COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N18C2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Ross Burns Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2018 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 2 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 24th May 2018 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 13:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 13:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 14:15:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 14:45:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J0927+3902) 15:15:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0555+3948) 15:45:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, J0555+3948) Good luck with the session! Ross Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 24 May 2018 Day 144 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 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 00 00 J0530+1331 05 58 54 50.0 349.8 0.4 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 =0528+134 06 08 56 49.6 346.1 0.6 0.0 600 39 12 00 01 12 12 00 J0530+1331 06 10 56 49.4 345.3 0.6 0.0 99 39 12 12 00 12 17 00 =0528+134 06 15 57 49.1 343.5 0.7 0.0 300 58 12 12 01 12 24 00 J0927+3902 06 22 58 12.0 35.1 -3.1 0.0 276 58 12 24 00 12 25 00 =4C39.25 06 23 58 12.2 34.9 -3.1 0.0 60 62 12 24 01 12 26 00 J0927+3902 06 24 58 12.3 34.8 -3.1 0.0 39 62 12 26 00 12 33 00 =4C39.25 06 31 59 13.2 33.7 -2.9 0.0 420 89 12 26 01 12 34 00 J0927+3902 06 33 00 13.3 33.6 -2.9 0.0 39 89 12 34 00 12 41 00 =4C39.25 06 40 01 14.2 32.5 -2.8 0.0 420 116 12 34 01 12 43 00 J0927+3902 06 42 01 14.4 32.2 -2.8 0.0 99 116 12 43 00 12 47 00 =4C39.25 06 46 02 14.9 31.5 -2.7 0.0 240 131 12 43 01 12 50 00 J0927+3902 06 49 02 15.2 31.0 -2.7 0.0 159 131 12 50 00 13 00 00 =4C39.25 06 59 04 16.4 29.4 -2.5 0.0 600 170 12 50 01 13 03 00 J0927+3902 07 02 04 16.7 28.9 -2.4 0.0 159 170 13 03 00 13 10 00 =4C39.25 07 09 06 17.5 27.7 -2.3 0.0 420 197 13 03 01 13 12 00 J0927+3902 07 11 06 17.7 27.4 -2.3 0.0 99 197 13 12 00 13 17 00 =4C39.25 07 16 07 18.2 26.5 -2.2 0.0 300 216 13 12 01 13 18 00 J0927+3902 07 17 07 18.3 26.3 -2.2 0.0 39 216 13 18 00 13 25 00 =4C39.25 07 24 08 19.0 25.1 -2.1 0.0 420 243 13 18 01 13 26 00 J0927+3902 07 25 08 19.1 24.9 -2.1 0.0 39 243 13 26 00 13 33 00 =4C39.25 07 32 09 19.7 23.6 -1.9 0.0 420 271 13 26 01 13 34 00 J0927+3902 07 33 09 19.8 23.4 -1.9 0.0 39 271 13 34 00 13 41 00 =4C39.25 07 40 11 20.4 22.1 -1.8 0.0 420 298 13 34 01 13 43 00 J0927+3902 07 42 11 20.6 21.7 -1.8 0.0 99 298 13 43 00 13 47 00 =4C39.25 07 46 12 20.9 21.0 -1.7 0.0 240 313 13 43 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 24 May 2018 Day 144 --- 13 50 00 J0927+3902 07 49 12 21.1 20.4 -1.6 0.0 159 313 13 50 00 14 00 00 =4C39.25 07 59 14 21.9 18.5 -1.5 0.0 600 352 13 50 01 14 05 00 J0555+3948 08 04 15 17.9 334.8 2.1 0.0 166 352 14 05 00 14 10 00 =0552+398 08 09 15 17.4 333.9 2.2 0.0 300 371 14 05 01 14 12 00 J0555+3948 08 11 16 17.2 333.6 2.2 0.0 99 371 14 12 00 14 17 00 =0552+398 08 16 17 16.7 332.7 2.3 0.0 300 390 14 12 01 14 18 00 J0555+3948 08 17 17 16.6 332.5 2.3 0.0 39 390 14 18 00 14 25 00 =0552+398 08 24 18 15.9 331.4 2.5 0.0 420 417 14 18 01 14 26 00 J0555+3948 08 25 18 15.7 331.2 2.5 0.0 39 417 14 26 00 14 33 00 =0552+398 08 32 19 15.0 330.1 2.6 0.0 420 444 14 26 01 14 34 00 J0555+3948 08 33 19 14.9 329.9 2.6 0.0 39 444 14 34 00 14 41 00 =0552+398 08 40 20 14.0 328.8 2.7 0.0 420 471 14 34 01 14 43 00 J0555+3948 08 42 21 13.8 328.5 2.8 0.0 99 471 14 43 00 14 47 00 =0552+398 08 46 21 13.3 327.8 2.8 0.0 240 487 14 43 01 14 50 00 J0555+3948 08 49 22 13.0 327.4 2.9 0.0 159 487 14 50 00 15 00 00 =0552+398 08 59 24 11.7 325.9 3.0 0.0 600 526 14 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess218.C512 Matching groups in /home/jops/sched_11.4mod/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 8 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC 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 = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 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: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 9 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 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 56.589823 0.21 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28885 * 13 31 55.14952 13 32 32.07342 0.24 J0530+13 /home/jops/sched_11.4mod/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 135789 observations. 0552+398 05 52 01.407169 * 05 55 30.805611 05 56 45.079080 0.00 * J0555+3948 39 48 21.94581 * 39 48 49.16496 39 48 51.65485 0.00 DA193 /home/jops/sched_11.4mod/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0555+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 394383 observations. 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 10.144833 0.30 * J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 57 40.87345 0.16 0923+392 /home/jops/sched_11.4mod/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 245753 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 J0530+1331 sess218.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.250 19.500 J0555+3948 sess218.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.750 57.371 J0927+3902 sess218.C512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1.267 96.000 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) J0530+1331 21.9 J0555+3948 30.4 J0927+3902 70.1 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