COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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 JODRELL2 (Code Jb ) 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: 107.49 107.49 107.49 107.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 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 14 47 26 57.3 86.2 -3.2 -56.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 14 00 =1800+440 15 01 29 59.4 88.8 -3.0 -56.4 840 108 12 00 01 12 15 00 J1801+4404 15 02 29 59.5 89.0 -3.0 -56.4 56 108 12 15 00 12 29 00 =1800+440 15 16 31 61.6 91.9 -2.8 -56.4 840 215 12 15 01 12 31 00 J1801+4404 15 18 31 61.9 92.3 -2.7 -56.4 115 215 12 31 00 12 44 00 =1800+440 15 31 33 63.9 95.1 -2.5 -56.1 780 315 12 31 01 12 45 00 J1801+4404 15 32 34 64.0 95.4 -2.5 -56.1 55 315 12 45 00 12 59 00 =1800+440 15 46 36 66.1 98.7 -2.3 -55.4 840 423 12 45 01 13 00 00 J2123+0535 15 47 36 8.0 91.2 -5.6 -37.0 -131 423 13 00 00 13 14 00 =2121+053 16 01 38 10.1 94.0 -5.4 -36.9 709 531 13 00 01 13 15 00 J2123+0535 16 02 39 10.2 94.2 -5.4 -36.9 56 531 13 15 00 13 29 00 =2121+053 16 16 41 12.3 97.1 -5.1 -36.6 840 638 13 15 01 13 30 00 J2123+0535 16 17 41 12.5 97.3 -5.1 -36.6 56 638 13 30 00 13 44 00 =2121+053 16 31 43 14.5 100.2 -4.9 -36.3 840 746 13 30 01 13 45 00 J2123+0535 16 32 43 14.7 100.4 -4.9 -36.3 56 746 13 45 00 13 59 00 =2121+053 16 46 46 16.7 103.3 -4.6 -35.8 840 854 13 45 01 14 00 00 J2123+0535 16 47 46 16.9 103.5 -4.6 -35.8 55 854 14 00 00 14 14 00 =2121+053 17 01 48 18.9 106.5 -4.4 -35.2 840 962 14 00 01 14 15 00 J2123+0535 17 02 48 19.1 106.7 -4.4 -35.2 55 962 14 15 00 14 29 00 =2121+053 17 16 51 21.1 109.8 -4.1 -34.5 840 1069 14 15 01 14 30 00 J2148+0657 17 17 51 18.8 103.9 -4.5 -35.8 19 1069 14 30 00 14 44 00 =2145+067 17 31 53 20.9 106.9 -4.3 -35.2 840 1177 14 30 01 14 45 00 J2148+0657 17 32 53 21.0 107.1 -4.3 -35.2 55 1177 14 45 00 14 59 00 =2145+067 17 46 56 23.0 110.2 -4.0 -34.5 840 1285 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 --- 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: 6 Station: JODRELL2 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B 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= 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 22080.00 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 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 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= 107.49 107.49 107.49 107.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 139.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 171.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 203.49 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: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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