COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23M1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991 PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 2 2023 (256 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 4 MHz filters) 3 modes: for excited-OH (6030/35) and methanol (6667), and a centered methanol maser Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 2021, November 03 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, Tr, Ys, Ib. We shall test two setups: for the OH line and CH3OH line both with 256 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on J0854+2006 for the fringe test with J0905+2052 as phase reference calibrator. In the end we will observe a Maser J0608+2138 with J0603+2159 as the phase-reference source. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 14:08:00 (scan 1, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 1 14:30:00 (scan 3, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 1 15:00:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 1 Change to Setup 2 at Scan 6 (15:04:00) 15:30:00 (scan 9, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 2 16:00:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 2 16:30:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J0854+2006) Setup 2 May you be the master of masers! Suma Murthy Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 29 May 2023 Day 149 --- Next scan frequencies: 6024.49 6024.49 6024.49 6024.49 6032.49 6032.49 6032.49 6032.49 6040.49 6040.49 6040.49 6040.49 6048.49 6048.49 6048.49 6048.49 Next BBC frequencies: 224.49 224.49 224.49 224.49 232.49 232.49 232.49 232.49 240.49 240.49 240.49 240.49 248.49 248.49 248.49 248.49 Next scan bandwidths: 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 14 00 00 J0854+2006 07 13 57 57.6 490.8 -1.7 -35.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 10 00 =OJ287 07 23 59 58.9 494.6 -1.5 -32.7 600 19 14 00 01 14 15 00 J0854+2006 07 29 00 59.6 496.5 -1.5 -31.5 297 19 14 15 00 14 17 00 =OJ287 07 31 00 59.8 497.3 -1.4 -31.0 120 23 14 15 01 14 22 00 J0854+2006 07 36 01 60.4 499.4 -1.3 -29.6 297 23 14 22 00 14 32 00 =OJ287 07 46 03 61.5 503.6 -1.2 -26.7 600 43 14 22 01 14 37 00 J0854+2006 07 51 03 62.0 505.9 -1.1 -25.2 297 43 14 37 00 14 47 00 =OJ287 08 01 05 63.0 510.5 -0.9 -21.9 600 62 14 37 01 14 52 00 J0854+2006 08 06 06 63.4 513.0 -0.8 -20.2 297 62 14 52 00 15 02 00 =OJ287 08 16 08 64.1 518.0 -0.7 -16.5 600 81 14 52 01 ---------- setup change ---------- Next scan frequencies: 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 Next BBC frequencies: 241.49 241.49 241.49 241.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 15 04 00 J0854+2006 08 18 08 64.3 519.1 -0.6 -15.7 117 81 15 04 00 15 08 00 =OJ287 08 22 09 64.5 521.2 -0.6 -14.2 240 89 15 04 01 15 08 00 J0905+2052 08 22 09 64.5 515.2 -0.7 -18.6 -12 89 No stop 15 11 00 --- 08 25 09 64.8 516.8 -0.7 -17.5 168 95 15 08 01 15 13 00 J0854+2006 08 27 09 64.8 523.9 -0.5 -12.2 108 95 15 13 00 15 17 00 =OJ287 08 31 10 65.0 526.0 -0.4 -10.6 240 102 15 13 01 15 22 00 J0854+2006 08 36 11 65.2 528.8 -0.3 -8.5 297 102 15 22 00 15 32 00 =OJ287 08 46 12 65.4 534.4 -0.2 -4.3 600 122 15 22 01 15 34 00 J0854+2006 08 48 13 65.4 535.5 -0.1 -3.4 117 122 15 34 00 15 38 00 =OJ287 08 52 13 65.5 537.8 -0.1 -1.7 240 129 15 34 01 15 38 00 J0905+2052 08 52 13 66.1 531.7 -0.2 -6.3 -12 129 No stop 15 41 00 --- 08 55 14 66.1 533.4 -0.2 -5.0 168 135 15 38 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 29 May 2023 Day 149 --- 15 43 00 J0854+2006 08 57 14 65.5 540.6 0.0 0.5 108 135 15 43 00 15 47 00 =OJ287 09 01 15 65.5 542.9 0.1 2.2 240 143 15 43 01 15 52 00 J0854+2006 09 06 16 65.4 545.7 0.2 4.3 297 143 15 52 00 16 02 00 =OJ287 09 16 17 65.1 551.3 0.3 8.6 600 162 15 52 01 16 04 00 J0854+2006 09 18 18 65.1 552.4 0.4 9.4 117 162 16 04 00 16 08 00 =OJ287 09 22 18 64.9 554.6 0.4 11.0 240 170 16 04 01 16 08 00 J0905+2052 09 22 18 66.0 549.1 0.3 6.9 -11 170 No stop 16 11 00 --- 09 25 19 65.9 550.8 0.3 8.2 169 176 16 08 01 16 13 00 J0854+2006 09 27 19 64.7 557.3 0.5 13.1 109 176 16 13 00 16 17 00 =OJ287 09 31 20 64.4 559.5 0.6 14.6 240 184 16 13 01 16 22 00 J0854+2006 09 36 21 64.1 562.1 0.7 16.6 297 184 16 22 00 16 32 00 =OJ287 09 46 22 63.4 567.1 0.8 20.2 600 203 16 22 01 Next scan frequencies: 6653.73 6653.73 6653.73 6653.73 6661.73 6661.73 6661.73 6661.73 6669.73 6669.73 6669.73 6669.73 6677.73 6677.73 6677.73 6677.73 Next BBC frequencies: 239.73 239.73 239.73 