COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N15X2 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Minnie Mao Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: mao@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 3.6cm NME and 4 ftp fringe tests for session 3/2015 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 24 October 2015 involving 12 antennas: Ef Wb1 On60 Mc Nt Sh Ur Ys Sv Zc Bd Ir. The NME uses a standard 512 Mbps setup. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators (J1642+3948 aka. 3C345 and J1800+3848) for ftp-fringe tests. At 3.6cm, 3C345 (J1642+3948) is ~3Jy/beam and J1800+3848 is ~0.8Jy/beam) Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: 09:29:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1642+3948) 10:09:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J1642+3948) 10:59:00 (scan 13, 2 sec, J1800+3848) 11:39:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J1800+3848) All antennas will participate in all FTP fringe tests. Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session and see you on Skype! Minnie Skype account: mini_mintaka Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 24 Oct 2015 Day 297 --- 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: 691.49 691.49 691.49 691.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 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 09 00 00 J1642+3948 11 37 20 37.4 70.2 -5.1 -51.1 0 0 09 00 00 09 04 00 =3C345 11 41 21 38.0 70.8 -5.0 -51.4 240 15 09 00 01 09 06 00 J1642+3948 11 43 21 38.3 71.1 -5.0 -51.5 109 15 09 06 00 09 09 00 =3C345 11 46 22 38.8 71.6 -5.0 -51.7 180 27 09 06 01 09 11 00 J1642+3948 11 48 22 39.1 71.9 -4.9 -51.8 109 27 09 11 00 09 24 00 =3C345 12 01 24 41.1 73.9 -4.7 -52.6 780 77 09 11 01 09 26 00 J1642+3948 12 03 25 41.4 74.2 -4.7 -52.8 109 77 09 26 00 09 30 00 =3C345 12 07 25 42.0 74.8 -4.6 -53.0 240 92 09 26 01 09 32 00 J1642+3948 12 09 26 42.3 75.1 -4.6 -53.1 109 92 09 32 00 09 45 00 =3C345 12 22 28 44.3 77.2 -4.4 -53.8 780 142 09 32 01 09 47 00 J1642+3948 12 24 28 44.6 77.5 -4.3 -53.9 109 142 09 47 00 10 00 00 =3C345 12 37 30 46.6 79.6 -4.1 -54.5 780 192 09 47 01 10 02 00 J1642+3948 12 39 30 47.0 79.9 -4.1 -54.5 109 192 10 02 00 10 04 00 =3C345 12 41 31 47.3 80.3 -4.0 -54.6 120 200 10 02 01 10 06 00 J1642+3948 12 43 31 47.6 80.6 -4.0 -54.7 109 200 10 06 00 10 10 00 =3C345 12 47 32 48.2 81.3 -3.9 -54.9 240 215 10 06 01 10 12 00 J1642+3948 12 49 32 48.5 81.6 -3.9 -54.9 109 215 10 12 00 10 15 00 =3C345 12 52 33 49.0 82.1 -3.8 -55.0 180 227 10 12 01 10 17 00 J1642+3948 12 54 33 49.3 82.4 -3.8 -55.1 109 227 10 17 00 10 30 00 =3C345 13 07 35 51.4 84.7 -3.6 -55.5 780 277 10 17 01 10 40 00 J1800+3848 13 17 37 40.3 74.7 -4.7 -51.9 529 277 10 40 00 10 45 00 =1758+388 13 22 38 41.0 75.5 -4.6 -52.2 300 296 10 40 01 10 47 00 J1800+3848 13 24 38 41.4 75.8 -4.6 -52.3 109 296 10 47 00 10 55 00 =1758+388 13 32 39 42.6 77.1 -4.5 -52.7 480 327 10 47 01 10 57 00 J1800+3848 13 34 40 42.9 77.4 -4.4 -52.8 109 327 10 57 00 11 00 00 =1758+388 13 37 40 43.4 77.9 -4.4 -52.9 180 338 10 57 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 24 Oct 2015 Day 297 --- 11 02 00 J1800+3848 13 39 40 43.7 78.2 -4.4 -53.0 109 338 11 02 00 11 15 00 =1758+388 13 52 42 45.7 80.4 -4.1 -53.6 780 388 11 02 01 11 17 00 J1800+3848 13 54 43 46.0 80.7 -4.1 -53.6 109 388 11 17 00 11 30 00 =1758+388 14 07 45 48.1 82.9 -3.9 -54.1 780 438 11 17 01 11 32 00 J1800+3848 14 09 45 48.4 83.3 -3.9 -54.1 109 438 11 32 00 11 34 00 =1758+388 14 11 46 48.7 83.6 -3.8 -54.2 120 446 11 32 01 11 36 00 J1800+3848 14 13 46 49.0 84.0 -3.8 -54.2 109 446 11 36 00 11 40 00 =1758+388 14 17 47 49.7 84.7 -3.7 -54.3 240 462 11 36 01 11 42 00 J1800+3848 14 19 47 50.0 85.0 -3.7 -54.4 109 462 11 42 00 11 45 00 =1758+388 14 22 47 50.5 85.5 -3.6 -54.4 180 473 11 42 01 11 47 00 J1800+3848 14 24 48 50.8 85.9 -3.6 -54.5 109 473 11 47 00 12 00 00 =1758+388 14 37 50 52.9 88.3 -3.4 -54.6 780 523 11 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess315.X512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef_x 4cm secondary focus receiver. 500-1000 MHz IF. ****** Only 64.00 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 6 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 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 = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 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= 691.49 691.49 691.49 691.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 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: 1 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) 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 29.240741 0.76 * J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 14.35230 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 observations. 1758+388 17 58 44.703952 * 18 00 24.765362 18 00 55.416505 0.01 * J1800+3848 38 48 32.47350 * 38 48 30.69749 38 48 56.14323 0.01 J1800+38 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 4173 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 J1642+3948 sess315.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 1.200 93.600 J1800+3848 sess315.X512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 1.067 83.200 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) J1642+3948 64.7 J1800+3848 76.4 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