COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Ross867 Exp. Code: EB070 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Paul Boven Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596547 EMAIL: boven@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 595623 Observing mode: Notes: L-band schedule for EB070 on 2019-03-10 02:00 to 07:00 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 Ross867 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 02 00 00 J1722+2458 15 56 08 64.1 489.4 -1.5 -38.0 0 0 02 00 00 02 02 00 =1720+250 15 58 08 64.3 490.2 -1.4 -37.4 120 15 02 00 01 02 02 00 ROSS867 15 58 08 66.0 489.3 -1.4 -38.6 -16 15 No stop 02 10 00 --- 16 06 09 67.1 492.8 -1.2 -36.3 464 77 02 02 01 02 10 40 J1722+2458 16 06 49 65.5 494.0 -1.3 -35.0 24 77 02 10 40 02 12 00 =1720+250 16 08 10 65.7 494.6 -1.3 -34.5 80 87 02 10 41 02 12 00 ROSS867 16 08 10 67.3 493.8 -1.2 -35.6 -17 87 No stop 02 20 00 --- 16 16 11 68.3 497.7 -1.1 -32.9 463 149 02 12 01 02 20 00 J1722+2458 16 16 11 66.7 498.4 -1.1 -31.9 -16 149 No stop 02 22 00 =1720+250 16 18 11 66.9 499.3 -1.1 -31.3 104 164 02 20 01 02 22 00 ROSS867 16 18 11 68.6 498.7 -1.0 -32.1 -17 164 No stop 02 30 00 --- 16 26 13 69.5 503.1 -0.9 -29.0 463 226 02 22 01 02 30 40 J1722+2458 16 26 53 67.9 503.8 -0.9 -28.1 24 226 02 30 40 02 32 00 =1720+250 16 28 13 68.0 504.5 -0.9 -27.5 80 236 02 30 41 02 32 00 ROSS867 16 28 13 69.7 504.2 -0.9 -28.2 -17 236 No stop 02 40 00 --- 16 36 14 70.5 508.9 -0.7 -24.6 463 297 02 32 01 02 40 00 J1722+2458 16 36 14 68.8 509.0 -0.8 -24.2 -16 297 No stop 02 42 00 =1720+250 16 38 15 69.0 510.1 -0.8 -23.4 104 313 02 40 01 02 42 00 ROSS867 16 38 15 70.7 510.2 -0.7 -23.7 -17 313 No stop 02 50 00 --- 16 46 16 71.3 515.3 -0.6 -19.7 463 374 02 42 01 02 50 40 J1722+2458 16 46 56 69.7 515.3 -0.6 -19.4 24 374 02 50 40 02 52 00 =1720+250 16 48 16 69.8 516.1 -0.6 -18.8 80 385 02 50 41 02 52 00 ROSS867 16 48 16 71.5 516.6 -0.5 -18.7 -17 385 No stop 03 00 00 --- 16 56 18 72.0 522.1 -0.4 -14.3 463 446 02 52 01 03 00 00 J1722+2458 16 56 18 70.4 521.3 -0.5 -14.8 -16 446 No stop 03 02 00 =1720+250 16 58 18 70.5 522.6 -0.4 -13.8 104 462 03 00 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 Ross867 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 03 02 00 ROSS867 16 58 18 72.1 523.5 -0.4 -13.2 -16 462 No stop 03 10 00 --- 17 06 19 72.5 529.3 -0.2 -8.6 464 523 03 02 01 03 10 40 J1722+2458 17 06 59 70.9 528.4 -0.3 -9.2 24 523 03 10 40 03 12 00 =1720+250 17 08 19 70.9 529.3 -0.3 -8.5 80 533 03 10 41 03 12 00 ROSS867 17 08 19 72.5 530.8 -0.2 -7.4 -16 533 No stop 03 20 00 --- 17 16 21 72.7 536.8 -0.1 -2.6 464 595 03 12 01 03 20 00 J1722+2458 17 16 21 71.1 534.9 -0.1 -4.1 -17 595 No stop 03 22 00 =1720+250 17 18 21 71.1 536.3 -0.1 -3.0 103 610 03 20 01 03 22 00 ROSS867 17 18 21 72.7 538.3 -0.0 -1.4 -18 610 No stop 03 30 00 --- 17 26 22 72.7 544.3 0.1 3.5 462 672 03 22 01 03 30 40 J1722+2458 17 27 03 71.2 542.4 0.1 1.9 22 672 03 30 40 03 32 00 =1720+250 17 28 23 71.1 543.3 0.1 2.6 80 682 03 30 41 03 32 00 ROSS867 17 28 23 72.6 545.8 0.1 4.7 -20 682 No stop 03 40 00 --- 17 36 24 72.4 551.7 0.3 9.4 460 744 03 32 01 03 40 00 J1722+2458 17 36 24 71.0 548.9 0.2 7.1 -20 744 No stop 03 42 00 =1720+250 17 38 24 70.9 550.3 0.2 8.2 100 759 03 40 01 03 42 00 ROSS867 17 38 24 72.3 553.2 0.3 10.6 -21 759 No stop 03 50 00 --- 17 46 26 71.9 558.9 0.4 15.1 459 821 03 42 01 03 50 40 J1722+2458 17 47 06 70.6 556.2 0.4 12.8 19 821 03 50 40 03 52 00 =1720+250 17 48 26 70.5 557.0 0.4 13.5 80 831 03 50 41 03 52 00 3C345 17 48 26 77.3 617.2 1.1 66.3 -86 831 No stop 04 00 00 --- 17 56 27 75.9 619.8 1.2 67.6 394 892 03 52 01 04 00 30 J1722+2458 17 56 57 70.0 562.5 0.6 17.8 -52 892 04 00 30 04 02 00 =1720+250 17 58 28 69.9 563.5 0.6 18.5 38 904 04 00 31 04 02 00 ROSS867 17 58 28 71.1 567.0 0.6 21.4 -22 904 No stop 04 10 00 --- 18 06 29 70.4 572.0 0.8 25.3 458 965 04 02 01 04 10 40 J1722+2458 18 07 09 69.2 568.8 0.7 22.5 18 965 04 10 40 04 12 00 =1720+250 18 08 29 69.1 569.6 0.7 23.1 80 976 04 10 41 04 12 00 ROSS867 18 08 29 70.2 573.2 0.8 26.2 -22 976 No stop 04 20 00 --- 18 16 31 69.3 577.7 0.9 29.6 458 1037 04 12 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 4 Ross867 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 04 20 00 J1722+2458 18 16 31 68.3 574.1 0.9 26.5 -22 1037 No stop 04 22 00 =1720+250 18 18 31 68.1 575.2 0.9 27.3 98 1053 04 20 01 04 22 00 ROSS867 18 18 31 69.1 578.8 1.0 30.4 -22 1053 No stop 04 30 00 --- 18 26 32 68.2 583.0 1.1 33.4 458 1114 04 22 01 04 30 40 J1722+2458 18 27 12 67.1 579.7 1.1 30.6 18 1114 04 30 40 04 32 00 =1720+250 18 28 33 67.0 580.4 1.1 31.1 80 1124 04 30 41 04 32 00 ROSS867 18 28 33 67.9 584.0 1.1 34.1 -22 1124 No stop 04 40 00 --- 18 36 34 66.9 587.8 1.3 36.7 458 1186 04 32 01 04 40 00 J1722+2458 18 36 34 66.0 584.2 1.2 33.7 -22 1186 No stop 04 42 00 =1720+250 18 38 34 65.8 585.2 1.2 34.4 98 1201 04 40 01 04 42 00 ROSS867 18 38 34 66.6 588.7 1.3 37.3 -22 1201 No stop 04 50 00 --- 18 46 36 65.5 592.2 1.4 39.6 458 1263 04 42 01 04 50 40 J1722+2458 18 47 16 64.6 589.0 1.4 36.9 19 1263 04 50 40 04 52 00 =1720+250 18 48 36 64.4 589.5 1.4 37.3 80 1273 04 50 41 04 52 00 ROSS867 18 48 36 65.2 593.0 1.5 40.1 -22 1273 No stop 05 00 00 --- 18 56 37 64.0 596.2 1.6 42.1 458 1335 04 52 01 05 00 00 J1722+2458 18 56 37 63.3 592.8 1.5 39.3 -21 1335 No stop 05 02 00 =1720+250 18 58 38 63.0 593.5 1.6 39.8 99 1350 05 00 01 05 02 00 ROSS867 18 58 38 63.7 596.9 1.6 42.5 -22 1350 No stop 05 10 00 --- 19 06 39 62.5 599.8 1.8 44.2 458 1412 05 02 01 05 10 40 J1722+2458 19 07 19 61.7 596.8 1.7 41.8 19 1412 05 10 40 05 12 00 =1720+250 19 08 39 61.5 597.2 1.7 42.0 80 1422 05 10 41 05 12 00 ROSS867 19 08 39 62.2 600.5 1.8 44.6 -21 1422 No stop 05 20 00 --- 19 16 41 60.9 603.1 1.9 46.0 459 1483 05 12 01 05 20 00 J1722+2458 19 16 41 60.3 600.0 1.9 43.6 -21 1483 No stop 05 22 00 =1720+250 19 18 41 60.0 600.6 1.9 43.9 99 1499 05 20 01 05 22 00 ROSS867 19 18 41 60.6 603.8 2.0 46.3 -21 1499 No stop 05 30 00 --- 19 26 42 59.3 606.2 2.1 47.6 459 1560 05 22 01 05 30 40 J1722+2458 19 27 22 58.6 603.4 2.1 45.4 20 1560 05 30 40 05 32 00 =1720+250 19 28 42 58.4 603.8 2.1 45.6 80 1571 05 30 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 5 Ross867 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 05 32 00 ROSS867 19 28 42 58.9 606.8 2.1 47.8 -21 1571 No stop 05 40 00 --- 19 36 44 57.6 609.1 2.3 48.9 459 1632 05 32 01 05 40 00 J1722+2458 19 