239.73 247.73 247.73 247.73 247.73 255.73 255.73 255.73 255.73 263.73 263.73 263.73 263.73 16 35 30 J0603+2159 09 49 53 39.1 623.0 3.7 49.7 132 203 16 35 30 16 37 00 --- 09 51 23 38.8 623.3 3.8 49.8 90 206 16 35 31 16 37 00 J0608+2138 09 51 23 39.5 621.9 3.7 49.4 -6 206 No stop 16 41 00 --- 09 55 24 38.8 622.7 3.8 49.5 234 214 16 37 01 16 41 00 J0603+2159 09 55 24 38.1 624.0 3.8 49.9 -6 214 No stop 16 43 00 --- 09 57 24 37.8 624.4 3.9 49.9 114 217 16 41 01 16 43 00 J0608+2138 09 57 24 38.4 623.1 3.8 49.6 -6 217 No stop 16 47 00 --- 10 01 25 37.7 623.9 3.9 49.7 234 225 16 43 01 16 47 30 J0603+2159 10 01 55 37.0 625.2 3.9 50.0 24 225 16 47 30 16 49 00 --- 10 03 25 36.7 625.5 4.0 50.1 90 228 16 47 31 16 49 00 J0608+2138 10 03 25 37.4 624.2 3.9 49.7 -6 228 No stop 16 53 00 --- 10 07 26 36.7 625.0 4.0 49.8 234 236 16 49 01 16 53 00 J0603+2159 10 07 26 36.0 626.3 4.0 50.1 -6 236 No stop 16 55 00 --- 10 09 26 35.6 626.6 4.1 50.1 114 240 16 53 01 16 55 00 J0608+2138 10 09 26 36.3 625.4 4.0 49.9 -6 240 No stop 16 58 00 --- 10 12 27 35.8 625.9 4.0 49.9 174 245 16 55 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 29 May 2023 Day 149 --- 16 58 00 J0603+2159 10 12 27 35.1 627.2 4.1 50.2 -6 245 No stop 17 00 00 --- 10 14 27 34.7 627.5 4.2 50.2 114 249 16 58 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess223.M256OHline --- 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: 8 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 5800.00 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: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6024.49 6024.49 6024.49 6024.49 6032.49 6032.49 6032.49 6032.49 6040.49 6040.49 6040.49 6040.49 6048.49 6048.49 6048.49 6048.49 BBC fr= 224.49 224.49 224.49 224.49 232.49 232.49 232.49 232.49 240.49 240.49 240.49 240.49 248.49 248.49 248.49 248.49 Bandwd= 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess223.M256line --- 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: 17 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 6414.00 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: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6655.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6663.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6671.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 6679.49 BBC fr= 241.49 241.49 241.49 241.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 249.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 257.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 265.49 Bandwd= 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 Frequency Set: 22 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 6653.73 6653.73 6653.73 6653.73 6661.73 6661.73 6661.73 6661.73 6669.73 6669.73 6669.73 6669.73 6677.73 6677.73 6677.73 6677.73 BBC fr= 239.73 239.73 239.73 239.73 247.73 247.73 247.73 247.73 255.73 255.73 255.73 255.73 263.73 263.73 263.73 263.73 Bandwd= 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Matching frequency sets: 22 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) * J0905+2052 09 02 22.789418 * 09 05 14.337300 09 06 33.418921 0.00 21 04 13.50391 * 20 52 13.30700 20 46 44.81081 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0608+2138 06 05 53.059179 * 06 08 53.300000 06 10 15.653202 0.00 21 39 01.38488 * 21 38 29.10000 21 38 17.13550 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on LSR frame and radio definition. Velocities: 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.70 * J0603+2159 06 00 50.831159 * 06 03 51.557000 06 05 14.121004 0.00 21 59 47.98459 * 21 59 37.69900 21 59 35.83965 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on other sources. OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874927 08 56 07.931795 0.00 * J0854+2006 20 17 58.41740 * 20 06 30.64085 20 01 16.92955 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.M256line 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 0.150 4.528 J0608+2138 sess223.M256line 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0.250 8.201 J0603+2159 sess223.M256line 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0.150 4.762 J0854+2006 sess223.M256OHline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.700 25.200 sess223.M256line 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 0.900 32.400 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 65.0 J0608+2138 24.4 J0603+2159 23.2 J0854+2006 62.8 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