COVER INFORMATION Station: KVNTN (Code Kt ) 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 KVNTN (Code Kt ) 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: 8937.49 8937.49 8937.49 8937.49 8969.49 8969.49 8969.49 8969.49 9001.49 9001.49 9001.49 9001.49 9033.49 9033.49 9033.49 9033.49 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 23 22 29 29.0 -54.0 5.3 70.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 14 00 =1800+440 23 36 32 26.6 -53.0 5.6 68.3 840 108 12 00 01 12 15 00 J1801+4404 23 37 32 26.5 -52.9 5.6 68.2 58 108 12 15 00 12 29 00 =1800+440 23 51 34 24.2 -51.9 5.8 66.2 840 215 12 15 01 12 31 00 J1801+4404 23 53 35 23.8 -51.7 5.9 65.9 118 215 12 31 00 12 44 00 =1800+440 00 06 37 21.7 -50.6 6.1 64.1 780 315 12 31 01 12 45 00 J1801+4404 00 07 37 21.5 -50.5 6.1 63.9 58 315 12 45 00 12 59 00 =1800+440 00 21 39 19.3 -49.3 6.3 61.9 840 423 12 45 01 13 00 00 J2123+0535 00 22 39 40.3 246.3 3.0 50.3 -43 423 13 00 00 13 14 00 =2121+053 00 36 42 37.6 249.1 3.2 51.7 797 531 13 00 01 13 15 00 J2123+0535 00 37 42 37.4 249.3 3.2 51.8 58 531 13 15 00 13 29 00 =2121+053 00 51 44 34.7 251.9 3.5 53.0 840 638 13 15 01 13 30 00 J2123+0535 00 52 44 34.5 252.1 3.5 53.1 58 638 13 30 00 13 44 00 =2121+053 01 06 47 31.7 254.6 3.7 54.1 840 746 13 30 01 13 45 00 J2123+0535 01 07 47 31.4 254.7 3.7 54.1 58 746 13 45 00 13 59 00 =2121+053 01 21 49 28.6 257.1 4.0 55.0 840 854 13 45 01 14 00 00 J2123+0535 01 22 49 28.4 257.2 4.0 55.0 58 854 14 00 00 14 14 00 =2121+053 01 36 51 25.5 259.5 4.2 55.7 840 962 14 00 01 14 15 00 J2123+0535 01 37 52 25.3 259.6 4.2 55.7 58 962 14 15 00 14 29 00 =2121+053 01 51 54 22.4 261.8 4.5 56.2 840 1069 14 15 01 14 30 00 J2148+0657 01 52 54 28.0 259.4 4.1 55.9 55 1069 14 30 00 14 44 00 =2145+067 02 06 56 25.1 261.6 4.3 56.4 840 1177 14 30 01 14 45 00 J2148+0657 02 07 57 24.9 261.8 4.3 56.5 58 1177 14 45 00 14 59 00 =2145+067 02 21 59 22.0 263.9 4.6 56.9 840 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: 14 Station: KVNTN Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 13250.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = D C D C D C D C D C D C D C D C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 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= 8937.49 8937.49 8937.49 8937.49 8969.49 8969.49 8969.49 8969.49 9001.49 9001.49 9001.49 9001.49 9033.49 9033.49 9033.49 9033.49 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: 14 15 16 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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