COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band Exp. Code: EP106D Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Miguel A. Perez-Torres Address: IAA - CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n 18008 Granada, Spain Phone: +34-665252538 EMAIL: torres@iaa.es Fax: Phone during observation: +34-665252538 Observing mode: 1024 Mbps Notes: 18cm phase-ref exp of Mrk1018 with the full EVN Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2018 Day 305 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 19 00 00 0149+218 04 33 00 47.4 601.4 2.7 35.9 0 0 19 00 00 19 03 30 --- 04 36 31 46.9 602.4 2.7 36.3 210 27 19 00 01 19 03 30 0205-010 04 36 31 29.1 583.2 2.5 25.1 -51 27 No stop 19 07 10 --- 04 40 11 28.7 584.2 2.5 25.5 169 55 19 03 31 19 07 10 MRK1018 04 40 11 28.9 585.0 2.5 25.9 -13 55 No stop 19 11 00 --- 04 44 02 28.5 586.0 2.6 26.4 217 85 19 07 11 19 11 30 0205-010 04 44 32 28.2 585.3 2.6 26.1 17 85 19 11 30 19 12 40 --- 04 45 42 28.1 585.6 2.6 26.2 70 94 19 11 31 19 12 40 MRK1018 04 45 42 28.3 586.4 2.6 26.6 -13 94 No stop 19 16 30 --- 04 49 33 27.9 587.4 2.7 27.1 217 123 19 12 41 19 16 30 0205-010 04 49 33 27.6 586.6 2.7 26.7 -13 123 No stop 19 17 40 --- 04 50 43 27.5 586.9 2.7 26.8 57 132 19 16 31 19 17 40 MRK1018 04 50 43 27.7 587.7 2.7 27.2 -13 132 No stop 19 21 30 --- 04 54 34 27.3 588.6 2.8 27.7 217 162 19 17 41 19 22 00 0205-010 04 55 04 27.0 587.9 2.8 27.4 17 162 19 22 00 19 23 10 --- 04 56 14 26.9 588.2 2.8 27.5 70 171 19 22 01 19 23 10 MRK1018 04 56 14 27.1 589.0 2.8 27.9 -13 171 No stop 19 27 00 --- 05 00 04 26.6 590.0 2.9 28.3 217 200 19 23 11 19 27 00 0205-010 05 00 04 26.4 589.2 2.8 27.9 -13 200 No stop 19 28 10 --- 05 01 15 26.3 589.5 2.9 28.1 57 209 19 27 01 19 28 10 MRK1018 05 01 15 26.5 590.3 2.9 28.4 -13 209 No stop 19 32 00 --- 05 05 05 26.0 591.2 3.0 28.8 217 238 19 28 11 19 32 30 0205-010 05 05 35 25.8 590.5 2.9 28.5 17 238 19 32 30 19 33 40 --- 05 06 46 25.6 590.8 3.0 28.7 70 247 19 32 31 19 33 40 MRK1018 05 06 46 25.8 591.6 3.0 29.0 -13 247 No stop 19 37 30 --- 05 10 36 25.4 592.6 3.1 29.4 217 277 19 33 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2018 Day 305 --- 19 37 30 0205-010 05 10 36 25.2 591.8 3.0 29.1 -13 277 No stop 19 38 40 --- 05 11 46 25.0 592.0 3.0 29.2 57 286 19 37 31 19 38 40 MRK1018 05 11 46 25.2 592.8 3.1 29.5 -13 286 No stop 19 42 30 --- 05 15 37 24.7 593.8 3.1 29.9 217 315 19 38 41 19 43 00 0205-010 05 16 07 24.5 593.1 3.1 29.7 17 315 19 43 00 19 44 10 --- 05 17 17 24.4 593.4 3.1 29.8 70 324 19 43 01 19 44 10 MRK1018 05 17 17 24.5 594.2 3.2 30.1 -13 324 No stop 19 48 00 --- 05 21 08 24.0 595.1 3.2 30.5 217 354 19 44 11 19 48 00 0205-010 05 21 08 23.9 594.3 3.2 30.2 -13 354 No stop 19 49 10 --- 05 22 18 23.7 594.5 3.2 30.3 57 363 19 48 01 19 49 10 MRK1018 05 22 18 23.9 595.3 3.3 30.6 -13 363 No stop 19 53 00 --- 05 26 09 23.4 596.2 3.3 31.0 217 392 19 49 11 19 53 30 0205-010 05 26 39 23.2 595.6 3.3 30.7 17 392 19 53 30 19 54 40 --- 05 27 49 23.0 