COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23C2 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2 2023 (4096 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE v.2 - no DBBC3 testing yet COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 25th May 2023 involving the following antennas: Jb2 Wb1 Ef Mc Nt On85 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Ib Km Cm Da De Pi Kn The NME uses a standard setup with 4096 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrator J0804+2006. We shall use J0905+2052 for phase referencing. We will also use a single scan on J0806+4504 for the flux calibration of e-MERLIN stations. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:13:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0804+2006) 12:35:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0804+2006) 13:05:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J0804+2006) 13:35:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J0804+2006) 14:05:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J0804+2006) 14:35:00 (scan 18, 2 sec, J0804+2006) Happy C-inging! Suma Murthy Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 25 May 2023 Day 145 --- Next scan frequencies: 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 Next BBC frequencies: 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 864.00 864.00 864.00 864.00 928.00 928.00 928.00 928.00 992.00 992.00 992.00 992.00 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 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 J0806+4504 04 38 48 55.1 78.3 -3.5 -61.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0803+452 04 43 49 55.9 79.0 -3.4 -62.0 300 155 12 00 01 12 08 00 J0854+2006 04 46 50 32.8 98.2 -4.2 -42.1 57 155 12 08 00 12 15 00 =OJ287 04 53 51 33.9 99.6 -4.0 -41.8 420 371 12 08 01 12 20 00 J0854+2006 04 58 52 34.7 100.7 -4.0 -41.7 281 371 12 20 00 12 22 00 =OJ287 05 00 52 35.0 101.1 -3.9 -41.6 120 433 12 20 01 12 27 00 J0854+2006 05 05 53 35.8 102.2 -3.8 -41.4 280 433 12 27 00 12 37 00 =OJ287 05 15 54 37.3 104.4 -3.7 -40.9 600 742 12 27 01 12 42 00 J0854+2006 05 20 55 38.1 105.5 -3.6 -40.7 280 742 12 42 00 12 52 00 =OJ287 05 30 57 39.6 107.8 -3.4 -40.1 600 1051 12 42 01 12 57 00 J0854+2006 05 35 58 40.4 109.0 -3.3 -39.8 280 1051 12 57 00 13 07 00 =OJ287 05 45 59 41.9 111.4 -3.2 -39.0 600 1360 12 57 01 13 09 00 J0854+2006 05 48 00 42.2 111.9 -3.1 -38.9 101 1360 13 09 00 13 13 00 =OJ287 05 52 00 42.8 112.9 -3.1 -38.6 240 1484 13 09 01 13 13 00 J0905+2052 05 52 00 41.8 109.7 -3.2 -39.8 -42 1484 No stop 13 16 00 --- 05 55 01 42.3 110.4 -3.2 -39.6 138 1577 13 13 01 13 18 00 J0854+2006 05 57 01 43.5 114.2 -3.0 -38.1 77 1577 13 18 00 13 22 00 =OJ287 06 01 02 44.1 115.2 -2.9 -37.7 240 1700 13 18 01 13 27 00 J0854+2006 06 06 03 44.8 116.5 -2.8 -37.3 280 1700 13 27 00 13 37 00 =OJ287 06 16 04 46.2 119.2 -2.7 -36.2 600 2010 13 27 01 13 39 00 J0854+2006 06 18 05 46.5 119.8 -2.6 -36.0 101 2010 13 39 00 13 43 00 =OJ287 06 22 05 47.0 120.9 -2.6 -35.5 240 2133 13 39 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 25 May 2023 Day 145 --- 13 43 00 J0905+2052 06 22 05 46.2 117.4 -2.7 -37.2 -43 2133 No stop 13 46 00 --- 06 25 06 46.6 118.2 -2.7 -36.8 137 2226 13 43 01 13 48 00 J0854+2006 06 27 06 47.7 122.3 -2.5 -34.9 75 2226 13 48 00 13 52 00 =OJ287 06 31 07 48.2 123.5 -2.4 -34.4 240 2350 13 48 01 13 57 00 J0854+2006 06 36 07 48.9 124.9 -2.3 -33.7 280 2350 13 57 00 14 07 00 =OJ287 06 46 09 50.2 128.0 -2.2 -32.2 600 2659 13 57 01 14 09 00 J0854+2006 06 48 09 50.4 128.6 -2.1 -31.9 100 2659 14 09 00 14 13 00 =OJ287 06 52 10 50.9 129.9 -2.1 -31.3 240 2782 14 09 01 14 13 00 J0905+2052 06 52 10 50.3 126.0 -2.2 -33.4 -45 2782 No stop 14 16 00 --- 06 55 11 50.6 126.9 -2.2 -32.9 135 2875 14 13 01 14 18 00 J0854+2006 06 57 11 51.5 131.5 -2.0 -30.5 74 2875 14 18 00 14 22 00 =OJ287 07 01 12 52.0 132.8 -1.9 -29.8 240 2999 14 18 01 14 27 00 J0854+2006 07 06 12 52.6 134.5 -1.8 -28.9 279 2999 14 27 00 14 37 00 =OJ287 07 16 14 53.7 137.9 -1.7 -27.0 600 3308 14 27 01 14 42 00 J0854+2006 07 21 15 54.2 139.7 -1.6 -25.9 279 3308 14 42 00 14 52 00 =OJ287 07 31 16 55.2 143.4 -1.4 -23.8 600 3617 14 42 01 14 54 00 J0905+2052 07 33 17 55.1 139.8 -1.6 -26.1 73 3617 14 54 00 14 57 00 --- 07 36 17 55.4 140.9 -1.5 -25.4 180 3710 14 54 01 14 57 00 J0854+2006 07 36 17 55.7 145.3 -1.3 -22.6 -48 3710 No stop 15 00 00 =OJ287 07 39 18 55.9 146.5 -1.3 -21.9 132 3803 14 57 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: 3ess223.C4096 --- 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: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 4096 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 32 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 4088.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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 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 RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 5 13 5 13 6 14 6 14 7 15 7 15 8 16 8 16 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 BBC fr= 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 864.00 864.00 864.00 864.00 928.00 928.00 928.00 928.00 992.00 992.00 992.00 992.00 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 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 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, 31, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0905+2052 09 02 22.789418 * 09 05 14.337300 09 06 33.475548 0.00 21 04 13.50391 * 20 52 13.30700 20 46 44.53708 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0803+452 08 03 02.295930 * 08 06 33.472537 08 08 10.411260 0.12 * J0806+4504 45 13 11.29504 * 45 04 32.27265 45 00 42.40919 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 151 observations. OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874927 08 56 07.986733 0.00 * J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 16.65897 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 270807 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 J0905+2052 sess223.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 17 0.200 24.034 J0806+4504 sess223.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 0.083 10.000 J0854+2006 sess223.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 17 1.767 236.049 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) J0905+2052 68.9 J0806+4504 54.3 J0854+2006 66.7 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