COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N21C3 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: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 3 2021 (2 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters) (4 Gbps via 32 channels (2 VSI outputs) for last hour) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 21 October 2021 involving the following antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, Sh, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Km, Cm, Da, De, Pi, Kn. The NME uses a standard setup with 2048 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J1751+0939 and J2031+1219 for ftp-fringe tests. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 12:45:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:15:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1751+0939) 13:45:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J2031+1219) shift to 4Gbps mode (10-min gap) 14:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J2031+1219) 14:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J2031+1219) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 21 Oct 2021 Day 294 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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 J1751+0939 16 46 53 53.0 512.4 -1.1 -19.8 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =1749+096 16 48 53 53.2 513.2 -1.1 -19.3 120 31 12 00 01 12 07 00 J1751+0939 16 53 54 53.6 515.2 -1.0 -17.9 292 31 12 07 00 12 17 00 =1749+096 17 03 56 54.3 519.2 -0.8 -15.1 600 185 12 07 01 12 22 00 J1751+0939 17 08 57 54.6 521.2 -0.7 -13.6 292 185 12 22 00 12 32 00 =1749+096 17 18 58 55.1 525.4 -0.6 -10.6 600 338 12 22 01 12 37 00 J1751+0939 17 23 59 55.3 527.6 -0.5 -9.1 292 338 12 37 00 12 47 00 =1749+096 17 34 01 55.6 531.9 -0.3 -5.9 600 492 12 37 01 12 52 00 J1751+0939 17 39 02 55.7 534.1 -0.2 -4.3 292 492 12 52 00 13 02 00 =1749+096 17 49 03 55.9 538.5 -0.1 -1.1 600 646 12 52 01 13 07 00 J1751+0939 17 54 04 55.9 540.7 0.0 0.5 292 646 13 07 00 13 17 00 =1749+096 18 04 06 55.8 545.1 0.2 3.7 600 800 13 07 01 13 22 00 J2031+1219 18 09 07 46.0 484.4 -2.4 -37.6 213 800 13 22 00 13 32 00 =2029+121 18 19 08 47.5 487.2 -2.2 -36.1 600 954 13 22 01 13 37 00 J2031+1219 18 24 09 48.2 488.7 -2.1 -35.2 293 954 13 37 00 13 47 00 =2029+121 18 34 11 49.6 491.8 -2.0 -33.5 600 1108 13 37 01 13 52 00 J2031+1219 18 39 12 50.2 493.4 -1.9 -32.5 293 1108 13 52 00 13 57 00 =2029+121 18 44 12 50.9 495.0 -1.8 -31.5 300 1185 13 52 01 Next scan frequencies: 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 Next BBC frequencies: 324.00 324.00 324.00 324.00 388.00 388.00 388.00 388.00 452.00 452.00 452.00 452.00 516.00 516.00 516.00 516.00 14 07 00 J2031+1219 18 54 14 52.1 498.4 -1.6 -29.4 592 1185 14 07 00 14 17 00 =2029+121 19 04 16 53.3 501.9 -1.5 -27.1 600 1338 14 07 01 14 24 00 J2031+1219 19 11 17 54.0 504.5 -1.4 -25.4 412 1338 14 24 00 14 32 00 =2029+121 19 19 18 54.8 507.6 -1.2 -23.3 480 1462 14 24 01 14 39 00 J2031+1219 19 26 19 55.5 510.4 -1.1 -21.4 412 1462 14 39 00 14 47 00 =2029+121 19 34 21 56.2 513.7 -1.0 -19.1 480 1585 14 39 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 21 Oct 2021 Day 294 --- 14 52 00 J2031+1219 19 39 21 56.6 515.8 -0.9 -17.7 292 1585 14 52 00 15 00 00 =2029+121 19 47 23 57.1 519.2 -0.8 -15.2 480 1708 14 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess321.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 2 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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: 12 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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: 12 13 14 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess321.C4096 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 33 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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: 33 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 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 BBC fr= 324.00 324.00 324.00 324.00 388.00 388.00 388.00 388.00 452.00 452.00 452.00 452.00 516.00 516.00 516.00 516.00 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 Matching frequency sets: 33 34 35 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) 1749+096 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 33.256806 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 51.03154 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 32 56.187174 0.01 * J2031+1219 12 09 28.75299 * 12 19 41.34015 12 24 14.43950 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 sess321.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.867 182.000 J2031+1219 sess321.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.417 87.500 sess321.C4096 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 + 0.567 119.000 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 64.8 J2031+1219 103.8 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