595.8 3.3 30.8 70 401 19 53 31 19 54 40 MRK1018 05 27 49 23.2 596.6 3.3 31.1 -13 401 No stop 19 58 30 --- 05 31 40 22.7 597.5 3.4 31.5 217 431 19 54 41 19 58 30 0205-010 05 31 40 22.5 596.7 3.4 31.2 -13 431 No stop 19 59 40 --- 05 32 50 22.4 597.0 3.4 31.3 57 440 19 58 31 19 59 40 MRK1018 05 32 50 22.5 597.8 3.4 31.6 -13 440 No stop 20 03 30 --- 05 36 40 22.0 598.7 3.5 31.9 217 469 19 59 41 20 04 00 0205-010 05 37 11 21.8 598.0 3.5 31.7 17 469 20 04 00 20 05 10 --- 05 38 21 21.7 598.3 3.5 31.8 70 478 20 04 01 20 05 10 MRK1018 05 38 21 21.8 599.1 3.5 32.1 -13 478 No stop 20 09 00 --- 05 42 11 21.3 599.9 3.6 32.4 217 508 20 05 11 20 09 00 0205-010 05 42 11 21.2 599.2 3.5 32.1 -13 508 No stop 20 10 10 --- 05 43 22 21.0 599.4 3.6 32.2 57 517 20 09 01 20 10 10 MRK1018 05 43 22 21.1 600.2 3.6 32.5 -13 517 No stop 20 14 00 --- 05 47 12 20.6 601.1 3.7 32.8 217 546 20 10 11 20 14 30 0205-010 05 47 42 20.4 600.4 3.6 32.6 17 546 20 14 30 20 15 40 --- 05 48 52 20.3 600.7 3.7 32.6 70 555 20 14 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2018 Day 305 --- 20 15 40 MRK1018 05 48 52 20.4 601.4 3.7 32.9 -13 555 No stop 20 19 30 --- 05 52 43 19.9 602.3 3.8 33.2 217 585 20 15 41 20 19 30 0205-010 05 52 43 19.7 601.5 3.7 33.0 -13 585 No stop 20 20 40 --- 05 53 53 19.6 601.8 3.7 33.0 57 594 20 19 31 20 20 40 MRK1018 05 53 53 19.7 602.6 3.8 33.3 -13 594 No stop 20 24 30 --- 05 57 44 19.2 603.4 3.8 33.6 217 623 20 20 41 20 25 00 0205-010 05 58 14 19.0 602.7 3.8 33.4 17 623 20 25 00 20 26 10 --- 05 59 24 18.8 603.0 3.8 33.5 70 632 20 25 01 20 26 10 MRK1018 05 59 24 19.0 603.8 3.9 33.7 -13 632 No stop 20 30 00 --- 06 03 15 18.4 604.6 3.9 34.0 217 662 20 26 11 20 30 00 0205-010 06 03 15 18.3 603.8 3.9 33.7 -13 662 No stop 20 31 10 --- 06 04 25 18.1 604.1 3.9 33.8 57 671 20 30 01 20 31 10 MRK1018 06 04 25 18.3 604.9 4.0 34.1 -13 671 No stop 20 35 00 --- 06 08 16 17.7 605.7 4.0 34.3 217 700 20 31 11 20 35 30 0205-010 06 08 46 17.5 605.0 4.0 34.1 17 700 20 35 30 20 36 40 --- 06 09 56 17.4 605.3 4.0 34.2 70 709 20 35 31 20 36 40 MRK1018 06 09 56 17.5 606.1 4.0 34.4 -13 709 No stop 20 40 30 --- 06 13 47 16.9 606.9 4.1 34.7 217 738 20 36 41 20 40 30 0205-010 06 13 47 16.8 606.1 4.1 34.5 -13 738 No stop 20 41 40 --- 06 14 57 16.7 606.4 4.1 34.5 57 747 20 40 31 20 41 40 MRK1018 06 14 57 16.8 607.1 4.1 34.8 -13 747 No stop 20 45 30 --- 06 18 47 16.2 608.0 4.2 35.0 217 777 20 41 41 20 46 00 0205-010 06 19 17 16.0 607.3 4.2 34.8 17 777 20 46 00 20 47 10 --- 06 20 28 15.9 607.6 4.2 34.9 70 786 20 46 01 20 47 10 MRK1018 06 20 28 16.0 608.3 4.2 35.1 -13 786 No stop 20 51 00 --- 06 24 18 15.4 609.1 4.3 35.3 217 815 20 47 11 20 51 00 0205-010 06 24 18 15.3 608.4 4.2 35.1 -13 815 No stop 20 52 10 --- 06 25 28 15.2 608.6 4.3 35.2 57 824 20 51 01 20 52 10 MRK1018 06 25 28 15.3 609.4 4.3 35.4 -13 824 No stop 20 56 00 --- 06 29 19 14.7 610.2 4.4 35.6 217 854 20 52 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 1 Nov 2018 Day 305 --- 20 56 30 0205-010 06 