COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N23C3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: C-band (6cm) NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3, 2023. EVN: 4 Gbps, 16 IFs, 32 MHz filters, L+R, 2-bit sampling MER: 512Mbps/2IF/64MHz, UR: 2Gbps/8IF/32MHz, W1: 1 Gbps/4IF/32MHz Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe test on 1 November 2023 involving 11 EVN antennas + eMERLIN: Jb1, Wb, Ef, Mc, O8, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Ir, Cm, Da, Kn, Pi, De. Also Jb2 (J2) as a home-station back-up The NME uses a standard setup with a datarate of 4 Gbps, exc. MER(0.5G), UR(2G), Wb(1G). The NME lasts for 3 hours and consists of long scans on calibrators: J1751+0939 and J2031+1219. with ftp grabs every other scan at the following times (in UT): 12:10:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:40:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:10:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 13:40:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:10:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:40:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:59:00 (scan 14, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 1 Nov 2023 Day 305 --- Next scan frequencies: 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 Next BBC frequencies: 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 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 12 00 00 J1751+0939 15 28 40 43.3 487.2 -2.4 -35.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =1749+096 15 30 41 43.6 487.8 -2.4 -34.9 120 62 12 00 01 12 07 00 J1751+0939 15 35 41 44.3 489.2 -2.3 -34.1 297 62 12 07 00 12 12 00 =1749+096 15 40 42 45.0 490.6 -2.2 -33.3 300 216 12 07 01 12 17 00 J1751+0939 15 45 43 45.7 492.1 -2.1 -32.5 297 216 12 17 00 12 27 00 =1749+096 15 55 45 47.0 495.1 -1.9 -30.7 600 526 12 17 01 12 32 00 J1751+0939 16 00 46 47.6 496.7 -1.9 -29.7 297 526 12 32 00 12 42 00 =1749+096 16 10 47 48.8 500.0 -1.7 -27.7 600 835 12 32 01 12 47 00 J2031+1219 16 15 48 26.9 459.3 -4.3 -46.1 241 835 12 47 00 12 57 00 =2029+121 16 25 50 28.7 461.2 -4.1 -45.7 600 1144 12 47 01 13 02 00 J2031+1219 16 30 50 29.5 462.2 -4.0 -45.5 297 1144 13 02 00 13 12 00 =2029+121 16 40 52 31.3 464.2 -3.9 -45.1 600 1453 13 02 01 13 17 00 J2031+1219 16 45 53 32.1 465.2 -3.8 -44.8 297 1453 13 17 00 13 27 00 =2029+121 16 55 55 33.9 467.3 -3.6 -44.2 600 1762 13 17 01 13 32 00 J2031+1219 17 00 55 34.7 468.3 -3.5 -43.9 297 1762 13 32 00 13 42 00 =2029+121 17 10 57 36.4 470.5 -3.4 -43.1 600 2071 13 32 01 13 47 00 J2031+1219 17 15 58 37.2 471.6 -3.3 -42.7 297 2071 13 47 00 13 57 00 =2029+121 17 26 00 38.9 473.9 -3.1 -41.9 600 2381 13 47 01 14 02 00 J2031+1219 17 31 00 39.7 475.1 -3.0 -41.4 297 2381 14 02 00 14 12 00 =2029+121 17 41 02 41.3 477.6 -2.9 -40.3 600 2690 14 02 01 14 17 00 J2031+1219 17 46 03 42.1 478.8 -2.8 -39.8 297 2690 14 17 00 14 27 00 =2029+121 17 56 04 43.6 481.4 -2.6 -38.5 600 2999 14 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 1 Nov 2023 Day 305 --- 14 32 00 J2031+1219 18 01 05 44.4 482.7 -2.5 -37.9 297 2999 14 32 00 14 42 00 =2029+121 18 11 07 45.9 485.5 -2.4 -36.5 600 3308 14 32 01 14 47 00 J2031+1219 18 16 08 46.6 486.9 -2.3 -35.7 297 3308 14 47 00 14 52 00 =2029+121 18 21 09 47.3 488.4 -2.2 -34.9 300 3463 14 47 01 14 57 00 J2031+1219 18 26 09 48.0 489.9 -2.1 -34.1 297 3463 14 57 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 18 29 10 48.4 490.8 -2.1 -33.5 180 3555 14 57 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess323.C4096 --- 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: 7 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= 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 4344.00 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 = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 5 13 5 13 6 14 6 14 7 15 7 15 8 16 8 16 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4632.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4696.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4760.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 5080.00 BBC fr= 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 352.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 416.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 480.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 608.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 672.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 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: 5 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) 1749+096 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 39.305521 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 44.66098 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. 2029+121 20 29 32.681260 * 20 31 54.994267 20 33 02.150741 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 24 37.97018 0.02 J2031+12 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 4314 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 J1751+0939 sess323.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 0.450 61.200 J2031+1219 sess323.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 1.467 199.467 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) J1751+0939 56.6 J2031+1219 94.8 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