COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N22X1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2022 (4 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 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 5 November 2022 involving the following antennas: Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On60, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Ir, Km. The NME uses a standard setup at 2048 Mbps for the first 1.5 h and then moves to 4096 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators 3C345 and J2031+1219 for ftp-fringe tests. The source J2035+1056 is observed to determine phase stability in phase-referencing calibration. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, 3C345) 2 Gbps 12:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 13:10:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 13:40:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, J2031+1219) --- Moves to 4 Gbps at 13:42 UT. 14:10:00 (scan 26, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 4 Gbps 14:40:00 (scan 32, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:58:00 (scan 36, 2 sec, J2031+1219) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 5 Nov 2022 Day 309 --- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 12 00 00 3C345 15 45 24 78.2 468.7 -1.0 -61.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 15 50 25 79.1 471.1 -0.9 -59.9 300 77 12 00 01 12 07 00 3C345 15 52 25 79.4 472.1 -0.9 -59.2 117 77 12 07 00 12 12 00 --- 15 57 26 80.2 475.0 -0.8 -57.2 300 155 12 07 01 12 15 00 J2031+1219 16 00 26 24.2 456.4 -4.5 -46.5 63 155 12 15 00 12 16 30 =2029+121 16 01 57 24.5 456.7 -4.5 -46.5 90 178 12 15 01 12 16 30 J2035+1056 16 01 57 22.9 457.1 -4.6 -46.1 -8 178 No stop 12 20 00 =2032+107 16 05 27 23.5 457.8 -4.5 -46.0 202 232 12 16 31 12 20 30 J2031+1219 16 05 57 25.2 457.4 -4.5 -46.4 22 232 12 20 30 12 22 00 =2029+121 16 07 27 25.4 457.7 -4.4 -46.3 90 255 12 20 31 12 22 00 J2035+1056 16 07 27 23.9 458.2 -4.5 -46.0 -8 255 No stop 12 25 30 =2032+107 16 10 58 24.5 458.8 -4.4 -45.9 202 309 12 22 01 12 26 00 J2031+1219 16 11 28 26.2 458.5 -4.4 -46.2 22 309 12 26 00 12 27 30 =2029+121 16 12 58 26.4 458.7 -4.3 -46.2 90 332 12 26 01 12 32 00 J2031+1219 16 17 29 27.2 459.6 -4.3 -46.0 267 332 12 32 00 12 42 00 =2029+121 16 27 31 29.0 461.5 -4.1 -45.7 600 487 12 32 01 12 45 00 J2031+1219 16 30 31 29.5 462.1 -4.0 -45.5 177 487 12 45 00 12 46 30 =2029+121 16 32 01 29.8 462.4 -4.0 -45.5 90 510 12 45 01 12 46 30 J2035+1056 16 32 01 28.2 462.9 -4.1 -45.1 -8 510 No stop 12 50 00 =2032+107 16 35 32 28.8 463.6 -4.0 -44.9 202 564 12 46 31 12 50 30 J2031+1219 16 36 02 30.5 463.2 -3.9 -45.3 22 564 12 50 30 12 52 00 =2029+121 16 37 32 30.7 463.5 -3.9 -45.2 90 587 12 50 31 12 52 00 J2035+1056 16 37 32 29.1 464.0 -4.0 -44.8 -8 587 No stop 12 55 30 =2032+107 16 41 03 29.7 464.7 -3.9 -44.6 202 642 12 52 01 12 56 00 J2031+1219 16 41 33 31.4 464.3 -3.9 -45.0 22 642 12 56 00 12 57 30 =2029+121 16 43 03 31.7 464.6 -3.8 -44.9 90 665 12 56 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 5 Nov 2022 Day 309 --- 13 02 00 J2031+1219 16 47 34 32.4 465.5 -3.8 -44.7 267 665 13 02 00 13 12 00 =2029+121 16 57 36 34.2 467.6 -3.6 -44.1 600 819 13 02 01 13 15 00 J2031+1219 17 00 36 34.7 468.3 -3.5 -43.9 177 819 13 15 00 13 16 30 =2029+121 17 02 06 34.9 468.6 -3.5 -43.8 90 842 13 15 01 13 16 30 J2035+1056 17 02 06 33.3 469.0 -3.6 -43.4 -8 842 No stop 13 20 00 =2032+107 17 05 37 33.9 469.8 -3.5 -43.1 202 897 13 16 31 13 20 30 J2031+1219 17 06 07 35.6 469.5 -3.4 -43.5 22 897 13 20 30 13 22 00 =2029+121 17 07 37 35.8 469.8 -3.4 -43.4 90 920 13 20 31 13 22 00 J2035+1056 17 07 37 34.3 470.2 -3.5 -43.0 -8 920 No stop 13 25 30 =2032+107 17 11 08 34.8 471.0 -3.4 -42.7 202 974 13 22 01 13 26 00 J2031+1219 17 11 38 36.5 470.7 -3.4 -43.1 22 974 13 26 00 13 27 30 =2029+121 17 13 08 36.8 471.0 -3.3 -43.0 90 997 13 26 01 13 32 00 J2031+1219 17 17 39 37.5 472.0 -3.3 -42.6 267 997 13 32 00 13 42 00 =2029+121 17 27 41 39.2 474.3 -3.1 -41.7 600 1152 13 32 01 Next scan frequencies: 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 Next BBC frequencies: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 45 00 J2031+1219 17 30 41 39.6 475.1 -3.0 -41.4 177 1152 13 45 00 13 46 30 =2029+121 17 32 11 39.9 475.4 -3.0 -41.3 90 1198 13 45 25 13 46 30 J2035+1056 17 32 11 38.3 475.8 -3.1 -40.9 -8 1198 No stop 13 50 00 =2032+107 17 35 42 38.8 476.6 -3.0 -40.5 202 1306 13 46 31 13 50 30 J2031+1219 17 36 12 40.5 476.4 -2.9 -40.8 22 1306 13 50 30 13 52 00 =2029+121 17 37 42 40.8 476.8 -2.9 -40.7 90 1353 13 50 31 13 52 00 J2035+1056 17 37 42 39.2 477.1 -3.0 -40.3 -8 1353 No stop 13 55 30 =2032+107 17 41 13 39.7 477.9 -2.9 -39.9 202 1461 13 52 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 5 Nov 2022 Day 309 --- 13 56 00 J2031+1219 17 41 43 41.4 477.7 -2.9 -40.3 22 1461 13 56 00 13 57 30 =2029+121 17 43 13 41.6 478.1 -2.8 -40.1 90 1507 13 56 01 14 02 00 J2031+1219 17 47 44 42.4 479.3 -2.8 -39.6 267 1507 14 02 00 14 12 00 =2029+121 17 57 45 43.9 481.9 -2.6 -38.3 600 1816 14 02 01 14 15 00 J2031+1219 18 00 46 44.3 482.7 -2.5 -37.9 177 1816 14 15 00 14 16 30 =2029+121 18 02 16 44.6 483.1 -2.5 -37.7 90 1863 14 15 01 14 16 30 J2035+1056 18 02 16 42.9 483.3 -2.6 -37.4 -8 1863 No stop 14 20 00 =2032+107 18 05 47 43.5 484.3 -2.5 -36.9 202 1971 14 16 31 14 20 30 J2031+1219 18 06 17 45.2 484.2 -2.4 -37.2 22 1971 14 20 30 14 22 00 =2029+121 18 07 47 45.4 484.6 -2.4 -36.9 90 2017 14 20 31 14 22 00 J2035+1056 18 07 47 43.8 484.8 -2.5 -36.6 -8 2017 No stop 14 25 30 =2032+107 18 11 18 44.3 485.8 -2.4 -36.1 202 2126 14 22 01 14 26 00 J2031+1219 18 11 48 46.0 485.7 -2.4 -36.4 22 2126 14 26 00 14 27 30 =2029+121 18 13 18 46.2 486.1 -2.3 -36.1 90 2172 14 26 01 14 32 00 J2031+1219 18 17 49 46.8 487.4 -2.3 -35.4 267 2172 14 32 00 14 42 00 =2029+121 18 27 50 48.2 490.4 -2.1 -33.8 600 2481 14 32 01 14 45 00 J2031+1219 18 30 51 48.6 491.3 -2.0 -33.2 177 2481 14 45 00 14 46 30 =2029+121 18 32 21 48.8 491.8 -2.0 -33.0 90 2527 14 45 01 14 46 30 J2035+1056 18 32 21 47.2 491.9 -2.1 -32.7 -8 2527 No stop 14 50 00 =2032+107 18 35 52 47.7 493.0 -2.0 -32.1 202 2636 14 46 31 14 50 30 J2031+1219 18 36 22 49.4 493.1 -1.9 -32.2 22 2636 14 50 30 14 52 00 =2029+121 18 37 52 49.6 493.6 -1.9 -31.9 90 2682 14 50 31 14 56 00 J2031+1219 18 41 53 50.1 494.8 -1.9 -31.2 237 2682 14 56 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 18 45 53 50.6 496.2 -1.8 -30.4 240 2806 14 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess322.X2048 --- 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: 18 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 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 10 2 10 2 11 3 11 3 12 4 12 4 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 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 ======== Setup file: sess322.X4096 --- 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: 6 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 4096 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 32 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 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 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 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 RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 9 1 9 1 10 2 10 2 11 3 11 3 12 4 12 4 13 5 13 5 14 6 14 6 15 7 15 7 16 8 16 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 15 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8112.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8176.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8240.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8304.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8368.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8432.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8496.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 8560.00 BBC fr= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 96.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 224.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 15 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 43.082440 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 11.77561 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 observations. 2029+121 20 29 32.681260 * 20 31 54.994267 20 32 58.984847 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 24 25.32533 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 4314 observations. 2032+107 20 32 58.561118 * 20 35 22.333308 20 36 27.007715 0.07 * J2035+1056 10 45 42.35165 * 10 56 06.78838 11 00 55.75563 0.15 J2035+10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 155 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 3C345 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 0.167 11.000 J2031+1219 sess322.X4096 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 + 0.600 39.519 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 0.725 46.514 J2035+1056 sess322.X4096 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 + 0.292 17.505 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 0.350 20.357 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) 3C345 62.3 J2031+1219 91.1 J2035+1056 91.5 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