COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 17 54 44 58.0 371.8 -1.5 -147.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 09 00 =1928+738 18 03 46 58.3 370.8 -1.4 -150.6 540 35 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1927+7358 18 04 46 58.4 370.7 -1.4 -150.9 54 35 12 10 00 12 19 00 =1928+738 18 13 48 58.6 369.6 -1.2 -154.0 540 69 12 10 01 12 20 00 J1927+7358 18 14 48 58.7 369.5 -1.2 -154.4 54 69 12 20 00 12 29 00 =1928+738 18 23 49 58.9 368.4 -1.1 -157.5 540 104 12 20 01 12 30 00 J1927+7358 18 24 49 58.9 368.3 -1.0 -157.8 54 104 12 30 00 12 39 00 =1928+738 18 33 51 59.2 367.2 -0.9 -161.0 540 138 12 30 01 12 40 00 J1927+7358 18 34 51 59.2 367.0 -0.9 -161.3 54 138 12 40 00 12 49 00 =1928+738 18 43 53 59.4 365.9 -0.7 -164.5 540 173 12 40 01 12 50 00 J1927+7358 18 44 53 59.4 365.7 -0.7 -164.8 54 173 12 50 00 12 59 00 =1928+738 18 53 54 59.5 364.5 -0.6 -168.0 540 208 12 50 01 13 00 00 J1927+7358 18 54 54 59.6 364.4 -0.5 -168.4 54 208 13 00 00 13 09 00 =1928+738 19 03 56 59.7 363.2 -0.4 -171.6 540 242 13 00 01 13 10 00 J1927+7358 19 04 56 59.7 363.1 -0.4 -171.9 54 242 13 10 00 13 19 00 =1928+738 19 13 57 59.7 361.8 -0.2 -175.2 540 277 13 10 01 13 20 00 J1927+7358 19 14 58 59.7 361.7 -0.2 -175.5 54 277 13 20 00 13 29 00 =1928+738 19 23 59 59.8 360.5 -0.1 -178.8 540 312 13 20 01 13 30 00 J1927+7358 19 24 59 59.8 360.3 -0.0 -179.1 54 312 13 30 00 13 39 00 =1928+738 19 34 01 59.8 359.1 0.1 177.6 540 346 13 30 01 13 40 00 J1927+7358 19 35 01 59.8 359.0 0.1 177.3 54 346 13 40 00 13 49 00 =1928+738 19 44 02 59.7 357.7 0.3 174.1 540 381 13 40 01 13 50 00 J1927+7358 19 45 03 59.7 357.6 0.3 173.7 54 381 13 50 00 13 59 00 =1928+738 19 54 04 59.6 356.4 0.4 170.5 540 415 13 50 01 14 00 00 J1927+7358 19 55 04 59.6 356.2 0.5 170.1 54 415 14 00 00 14 09 00 =1928+738 20 04 06 59.5 355.0 0.6 166.9 540 450 14 00 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 20 05 06 59.5 354.9 0.6 166.6 54 450 14 10 00 14 19 00 =1928+738 20 14 07 59.3 353.7 0.8 163.4 540 485 14 10 01 14 20 00 J1927+7358 20 15 07 59.3 353.6 0.8 163.0 54 485 14 20 00 14 29 00 =1928+738 20 24 09 59.1 352.5 0.9 159.9 540 519 14 20 01 14 30 00 J1927+7358 20 25 09 59.1 352.3 1.0 159.5 54 519 14 30 00 14 39 00 =1928+738 20 34 11 58.8 351.2 1.1 156.4 540 554 14 30 01 14 40 00 J1927+7358 20 35 11 58.8 351.1 1.1 156.0 54 554 14 40 00 14 49 00 =1928+738 20 44 12 58.5 350.0 1.3 153.0 540 588 14 40 01 14 50 00 J1927+7358 20 45 12 58.5 349.9 1.3 152.6 54 588 14 50 00 14 59 00 =1928+738 20 54 14 58.2 348.9 1.4 149.6 540 623 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: 3 Station: ZELENCHK 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