COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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: 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 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 43 14 65.4 438.7 -2.3 -76.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 14 00 =1800+440 15 57 17 67.8 440.1 -2.1 -77.9 840 108 12 00 01 12 15 00 J1801+4404 15 58 17 68.0 440.2 -2.1 -77.9 57 108 12 15 00 12 29 00 =1800+440 16 12 19 70.5 441.6 -1.8 -79.1 840 216 12 15 01 12 31 00 J1801+4404 16 14 20 70.8 441.8 -1.8 -79.2 117 216 12 31 00 12 44 00 =1800+440 16 27 22 73.1 443.1 -1.6 -80.2 780 317 12 31 01 12 45 00 J1801+4404 16 28 22 73.3 443.3 -1.6 -80.3 57 317 12 45 00 12 59 00 =1800+440 16 42 24 75.8 444.8 -1.3 -81.3 840 425 12 45 01 13 00 00 J2123+0535 16 43 24 18.0 460.0 -4.7 -44.9 -60 425 13 00 00 13 14 00 =2121+053 16 57 27 20.4 462.6 -4.5 -44.4 780 533 13 00 01 13 15 00 J2123+0535 16 58 27 20.6 462.8 -4.4 -44.3 57 533 13 15 00 13 29 00 =2121+053 17 12 29 23.0 465.5 -4.2 -43.7 840 642 13 15 01 13 30 00 J2123+0535 17 13 29 23.2 465.7 -4.2 -43.6 57 642 13 30 00 13 44 00 =2121+053 17 27 32 25.6 468.5 -4.0 -42.8 840 750 13 30 01 13 45 00 J2123+0535 17 28 32 25.8 468.7 -3.9 -42.7 57 750 13 45 00 13 59 00 =2121+053 17 42 34 28.1 471.6 -3.7 -41.8 840 858 13 45 01 14 00 00 J2123+0535 17 43 34 28.3 471.8 -3.7 -41.7 57 858 14 00 00 14 14 00 =2121+053 17 57 36 30.6 474.8 -3.4 -40.6 840 966 14 00 01 14 15 00 J2123+0535 17 58 37 30.7 475.1 -3.4 -40.5 57 966 14 15 00 14 29 00 =2121+053 18 12 39 33.0 478.2 -3.2 -39.2 840 1074 14 15 01 14 30 00 J2148+0657 18 13 39 30.2 472.0 -3.6 -41.8 48 1074 14 30 00 14 44 00 =2145+067 18 27 41 32.5 475.1 -3.4 -40.6 840 1183 14 30 01 14 45 00 J2148+0657 18 28 42 32.7 475.3 -3.3 -40.5 57 1183 14 45 00 14 59 00 =2145+067 18 42 44 34.9 478.5 -3.1 -39.2 840 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 --- 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: 9 Station: MEDICINA 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= 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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= 223.49 223.49 223.49 223.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 255.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 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: 3 12 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