00 --- 05 41 27 46.1 183.4 0.2 0.0 164 17 12 22 01 12 25 30 J0522+1415 05 41 57 46.7 186.5 0.3 0.0 14 17 12 25 30 12 27 30 =0519+142 05 43 57 46.7 187.2 0.3 0.0 120 19 12 25 31 12 27 30 0528+134 05 43 57 46.1 184.3 0.2 0.0 -16 19 No stop 12 30 30 --- 05 46 57 46.0 185.4 0.3 0.0 164 22 12 27 31 12 30 30 J0522+1415 05 46 57 46.6 188.3 0.4 0.0 -16 22 No stop 12 32 30 =0519+142 05 48 58 46.6 189.0 0.4 0.0 104 24 12 30 31 12 32 30 0528+134 05 48 58 46.0 186.1 0.3 0.0 -16 24 No stop 12 35 30 --- 05 51 58 46.0 187.1 0.3 0.0 164 27 12 32 31 12 36 00 J0522+1415 05 52 28 46.5 190.2 0.5 0.0 14 27 12 36 00 12 38 00 =0519+142 05 54 29 46.5 190.9 0.5 0.0 120 29 12 36 01 12 38 00 0528+134 05 54 29 45.9 188.0 0.4 0.0 -16 29 No stop 12 41 00 --- 05 57 29 45.9 189.0 0.4 0.0 164 32 12 38 01 12 41 00 J0522+1415 05 57 29 46.4 192.0 0.6 0.0 -16 32 No stop 12 43 00 =0519+142 05 59 30 46.3 192.7 0.6 0.0 104 34 12 41 01 Schedule for ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 59 30 45.8 189.7 0.5 0.0 -16 34 No stop 12 46 00 --- 06 02 30 45.8 190.8 0.5 0.0 164 37 12 43 01 12 46 30 J0522+1415 06 03 00 46.2 193.9 0.7 0.0 14 37 12 46 30 12 48 30 =0519+142 06 05 00 46.2 194.6 0.7 0.0 120 39 12 46 31 12 48 30 0528+134 06 05 00 45.7 191.6 0.6 0.0 -16 39 No stop 12 51 30 --- 06 08 01 45.6 192.7 0.6 0.0 164 42 12 48 31 12 52 30 0528+134 06 09 01 45.6 193.0 0.6 0.0 54 42 12 52 30 12 57 30 --- 06 14 02 45.4 194.7 0.7 0.0 300 46 12 52 31 12 59 30 0528+134 06 16 02 45.3 195.4 0.7 0.0 114 46 12 59 30 13 02 30 --- 06 19 03 45.2 196.5 0.8 0.0 180 49 12 59 31 13 08 00 J0244+6228 06 24 34 63.0 303.9 3.6 0.0 120 49 13 08 00 13 10 00 =0241+622 06 26 34 62.8 304.1 3.7 0.0 120 51 13 08 01 13 10 00 W3OH 06 26 34 60.6 304.1 4.0 0.0 -25 51 No stop 13 13 00 --- 06 29 34 60.3 304.3 4.0 0.0 155 54 13 10 01 13 13 00 J0244+6228 06 29 34 62.5 304.2 3.7 0.0 -24 54 No stop 13 15 00 =0241+622 06 31 35 62.2 304.4 3.8 0.0 96 56 13 13 01 13 15 00 W3OH 06 31 35 60.1 304.5 4.1 0.0 -25 56 No stop 13 18 00 --- 06 34 35 59.7 304.7 4.1 0.0 155 59 13 15 01 13 18 30 J0244+6228 06 35 05 61.9 304.6 3.8 0.0 6 59 13 18 30 13 20 30 =0241+622 06 37 06 61.6 304.8 3.9 0.0 120 61 13 18 31 13 20 30 W3OH 06 37 06 59.5 304.9 4.2 0.0 -25 61 No stop 13 23 30 --- 06 40 06 59.1 305.2 4.2 0.0 155 64 13 20 31 13 23 30 J0244+6228 06 40 06 61.3 305.0 3.9 0.0 -24 64 No stop 13 25 30 =0241+622 06 42 06 61.1 305.1 3.9 0.0 96 66 13 23 31 13 25 30 W3OH 06 42 06 58.9 305.3 4.2 0.0 -25 66 No stop 13 28 30 --- 06 45 07 58.6 305.6 4.3 0.0 155 69 13 25 31 13 29 00 J0244+6228 06 45 37 60.7 305.3 4.0 0.0 6 69 13 29 00 13 31 00 =0241+622 06 47 37 60.5 305.5 4.0 0.0 120 71 13 29 01 13 31 00 W3OH 06 47 37 58.3 305.8 4.3 0.0 -25 71 No stop 13 34 00 --- 06 50 38 58.0 306.0 4.4 0.0 155 74 13 31 01 Schedule for ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 50 38 60.1 305.7 4.1 0.0 -24 74 No stop 13 36 00 =0241+622 06 52 38 59.9 305.9 4.1 0.0 96 75 13 34 01 13 42 30 0528+134 06 59 09 43.1 209.7 1.5 0.0 180 75 13 42 30 13 47 30 --- 07 04 10 42.8 211.3 1.5 0.0 300 80 13 42 31 13 48 30 0528+134 07 05 10 42.7 211.7 1.6 0.0 54 80 13 48 30 13 53 30 --- 07 10 11 42.3 213.2 1.6 0.0 300 85 13 48 31 13 55 30 0528+134 07 12 11 42.2 213.9 1.7 0.0 114 85 13 55 30 14 00 00 --- 07 16 42 41.8 215.3 1.8 0.0 270 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: 10 Station: ON8_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= 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 6250.00 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 = B D B D B D B D B D B D B D B D The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 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= 412.52 412.52 412.52 412.52 416.52 416.52 416.52 416.52 420.52 420.52 420.52 420.52 424.52 424.52 424.52 424.52 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: 10 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