COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Experiment: PFB test: 4Gbps e-EVN mode Exp. Code: FR041 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: campbell Address: JIVE Phone: 0521-596-534 EMAIL: campbell@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 2 PFB test: 4Gbps e-EVN mode 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 10 May 2017 Day 130 --- Next scan frequencies: 4660.00 4660.00 4692.00 4692.00 4724.00 4724.00 4756.00 4756.00 4788.00 4788.00 4820.00 4820.00 4852.00 4852.00 4884.00 4884.00 4916.00 4916.00 4948.00 4948.00 4980.00 4980.00 5012.00 5012.00 5044.00 5044.00 5076.00 5076.00 5108.00 5108.00 Next BBC frequencies: 560.00 560.00 592.00 592.00 624.00 624.00 656.00 656.00 688.00 688.00 720.00 720.00 752.00 752.00 784.00 784.00 816.00 816.00 848.00 848.00 880.00 880.00 912.00 912.00 944.00 944.00 976.00 976.00 1008.00 1008.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 08 00 00 3C454.3 00 40 41 44.2-143.4 1.8 19.5 0 0 08 00 00 08 14 00 --- 00 54 43 43.0-139.0 2.0 21.5 840 406 08 00 01 08 15 00 3C454.3 00 55 43 42.9-138.7 2.0 21.6 57 406 08 15 00 08 29 00 --- 01 09 46 41.6-134.5 2.2 23.5 840 812 08 15 01 08 30 00 3C454.3 01 10 46 41.5-134.2 2.3 23.6 57 812 08 30 00 08 44 00 --- 01 24 48 40.1-130.1 2.5 25.3 840 1217 08 30 01 08 45 00 3C454.3 01 25 48 40.0-129.9 2.5 25.4 57 1217 08 45 00 08 59 00 --- 01 39 50 38.6-125.9 2.8 26.9 840 1623 08 45 01 09 00 00 3C454.3 01 40 51 38.4-125.7 2.8 27.0 57 1623 09 00 00 09 14 00 --- 01 54 53 36.9-121.9 3.0 28.3 840 2029 09 00 01 09 15 00 3C454.3 01 55 53 36.8-121.6 3.0 28.4 57 2029 09 15 00 09 29 00 --- 02 09 55 35.1-118.0 3.3 29.6 840 2435 09 15 01 09 30 00 3C454.3 02 10 56 35.0-117.7 3.3 29.6 57 2435 09 30 00 09 44 00 --- 02 24 58 33.3-114.2 3.5 30.6 840 2840 09 30 01 09 45 00 3C454.3 02 25 58 33.2-114.0 3.5 30.7 57 2840 09 45 00 09 59 00 --- 02 40 00 31.5-110.6 3.8 31.5 840 3246 09 45 01 10 00 00 3C454.3 02 41 00 31.3-110.3 3.8 31.6 57 3246 10 00 00 10 14 00 --- 02 55 03 29.5-107.0 4.0 32.3 840 3652 10 00 01 10 15 00 3C454.3 02 56 03 29.4-106.8 4.0 32.3 57 3652 10 15 00 10 29 00 --- 03 10 05 27.6-103.5 4.3 32.9 840 4058 10 15 01 10 35 00 0528+134 03 16 06 39.1-224.4 -2.3 -22.7 296 4058 10 35 00 10 39 00 --- 03 20 07 39.4-223.2 -2.2 -22.2 240 4174 10 35 01 Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 3 PFB test: 4Gbps e-EVN mode 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 10 May 2017 Day 130 --- 10 40 00 0528+134 03 21 07 39.5-222.9 -2.2 -22.1 57 4174 10 40 00 10 49 00 --- 03 30 09 40.3-220.3 -2.0 -20.9 540 4435 10 40 01 10 50 00 0528+134 03 31 09 40.4-220.0 -2.0 -20.8 57 4435 10 50 00 11 04 00 --- 03 45 11 41.6-215.7 -1.8 -18.8 840 4840 10 50 01 11 05 00 0528+134 03 46 11 41.7-215.4 -1.8 -18.6 57 4840 11 05 00 11 19 00 --- 04 00 13 42.7-211.0 -1.5 -16.5 840 5246 11 05 01 11 20 00 0528+134 04 01 14 42.8-210.7 -1.5 -16.4 57 5246 11 20 00 11 34 00 --- 04 15 16 43.7-206.2 -1.3 -14.1 840 5652 11 20 01 11 35 00 0528+134 04 16 16 43.7-205.8 -1.3 -13.9 57 5652 11 35 00 11 49 00 --- 04 30 18 44.5-201.2 -1.0 -11.5 840 6058 11 35 01 11 50 00 0528+134 04 31 19 44.5-200.9 -1.0 -11.3 57 6058 11 50 00 12 04 00 --- 04 45 21 45.1-196.1 -0.8 -8.8 840 6464 11 50 01 12 05 00 0528+134 04 46 21 45.1-195.8 -0.8 -8.6 57 6464 12 05 00 12 19 00 --- 05 00 23 45.6-191.0 -0.5 -6.0 840 6869 12 05 01 12 20 00 0528+134 05 01 23 45.6-190.6 -0.5 -5.8 57 6869 12 20 00 12 34 00 --- 05 15 26 45.9-185.8 -0.3 -3.2 840 7275 12 20 01 12 35 00 0528+134 05 16 26 45.9-185.4 -0.3 -3.0 57 7275 12 35 00 12 49 00 --- 05 30 28 46.0-180.5 -0.0 -0.3 840 7681 12 35 01 12 50 00 0528+134 05 31 28 46.0-180.1 -0.0 -0.1 57 7681 12 50 00 13 04 00 --- 05 45 31 45.9-175.2 0.2 2.6 840 8087 12 50 01 13 05 00 0528+134 05 46 31 45.9-174.9 0.2 2.8 57 8087 