36 44 57.1 606.1 2.2 46.7 -20 1632 No stop 05 42 00 =1720+250 19 38 44 56.7 606.7 2.3 47.0 100 1647 05 40 01 05 42 00 ROSS867 19 38 44 57.2 609.6 2.3 49.1 -20 1647 No stop 05 50 00 --- 19 46 45 55.9 611.7 2.4 50.0 460 1709 05 42 01 05 50 40 J1722+2458 19 47 26 55.3 609.1 2.4 48.1 20 1709 05 50 40 05 52 00 =1720+250 19 48 46 55.0 609.4 2.4 48.2 80 1719 05 50 41 05 52 00 ROSS867 19 48 46 55.5 612.2 2.5 50.2 -20 1719 No stop 06 00 00 --- 19 56 47 54.1 614.2 2.6 50.9 460 1781 05 52 01 06 00 00 J1722+2458 19 56 47 53.7 611.5 2.6 49.0 -20 1781 No stop 06 02 00 =1720+250 19 58 47 53.3 612.0 2.6 49.2 100 1796 06 00 01 06 02 00 ROSS867 19 58 47 53.8 614.7 2.6 51.1 -20 1796 No stop 06 10 00 --- 20 06 49 52.4 616.6 2.8 51.7 460 1858 06 02 01 06 10 40 J1722+2458 20 07 29 51.8 614.1 2.7 50.0 21 1858 06 10 40 06 12 00 =1720+250 20 08 49 51.6 614.4 2.8 50.1 80 1868 06 10 41 06 12 00 ROSS867 20 08 49 52.0 617.0 2.8 51.8 -20 1868 No stop 06 20 00 --- 20 16 50 50.6 618.8 2.9 52.3 460 1929 06 12 01 06 20 00 J1722+2458 20 16 50 50.2 616.3 2.9 50.7 -19 1929 No stop 06 22 00 =1720+250 20 18 51 49.9 616.7 2.9 50.8 101 1945 06 20 01 06 22 00 ROSS867 20 18 51 50.3 619.2 3.0 52.4 -19 1945 No stop 06 30 00 --- 20 26 52 48.8 620.9 3.1 52.8 461 2006 06 22 01 06 30 40 J1722+2458 20 27 32 48.3 618.6 3.1 51.3 21 2006 06 30 40 06 32 00 =1720+250 20 28 52 48.1 618.9 3.1 51.4 80 2017 06 30 41 06 32 00 ROSS867 20 28 52 48.5 621.3 3.1 52.9 -19 2017 No stop 06 40 00 --- 20 36 54 47.0 622.9 3.3 53.2 461 2078 06 32 01 06 40 00 J1722+2458 20 36 54 46.7 620.6 3.2 51.8 -19 2078 No stop 06 42 00 =1720+250 20 38 54 46.3 621.0 3.3 51.8 101 2094 06 40 01 06 42 00 ROSS867 20 38 54 46.7 623.3 3.3 53.2 -19 2094 No stop 06 50 00 --- 20 46 55 45.2 624.9 3.4 53.4 461 2155 06 42 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 6 Ross867 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 06 50 40 J1722+2458 20 47 35 44.7 622.7 3.4 52.2 22 2155 06 50 40 06 52 00 =1720+250 20 48 56 44.5 623.0 3.4 52.2 80 2165 06 50 41 06 52 00 3C345 20 48 56 45.1 647.0 4.1 63.9 -49 2165 No stop 07 00 00 --- 20 56 57 43.8 648.0 4.2 63.3 431 2227 06 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 2 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 10 11 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) * ROSS867 17 17 51.729053 * 17 19 52.704417 17 20 38.279841 0.00 26 33 06.96932 * 26 30 08.17019 26 28 50.26698 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 37.140850 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 17.37126 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 observations. 1720+250 17 20 49.923363 * 17 22 52.989968 17 23 39.339745 0.12 * J1722+2458 25 01 20.62720 * 24 58 34.69119 24 57 22.06506 0.21 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 109 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 ROSS867 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 3.733 345.900 3C345 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.267 21.510 J1722+2458 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.825 66.533 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) ROSS867 91.9 3C345 99.8 J1722+2458 91.1 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