COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16K2 Schedule Version: 4.00 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: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: burns@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3cm (K-band) NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2016 (1 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 4 November 2016 involving 17 antennas. JB2, EF, MC, Nt, ON60, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Sr, Mh, Kt, Ky, Ku The NME uses a standard setup with 1 Gbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrators: J1801+4404, J2123+0535, J2148+0657 for ftp-fringe tests; Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 12:20:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1801+4404) 12:50:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1801+4404) 13:20:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J2123+0535) 13:50:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2123+0535) 14:20:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2123+0535) 14:50:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2148+0657) All the best to eveyone involved Ross Skype account: jive.support.scientist 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 4 Nov 2016 Day 309 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 12 00 00 J1801+4404 15 24 11 62.8 88.2 -2.6 -62.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 14 00 =1800+440 15 38 14 65.1 90.9 -2.4 -62.2 840 108 12 00 01 12 15 00 J1801+4404 15 39 14 65.2 91.1 -2.4 -62.2 49 108 12 15 00 12 29 00 =1800+440 15 53 16 67.4 94.0 -2.1 -62.0 840 216 12 15 01 12 31 00 J1801+4404 15 55 16 67.8 94.5 -2.1 -61.9 108 216 12 31 00 12 44 00 =1800+440 16 08 18 69.8 97.6 -1.9 -61.3 780 317 12 31 01 12 45 00 J1801+4404 16 09 19 70.0 97.8 -1.9 -61.3 49 317 12 45 00 12 59 00 =1800+440 16 23 21 72.2 101.6 -1.6 -60.1 840 425 12 45 01 13 00 00 J2123+0535 16 24 21 13.8 98.0 -5.0 H -39.2 -193 425 13 00 00 13 14 00 =2121+053 16 38 23 16.0 100.8 -4.8 -38.9 0 533 13 00 01 13 15 00 J2123+0535 16 39 24 16.2 101.0 -4.8 -38.8 49 533 13 15 00 13 29 00 =2121+053 16 53 26 18.4 103.9 -4.5 -38.3 840 642 13 15 01 13 30 00 J2123+0535 16 54 26 18.5 104.1 -4.5 -38.3 49 642 13 30 00 13 44 00 =2121+053 17 08 28 20.7 107.0 -4.3 -37.7 840 750 13 30 01 13 45 00 J2123+0535 17 09 28 20.8 107.2 -4.3 -37.6 49 750 13 45 00 13 59 00 =2121+053 17 23 31 23.0 110.2 -4.0 -36.8 840 858 13 45 01 14 00 00 J2123+0535 17 24 31 23.1 110.4 -4.0 -36.8 49 858 14 00 00 14 14 00 =2121+053 17 38 33 25.2 113.5 -3.8 -35.9 840 966 14 00 01 14 15 00 J2123+0535 17 39 33 25.3 113.7 -3.8 -35.8 49 966 14 15 00 14 29 00 =2121+053 17 53 36 27.3 116.9 -3.5 -34.7 840 1074 14 15 01 14 30 00 J2148+0657 17 54 36 25.1 110.8 -3.9 -36.8 16 1074 14 30 00 14 44 00 =2145+067 18 08 38 27.1 113.9 -3.7 -35.8 840 1183 14 30 01 14 45 00 J2148+0657 18 09 38 27.3 114.1 -3.7 -35.8 49 1183 14 45 00 14 59 00 =2145+067 18 23 41 29.3 117.4 -3.4 -34.7 840 1291 14 45 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess316.K1024nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef1cm_d 1.3cm secondary focus, IF 500-1000 MHz ****** Only 128.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 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 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= 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 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 B1 D3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 2 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) 1800+440 18 00 03.197728 * 18 01 32.314822 18 02 00.743197 0.01 * J1801+4404 44 04 18.35299 * 44 04 21.90029 44 04 47.20854 0.01 J1801+44 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 6350 observations. 2121+053 21 21 14.801996 * 21 23 44.517403 21 24 34.620392 0.29 * J2123+0535 05 22 27.44225 * 05 35 22.09305 05 39 55.53160 0.31 J2123+05 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 51201 observations. 2145+067 21 45 36.078475 * 21 48 05.458673 21 48 55.612186 0.26 * J2148+0657 06 43 40.90460 * 06 57 38.60421 07 02 32.54349 0.25 J2148+06 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 103488 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 J1801+4404 sess316.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 0.917 110.000 J2123+0535 sess316.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 1.400 182.893 J2148+0657 sess316.K1024nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 0.467 63.467 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) J1801+4404 75.3 J2123+0535 102.1 J2148+0657 108.3 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