COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band Exp. Code: EP106G Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Miguel A. Perez-Torres Address: IAA - CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n 18008 Granada, Spain Phone: +34-665252538 EMAIL: torres@iaa.es Fax: Phone during observation: +34-665252538 Observing mode: 1024 Mbps Notes: 18cm phase-ref exp of Mrk1018 - 3rd epoch - 1st part Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 10 30 00 0149+218 04 30 12 47.8 600.6 2.6 35.6 0 0 10 30 00 10 33 30 --- 04 33 43 47.3 601.6 2.7 36.0 210 27 10 30 01 10 33 30 0205-010 04 33 43 29.4 582.5 2.4 24.7 -51 27 No stop 10 37 30 --- 04 37 43 28.9 583.5 2.5 25.2 189 58 10 33 31 10 37 30 MRK1018 04 37 43 29.2 584.4 2.5 25.6 -13 58 No stop 10 41 20 --- 04 41 34 28.7 585.3 2.6 26.1 217 87 10 37 31 10 41 50 0205-010 04 42 04 28.5 584.7 2.5 25.8 17 87 10 41 50 10 43 00 --- 04 43 14 28.3 585.0 2.6 25.9 70 96 10 41 51 10 43 00 MRK1018 04 43 14 28.6 585.8 2.6 26.3 -13 96 No stop 10 46 50 --- 04 47 05 28.1 586.7 2.7 26.8 217 126 10 43 01 10 46 50 0205-010 04 47 05 27.9 585.9 2.6 26.4 -13 126 No stop 10 48 00 --- 04 48 15 27.8 586.2 2.6 26.5 57 135 10 46 51 10 48 00 MRK1018 04 48 15 28.0 587.0 2.7 26.9 -13 135 No stop 10 51 50 --- 04 52 06 27.6 588.0 2.7 27.4 217 164 10 48 01 10 52 20 0205-010 04 52 36 27.3 587.3 2.7 27.1 17 164 10 52 20 10 53 30 --- 04 53 46 27.2 587.6 2.7 27.2 70 173 10 52 21 10 53 30 MRK1018 04 53 46 27.4 588.4 2.8 27.6 -13 173 No stop 10 57 20 --- 04 57 36 26.9 589.4 2.8 28.0 217 203 10 53 31 10 57 20 0205-010 04 57 36 26.7 588.6 2.8 27.7 -13 203 No stop 10 58 30 --- 04 58 47 26.6 588.9 2.8 27.8 57 212 10 57 21 10 58 30 MRK1018 04 58 47 26.8 589.7 2.9 28.1 -13 212 No stop 11 02 20 --- 05 02 37 26.3 590.6 2.9 28.6 217 241 10 58 31 11 02 50 0205-010 05 03 07 26.1 589.9 2.9 28.3 17 241 11 02 50 11 04 00 --- 05 04 18 25.9 590.2 2.9 28.4 70 250 11 02 51 11 04 00 MRK1018 05 04 18 26.1 591.0 3.0 28.8 -13 250 No stop 11 07 50 --- 05 08 08 25.7 592.0 3.0 29.2 217 279 11 04 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 --- 11 07 50 0205-010 05 08 08 25.5 591.2 3.0 28.8 -13 279 No stop 11 09 00 --- 05 09 18 25.3 591.4 3.0 28.9 57 288 11 07 51 11 09 00 MRK1018 05 09 18 25.5 592.2 3.0 29.3 -13 288 No stop 11 12 50 --- 05 13 09 25.0 593.2 3.1 29.7 217 318 11 09 01 11 13 20 0205-010 05 13 39 24.8 592.5 3.1 29.4 17 318 11 13 20 11 14 30 --- 05 14 49 24.7 592.8 3.1 29.5 70 327 11 13 21 11 14 30 MRK1018 05 14 49 24.8 593.6 3.1 29.9 -13 327 No stop 11 18 20 --- 05 18 40 24.4 594.5 3.2 30.2 217 356 11 14 31 11 18 20 0205-010 05 18 40 24.2 593.7 3.2 29.9 -13 356 No stop 11 19 30 --- 05 19 50 24.0 594.0 3.2 30.0 57 365 11 18 21 11 19 30 MRK1018 05 19 50 24.2 594.8 3.2 30.4 -13 365 No stop 11 23 20 --- 05 23 41 23.7 595.7 3.3 30.7 217 395 11 19 31 11 23 50 0205-010 05 24 11 23.5 595.0 3.2 30.5 17 395 11 23 50 11 25 00 --- 05 25 21 23.3 595.3 3.3 30.6 70 404 11 23 51 11 25 00 MRK1018 05 25 21 23.5 596.1 3.3 30.9 -13 404 No stop 11 28 50 --- 05 29 12 23.0 597.0 3.4 31.2 217 433 11 25 01 11 28 50 0205-010 05 29 12 22.9 596.2 3.3 30.9 -13 433 No stop 11 30 00 --- 05 30 22 22.7 596.4 3.3 31.0 57 442 11 28 51 11 30 00 