COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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 15 55 04 52.4 381.1 -3.5 -111.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 09 00 =1928+738 16 04 06 52.9 380.8 -3.4 -113.4 540 35 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1927+7358 16 05 06 53.0 380.7 -3.4 -113.7 57 35 12 10 00 12 19 00 =1928+738 16 14 07 53.6 380.3 -3.2 -116.2 540 70 12 10 01 12 20 00 J1927+7358 16 15 07 53.6 380.2 -3.2 -116.5 57 70 12 20 00 12 29 00 =1928+738 16 24 09 54.2 379.7 -3.1 -119.1 540 104 12 20 01 12 30 00 J1927+7358 16 25 09 54.2 379.7 -3.0 -119.4 57 104 12 30 00 12 39 00 =1928+738 16 34 11 54.8 379.1 -2.9 -122.0 540 139 12 30 01 12 40 00 J1927+7358 16 35 11 54.8 379.1 -2.9 -122.3 57 139 12 40 00 12 49 00 =1928+738 16 44 12 55.4 378.5 -2.7 -124.9 540 174 12 40 01 12 50 00 J1927+7358 16 45 12 55.4 378.4 -2.7 -125.2 57 174 12 50 00 12 59 00 =1928+738 16 54 14 55.9 377.7 -2.6 -128.0 540 209 12 50 01 13 00 00 J1927+7358 16 55 14 56.0 377.7 -2.5 -128.3 57 209 13 00 00 13 09 00 =1928+738 17 04 15 56.4 376.9 -2.4 -131.0 540 243 13 00 01 13 10 00 J1927+7358 17 05 16 56.5 376.9 -2.4 -131.3 57 243 13 10 00 13 19 00 =1928+738 17 14 17 57.0 376.1 -2.2 -134.1 540 278 13 10 01 13 20 00 J1927+7358 17 15 17 57.0 376.0 -2.2 -134.5 57 278 13 20 00 13 29 00 =1928+738 17 24 19 57.4 375.2 -2.1 -137.3 540 313 13 20 01 13 30 00 J1927+7358 17 25 19 57.5 375.1 -2.0 -137.6 57 313 13 30 00 13 39 00 =1928+738 17 34 20 57.9 374.2 -1.9 -140.6 540 348 13 30 01 13 40 00 J1927+7358 17 35 21 57.9 374.1 -1.9 -140.9 57 348 13 40 00 13 49 00 =1928+738 17 44 22 58.3 373.2 -1.7 -143.8 540 383 13 40 01 13 50 00 J1927+7358 17 45 22 58.4 373.1 -1.7 -144.2 57 383 13 50 00 13 59 00 =1928+738 17 54 24 58.7 372.1 -1.6 -147.2 540 417 13 50 01 14 00 00 J1927+7358 17 55 24 58.7 372.0 -1.5 -147.5 57 417 14 00 00 14 09 00 =1928+738 18 04 25 59.1 370.9 -1.4 -150.6 540 452 14 00 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 18 05 25 59.1 370.8 -1.4 -150.9 57 452 14 10 00 14 19 00 =1928+738 18 14 27 59.4 369.8 -1.2 -154.0 540 487 14 10 01 14 20 00 J1927+7358 18 15 27 59.4 369.6 -1.2 -154.3 57 487 14 20 00 14 29 00 =1928+738 18 24 29 59.7 368.5 -1.0 -157.5 540 522 14 20 01 14 30 00 J1927+7358 18 25 29 59.7 368.4 -1.0 -157.8 57 522 14 30 00 14 39 00 =1928+738 18 34 30 59.9 367.2 -0.9 -161.0 540 556 14 30 01 14 40 00 J1927+7358 18 35 30 59.9 367.1 -0.9 -161.4 57 556 14 40 00 14 49 00 =1928+738 18 44 32 60.1 365.9 -0.7 -164.6 540 591 14 40 01 14 50 00 J1927+7358 18 45 32 60.1 365.8 -0.7 -164.9 57 591 14 50 00 14 59 00 =1928+738 18 54 34 60.3 364.6 -0.5 -168.1 540 626 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 --- 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: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC 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 = 9 1 9 1 11 3 11 3 13 5 13 5 15 7 15 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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: 3 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) 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