29 49 14.5 609.5 4.3 35.4 17 854 20 56 30 20 57 40 --- 06 30 59 14.4 609.8 4.4 35.5 70 863 20 56 31 20 57 40 MRK1018 06 30 59 14.4 610.5 4.4 35.7 -13 863 No stop 21 01 30 --- 06 34 50 13.9 611.4 4.5 35.9 217 892 20 57 41 21 01 30 0205-010 06 34 50 13.8 610.6 4.4 35.7 -13 892 No stop 21 02 40 --- 06 36 00 13.6 610.8 4.4 35.8 57 901 21 01 31 21 02 40 MRK1018 06 36 00 13.7 611.6 4.5 36.0 -13 901 No stop 21 06 30 --- 06 39 51 13.1 612.4 4.5 36.1 217 931 21 02 41 21 07 00 0205-010 06 40 21 13.0 611.7 4.5 36.0 17 931 21 07 00 21 08 10 --- 06 41 31 12.8 612.0 4.5 36.1 70 940 21 07 01 21 08 10 MRK1018 06 41 31 12.9 612.7 4.6 36.2 -13 940 No stop 21 12 00 --- 06 45 22 12.3 613.5 4.6 36.4 217 969 21 08 11 21 12 00 0205-010 06 45 22 12.2 612.8 4.6 36.2 -13 969 No stop 21 13 10 --- 06 46 32 12.1 613.0 4.6 36.3 57 978 21 12 01 21 13 10 MRK1018 06 46 32 12.2 613.8 4.7 36.5 -13 978 No stop 21 17 00 --- 06 50 23 11.6 614.6 4.7 36.6 217 1008 21 13 11 21 17 30 0205-010 06 50 53 11.4 613.9 4.7 36.5 17 1008 21 17 30 21 18 40 --- 06 52 03 11.3 614.2 4.7 36.5 70 1017 21 17 31 21 18 40 MRK1018 06 52 03 11.3 614.9 4.7 36.7 -13 1017 No stop 21 22 30 --- 06 55 53 10.8 615.7 4.8 36.8 217 1046 21 18 41 21 22 30 0205-010 06 55 53 10.7 614.9 4.8 36.7 -13 1046 No stop 21 23 40 --- 06 57 04 10.5 615.2 4.8 36.7 57 1055 21 22 31 21 23 40 MRK1018 06 57 04 10.6 615.9 4.8 36.9 -13 1055 No stop 21 27 30 --- 07 00 54 10.0 616.7 4.9 37.0 217 1085 21 23 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess318.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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: 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) * MRK1018 02 03 42.480768 * 02 06 15.990000 02 07 14.144276 0.00 -00 31 46.69524 *-00 17 29.90000 -00 12 10.32366 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 0149+218 01 49 31.744135 * 01 52 18.059046 01 53 21.226093 0.01 J0152+2207 21 52 20.74786 * 22 07 07.69973 22 12 40.14481 0.02 J0152+22 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 2491 observations. * 0154-000 01 54 36.737815 * 01 57 10.534897 01 58 08.786651 0.09 J0157+0011 -00 03 12.25378 * 00 11 24.48436 00 16 51.72973 0.20 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 161 observations. * 0205-010 02 05 53.149978 * 02 08 26.345914 02 09 24.383337 0.09 J0208-0047 -01 01 56.12008 *-00 47 44.29431 -00 42 26.64579 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 142 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 MRK1018 sess318.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 5.672 278.086 0149+218 sess318.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 0.058 4.550 0154-000 sess318.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 0.067 2.592 0205-010 sess318.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 1.831 77.112 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) MRK1018 164.3 0149+218 168.8 0154-000 163.8 0205-010 163.9 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