13 05 00 13 19 00 --- 06 00 33 45.7-170.0 0.5 5.5 840 8492 13 05 01 13 20 00 0528+134 06 01 33 45.6-169.7 0.5 5.7 57 8492 13 20 00 13 34 00 --- 06 15 36 45.2-164.8 0.7 8.3 840 8898 13 20 01 13 35 00 0528+134 06 16 36 45.2-164.5 0.7 8.5 57 8898 13 35 00 13 49 00 --- 06 30 38 44.6-159.7 1.0 11.0 840 9304 13 35 01 13 50 00 0528+134 06 31 38 44.6-159.4 1.0 11.2 57 9304 13 50 00 14 04 00 --- 06 45 41 43.8-154.8 1.2 13.6 840 9710 13 50 01 14 05 00 0528+134 06 46 41 43.8-154.4 1.2 13.8 57 9710 14 05 00 14 19 00 --- 07 00 43 42.9-149.9 1.5 16.1 840 10116 14 05 01 Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 4 PFB test: 4Gbps e-EVN mode 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 10 May 2017 Day 130 --- 14 20 00 0528+134 07 01 43 42.8-149.6 1.5 16.2 57 10116 14 20 00 14 34 00 --- 07 15 45 41.8-145.2 1.7 18.4 840 10521 14 20 01 14 35 00 0528+134 07 16 46 41.7-144.9 1.7 18.5 57 10521 14 35 00 14 49 00 --- 07 30 48 40.6-140.6 2.0 20.5 840 10927 14 35 01 14 50 00 0528+134 07 31 48 40.5-140.3 2.0 20.6 57 10927 14 50 00 15 04 00 --- 07 45 50 39.2-136.2 2.2 22.5 840 11333 14 50 01 15 05 00 0528+134 07 46 51 39.1-135.9 2.2 22.6 57 11333 15 05 00 15 19 00 --- 08 00 53 37.8-131.9 2.5 24.3 840 11739 15 05 01 15 20 00 0528+134 08 01 53 37.7-131.6 2.5 24.4 57 11739 15 20 00 15 34 00 --- 08 15 55 36.2-127.7 2.7 25.9 840 12144 15 20 01 15 35 00 0528+134 08 16 56 36.1-127.5 2.8 26.0 57 12144 15 35 00 15 49 00 --- 08 30 58 34.6-123.7 3.0 27.3 840 12550 15 35 01 15 50 00 0528+134 08 31 58 34.5-123.5 3.0 27.4 57 12550 15 50 00 16 04 00 --- 08 46 00 32.9-119.8 3.2 28.6 840 12956 15 50 01 16 05 00 0528+134 08 47 00 32.8-119.6 3.3 28.7 57 12956 16 05 00 16 19 00 --- 09 01 03 31.1-116.1 3.5 29.7 840 13362 16 05 01 16 20 00 0528+134 09 02 03 31.0-115.8 3.5 29.8 57 13362 16 20 00 16 34 00 --- 09 16 05 29.3-112.4 3.7 30.7 840 13768 16 20 01 16 35 00 0528+134 09 17 05 29.1-112.2 3.8 30.7 57 13768 16 35 00 16 49 00 --- 09 31 08 27.4-108.9 4.0 31.5 840 14173 16 35 01 16 50 00 0528+134 09 32 08 27.3-108.6 4.0 31.5 57 14173 16 50 00 17 04 00 --- 09 46 10 25.5-105.4 4.2 32.1 840 14579 16 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess117.C4096PFB --- 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: 3 Station: IRBENE16 Total bit rate: 3840 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 30 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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 RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 BBC SB= L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4660.00 4660.00 4692.00 4692.00 4724.00 4724.00 4756.00 4756.00 4788.00 4788.00 4820.00 4820.00 4852.00 4852.00 4884.00 4884.00 4916.00 4916.00 4948.00 4948.00 4980.00 4980.00 5012.00 5012.00 5044.00 5044.00 5076.00 5076.00 5108.00 5108.00 BBC fr= 560.00 560.00 592.00 592.00 624.00 624.00 656.00 656.00 688.00 688.00 720.00 720.00 752.00 752.00 784.00 784.00 816.00 816.00 848.00 848.00 880.00 880.00 912.00 912.00 944.00 944.00 976.00 976.00 1008.00 1008.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 4 5 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 53.495527 0.21 J0530+1331 13 29 42.28885 * 13 31 55.14952 13 32 27.14723 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 135789 observations. * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747938 22 54 48.238590 0.67 J2253+1608 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 14 15.39543 0.70 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 40748 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 0528+134 sess117.C4096PFB 1 2 3 6.050 60.500 3C454.3 sess117.C4096PFB 1 2 3 2.333 23.333 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) 0528+134 34.3 3C454.3 60.8 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