MRK1018 05 30 22 22.9 597.2 3.4 31.4 -13 442 No stop 11 33 50 --- 05 34 12 22.4 598.1 3.4 31.7 217 472 11 30 01 11 34 20 0205-010 05 34 42 22.1 597.4 3.4 31.4 17 472 11 34 20 11 35 30 --- 05 35 53 22.0 597.7 3.4 31.5 70 481 11 34 21 11 35 30 MRK1018 05 35 53 22.1 598.5 3.5 31.8 -13 481 No stop 11 39 20 --- 05 39 43 21.6 599.4 3.5 32.2 217 510 11 35 31 11 39 20 0205-010 05 39 43 21.5 598.6 3.5 31.9 -13 510 No stop 11 40 30 --- 05 40 54 21.3 598.9 3.5 32.0 57 519 11 39 21 11 40 30 MRK1018 05 40 54 21.5 599.6 3.6 32.3 -13 519 No stop 11 44 20 --- 05 44 44 21.0 600.5 3.6 32.6 217 549 11 40 31 11 44 50 0205-010 05 45 14 20.8 599.8 3.6 32.4 17 549 11 44 50 11 46 00 --- 05 46 24 20.6 600.1 3.6 32.4 70 558 11 44 51 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 --- 11 46 00 MRK1018 05 46 24 20.7 600.9 3.7 32.7 -13 558 No stop 11 49 50 --- 05 50 15 20.2 601.7 3.7 33.0 217 587 11 46 01 11 49 50 0205-010 05 50 15 20.1 601.0 3.7 32.8 -13 587 No stop 11 51 00 --- 05 51 25 19.9 601.2 3.7 32.9 57 596 11 49 51 11 51 00 MRK1018 05 51 25 20.0 602.0 3.7 33.1 -13 596 No stop 11 54 50 --- 05 55 16 19.5 602.9 3.8 33.4 217 626 11 51 01 11 55 20 0205-010 05 55 46 19.3 602.2 3.8 33.2 17 626 11 55 20 11 56 30 --- 05 56 56 19.2 602.5 3.8 33.3 70 635 11 55 21 11 56 30 MRK1018 05 56 56 19.3 603.2 3.8 33.5 -13 635 No stop 12 00 20 --- 06 00 47 18.8 604.1 3.9 33.8 217 664 11 56 31 12 00 20 0205-010 06 00 47 18.6 603.3 3.9 33.6 -13 664 No stop 12 01 30 --- 06 01 57 18.5 603.6 3.9 33.7 57 673 12 00 21 12 01 30 MRK1018 06 01 57 18.6 604.3 3.9 33.9 -13 673 No stop 12 05 20 --- 06 05 48 18.1 605.2 4.0 34.2 217 703 12 01 31 12 05 50 0205-010 06 06 18 17.9 604.5 3.9 34.0 17 703 12 05 50 12 07 00 --- 06 07 28 17.7 604.8 4.0 34.0 70 712 12 05 51 12 07 00 MRK1018 06 07 28 17.8 605.5 4.0 34.3 -13 712 No stop 12 10 50 --- 06 11 18 17.3 606.4 4.1 34.5 217 741 12 07 01 12 10 50 0205-010 06 11 18 17.2 605.6 4.0 34.3 -13 741 No stop 12 12 00 --- 06 12 29 17.0 605.9 4.1 34.4 57 750 12 10 51 12 12 00 MRK1018 06 12 29 17.1 606.6 4.1 34.6 -13 750 No stop 12 15 50 --- 06 16 19 16.6 607.4 4.2 34.9 217 779 12 12 01 12 16 20 0205-010 06 16 49 16.4 606.8 4.1 34.7 17 779 12 16 20 12 17 30 --- 06 18 00 16.2 607.0 4.1 34.7 70 788 12 16 21 12 17 30 MRK1018 06 18 00 16.3 607.8 4.2 35.0 -13 788 No stop 12 21 20 --- 06 21 50 15.8 608.6 4.2 35.2 217 818 12 17 31 12 21 20 0205-010 06 21 50 15.7 607.9 4.2 35.0 -13 818 No stop 12 22 30 --- 06 23 00 15.5 608.1 4.2 35.0 57 827 12 21 21 12 22 30 MRK1018 06 23 00 15.6 608.9 4.3 35.3 -13 827 No stop 12 26 20 --- 06 26 51 15.0 609.7 4.3 35.5 217 856 12 22 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 Mrk1018 at 1 Gb/s - L band 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 --- 12 26 50 0205-010 06 27 21 14.9 609.0 4.3 35.3 17 856 12 26 50 12 28 00 --- 06 28 31 14.7 609.3 4.3 35.4 70 865 12 26 51 12 28 00 MRK1018 06 28 31 14.8 610.0 4.4 35.6 -13 865 No stop 12 31 50 --- 06 32 22 14.2 610.8 4.4 35.8 217 895 12 28 01 12 31 50 0205-010 06 32 22 14.2 610.1 4.4 35.6 -13 895 No stop 12 33 00 --- 06 33 32 14.0 610.3 4.4 35.6 57 904 12 31 51 12 33 00 MRK1018 06 33 32 14.1 611.1 4.4 35.8 -13 904 No stop 12 36 50 --- 06 37 23 13.5 611.9 4.5 36.0 