COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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: 4888.00 4888.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 12 00 00 J1751+0939 14 32 18 30.8 118.3 -3.3 -32.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =1749+096 14 34 18 31.1 118.8 -3.3 -32.1 120 8 12 00 01 12 07 00 J1751+0939 14 39 19 31.7 120.0 -3.2 -31.7 294 8 12 07 00 12 12 00 =1749+096 14 44 20 32.4 121.2 -3.1 -31.2 300 27 12 07 01 12 17 00 J1751+0939 14 49 21 33.0 122.5 -3.1 -30.8 294 27 12 17 00 12 27 00 =1749+096 14 59 23 34.3 125.1 -2.9 -29.8 600 66 12 17 01 12 32 00 J1751+0939 15 04 23 34.9 126.4 -2.8 -29.2 294 66 12 32 00 12 42 00 =1749+096 15 14 25 36.1 129.0 -2.6 -28.1 600 104 12 32 01 12 47 00 J2031+1219 15 19 26 16.8 91.7 -5.2 -37.7 164 104 12 47 00 12 57 00 =2029+121 15 29 28 18.3 93.8 -5.1 -37.6 600 143 12 47 01 13 02 00 J2031+1219 15 34 28 19.1 94.8 -5.0 -37.6 294 143 13 02 00 13 12 00 =2029+121 15 44 30 20.6 96.9 -4.8 -37.4 600 182 13 02 01 13 17 00 J2031+1219 15 49 31 21.3 97.9 -4.7 -37.3 294 182 13 17 00 13 27 00 =2029+121 15 59 32 22.8 100.0 -4.6 -37.1 600 220 13 17 01 13 32 00 J2031+1219 16 04 33 23.5 101.1 -4.5 -36.9 294 220 13 32 00 13 42 00 =2029+121 16 14 35 25.0 103.2 -4.3 -36.6 600 259 13 32 01 13 47 00 J2031+1219 16 19 36 25.7 104.3 -4.2 -36.4 294 259 13 47 00 13 57 00 =2029+121 16 29 37 27.2 106.5 -4.1 -35.9 600 298 13 47 01 14 02 00 J2031+1219 16 34 38 27.9 107.6 -4.0 -35.7 294 298 14 02 00 14 12 00 =2029+121 16 44 40 29.3 109.9 -3.8 -35.1 600 336 14 02 01 14 17 00 J2031+1219 16 49 41 30.0 111.1 -3.7 -34.8 294 336 14 17 00 14 27 00 =2029+121 16 59 42 31.4 113.4 -3.6 -34.2 600 375 14 17 01 14 32 00 J2031+1219 17 04 43 32.1 114.6 -3.5 -33.8 294 375 14 32 00 14 42 00 =2029+121 17 14 45 33.4 117.0 -3.3 -33.0 600 414 14 32 01 14 47 00 J2031+1219 17 19 46 34.1 118.3 -3.2 -32.6 294 414 14 47 00 14 52 00 =2029+121 17 24 46 34.7 119.5 -3.1 -32.2 300 433 14 47 01 14 57 00 J2031+1219 17 29 47 35.4 120.8 -3.1 -31.7 294 433 14 57 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 17 32 48 35.8 121.6 -3.0 -31.4 180 444 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: 16 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5624.00 5624.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4888.00 4888.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 14 15 16 17 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 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