COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N16X1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm (X-band) NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2016 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 7 November 2016 involving 11 antennas: Wb1, Ef, Mc, Nt, O6, T6, Ur, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps. The schedule consists of: - long integrations on strong calibrator, J1927+7358, for ftp-fringe tests; Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every half hour throughout the experiment: 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1927+7358) 12:45:00 (scan 5, 2 sec, J1927+7358) 13:15:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1927+7358) 13:45:00 (scan 11, 2 sec, J1927+7358) 14:15:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J1927+7358) 14:45:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J1927+7358) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Benito. Skype account: jive.support.scientist Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 7 Nov 2016 Day 312 --- Next scan frequencies: 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 Next BBC frequencies: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J1927+7358 21 57 25 62.9 338.4 2.5 124.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 09 00 =1928+738 22 06 26 62.4 337.7 2.7 121.3 540 35 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1927+7358 22 07 27 62.3 337.6 2.7 121.0 54 35 12 10 00 12 19 00 =1928+738 22 16 28 61.8 336.9 2.8 118.3 540 69 12 10 01 12 20 00 J1927+7358 22 17 28 61.7 336.8 2.8 118.0 55 69 12 20 00 12 29 00 =1928+738 22 26 30 61.2 336.3 3.0 115.3 540 104 12 20 01 12 30 00 J1927+7358 22 27 30 61.1 336.2 3.0 115.0 55 104 12 30 00 12 39 00 =1928+738 22 36 31 60.6 335.7 3.2 112.4 540 138 12 30 01 12 40 00 J1927+7358 22 37 32 60.5 335.6 3.2 112.1 55 138 12 40 00 12 49 00 =1928+738 22 46 33 59.9 335.2 3.3 109.5 540 173 12 40 01 12 50 00 J1927+7358 22 47 33 59.8 335.1 3.3 109.3 55 173 12 50 00 12 59 00 =1928+738 22 56 35 59.3 334.8 3.5 106.8 540 208 12 50 01 13 00 00 J1927+7358 22 57 35 59.2 334.7 3.5 106.5 55 208 13 00 00 13 09 00 =1928+738 23 06 36 58.6 334.4 3.7 104.1 540 242 13 00 01 13 10 00 J1927+7358 23 07 36 58.5 334.4 3.7 103.8 55 242 13 10 00 13 19 00 =1928+738 23 16 38 57.9 334.1 3.8 101.4 540 277 13 10 01 13 20 00 J1927+7358 23 17 38 57.8 334.1 3.8 101.1 55 277 13 20 00 13 29 00 =1928+738 23 26 40 57.2 333.9 4.0 98.8 540 312 13 20 01 13 30 00 J1927+7358 23 27 40 57.2 333.9 4.0 98.5 55 312 13 30 00 13 39 00 =1928+738 23 36 41 56.5 333.7 4.2 96.2 540 346 13 30 01 13 40 00 J1927+7358 23 37 41 56.5 333.7 4.2 96.0 55 346 13 40 00 13 49 00 =1928+738 23 46 43 55.9 333.6 4.3 93.7 540 381 13 40 01 13 50 00 J1927+7358 23 47 43 55.8 333.6 4.3 93.5 55 381 13 50 00 13 59 00 =1928+738 23 56 45 55.2 333.6 4.5 91.3 540 415 13 50 01 14 00 00 J1927+7358 23 57 45 55.1 333.6 4.5 91.1 55 415 14 00 00 14 09 00 =1928+738 00 06 46 54.5 333.6 4.7 88.9 540 450 14 00 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 7 Nov 2016 Day 312 --- 14 10 00 J1927+7358 00 07 46 54.4 333.6 4.7 88.6 55 450 14 10 00 14 19 00 =1928+738 00 16 48 53.8 333.6 4.8 86.5 540 485 14 10 01 14 20 00 J1927+7358 00 17 48 53.7 333.6 4.8 86.3 55 485 14 20 00 14 29 00 =1928+738 00 26 49 53.1 333.7 5.0 84.2 540 519 14 20 01 14 30 00 J1927+7358 00 27 50 53.0 333.7 5.0 83.9 55 519 14 30 00 14 39 00 =1928+738 00 36 51 52.4 333.9 5.2 81.9 540 554 14 30 01 14 40 00 J1927+7358 00 37 51 52.3 333.9 5.2 81.7 55 554 14 40 00 14 49 00 =1928+738 00 46 53 51.7 334.0 5.3 79.6 540 588 14 40 01 14 50 00 J1927+7358 00 47 53 51.7 334.1 5.3 79.4 55 588 14 50 00 14 59 00 =1928+738 00 56 54 51.1 334.3 5.5 77.4 540 623 14 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess316.X512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 4 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 BBC fr= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 10 11 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) 1928+738 19 28 49.350209 * 19 27 48.495162 19 27 26.302589 0.04 * J1927+7358 73 51 44.92746 * 73 58 01.56990 74 00 33.14394 0.01 J1927+73 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 4075 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 J1927+7358 sess316.X512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 2.700 210.600 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) J1927+7358 100.2 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