217 933 12 33 01 12 37 20 0205-010 06 37 53 13.3 611.2 4.5 35.9 17 933 12 37 20 12 38 30 --- 06 39 03 13.2 611.5 4.5 35.9 70 942 12 37 21 12 38 30 MRK1018 06 39 03 13.3 612.2 4.5 36.1 -13 942 No stop 12 42 20 --- 06 42 54 12.7 613.0 4.6 36.3 217 972 12 38 31 12 42 20 0205-010 06 42 54 12.6 612.3 4.6 36.1 -13 972 No stop 12 43 30 --- 06 44 04 12.4 612.5 4.6 36.2 57 981 12 42 21 12 43 30 MRK1018 06 44 04 12.5 613.3 4.6 36.3 -13 981 No stop 12 47 20 --- 06 47 54 12.0 614.1 4.7 36.5 217 1010 12 43 31 12 47 50 0205-010 06 48 25 11.8 613.4 4.7 36.4 17 1010 12 47 50 12 49 00 --- 06 49 35 11.6 613.7 4.7 36.4 70 1019 12 47 51 12 49 00 MRK1018 06 49 35 11.7 614.4 4.7 36.6 -13 1019 No stop 12 52 50 --- 06 53 25 11.1 615.2 4.8 36.7 217 1049 12 49 01 12 52 50 0205-010 06 53 25 11.0 614.4 4.7 36.6 -13 1049 No stop 12 54 00 --- 06 54 36 10.9 614.7 4.8 36.6 57 1058 12 52 51 12 54 00 MRK1018 06 54 36 11.0 615.4 4.8 36.8 -13 1058 No stop 12 57 50 --- 06 58 26 10.4 616.2 4.9 36.9 217 1087 12 54 01 12 58 20 0205-010 06 58 56 10.2 615.6 4.8 36.8 17 1087 12 58 20 12 59 30 --- 07 00 06 10.0 615.8 4.8 36.9 70 1096 12 58 21 12 59 30 MRK1018 07 00 06 10.1 616.6 4.9 37.0 -13 1096 No stop 13 03 20 --- 07 03 57 9.5 617.3 4.9 D 37.1 0 1126 12 59 31 18 22 30 J0811+0146 12 24 00 17.8 609.1 4.2 35.3 19026 1126 18 22 30 18 30 00 =0808+019 12 31 31 16.7 610.7 4.3 35.8 450 1183 18 22 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119LG.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: 3 Station: BADARY 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) * MRK1018 02 03 42.480768 * 02 06 15.990000 02 07 13.070287 0.00 -00 31 46.69524 *-00 17 29.90000 -00 12 17.68628 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 0149+218 01 49 31.744135 * 01 52 18.059046 01 53 19.998707 0.01 J0152+2207 21 52 20.74786 * 22 07 07.69973 22 12 36.87626 0.02 J0152+22 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 2491 observations. * 0154-000 01 54 36.737815 * 01 57 10.534897 01 58 07.690568 0.09 J0157+0011 -00 03 12.25378 * 00 11 24.48436 00 16 44.53987 0.20 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 161 observations. * 0205-010 02 05 53.149978 * 02 08 26.345914 02 09 23.313723 0.09 J0208-0047 -01 01 56.12008 *-00 47 44.29431 -00 42 34.12056 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 142 observations. 0808+019 08 08 51.138133 * 08 11 26.707316 08 12 26.301370 0.01 * J0811+0146 01 55 51.17953 * 01 46 52.22022 01 43 16.02124 0.01 J0811+01 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 18603 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 MRK1018 sess119LG.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 5.544 332.614 0149+218 sess119LG.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.058 5.308 0154-000 sess119LG.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.067 3.175 0205-010 sess119LG.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 1.756 93.090 J0811+0146 sess119LG.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.125 9.263 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) MRK1018 41.4 0149+218 45.3 0154-000 39.2 0205-010 41.9 J0811+0146 132.6 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