COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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 05 45 48 37.9 275.2 3.9 67.1 0 0 10 30 00 10 33 30 --- 05 49 19 37.1 275.6 3.9 67.0 210 27 10 30 01 10 33 30 0205-010 05 49 19 29.0 249.5 3.7 53.3 -54 27 No stop 10 37 30 --- 05 53 20 28.2 250.1 3.7 53.7 186 58 10 33 31 10 37 30 MRK1018 05 53 20 28.1 251.0 3.8 54.0 -4 58 No stop 10 41 20 --- 05 57 10 27.3 251.6 3.8 54.3 226 87 10 37 31 10 41 50 0205-010 05 57 40 27.3 250.9 3.8 54.0 26 87 10 41 50 10 43 00 --- 05 58 51 27.1 251.1 3.8 54.1 70 96 10 41 51 10 43 00 MRK1018 05 58 51 26.9 251.9 3.9 54.5 -4 96 No stop 10 46 50 --- 06 02 41 26.2 252.5 3.9 54.8 226 126 10 43 01 10 46 50 0205-010 06 02 41 26.3 251.7 3.9 54.4 -4 126 No stop 10 48 00 --- 06 03 51 26.1 251.9 3.9 54.5 66 135 10 46 51 10 48 00 MRK1018 06 03 51 25.9 252.7 3.9 54.8 -4 135 No stop 10 51 50 --- 06 07 42 25.1 253.3 4.0 55.1 226 164 10 48 01 10 52 20 0205-010 06 08 12 25.2 252.6 4.0 54.8 26 164 10 52 20 10 53 30 --- 06 09 22 24.9 252.8 4.0 54.9 70 173 10 52 21 10 53 30 MRK1018 06 09 22 24.8 253.6 4.0 55.2 -4 173 No stop 10 57 20 --- 06 13 13 24.0 254.2 4.1 55.5 226 203 10 53 31 10 57 20 0205-010 06 13 13 24.2 253.4 4.1 55.1 -4 203 No stop 10 58 30 --- 06 14 23 23.9 253.5 4.1 55.2 66 212 10 57 21 10 58 30 MRK1018 06 14 23 23.8 254.3 4.1 55.5 -4 212 No stop 11 02 20 --- 06 18 14 23.0 254.9 4.2 55.8 226 241 10 58 31 11 02 50 0205-010 06 18 44 23.0 254.2 4.2 55.5 26 241 11 02 50 11 04 00 --- 06 19 54 22.8 254.4 4.2 55.6 70 250 11 02 51 11 04 00 MRK1018 06 19 54 22.6 255.2 4.2 55.9 -4 250 No stop 11 07 50 --- 06 23 45 21.8 255.8 4.3 56.1 226 279 11 04 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 06 23 45 22.0 255.0 4.2 55.8 -4 279 No stop 11 09 00 --- 06 24 55 21.8 255.2 4.3 55.9 66 288 11 07 51 11 09 00 MRK1018 06 24 55 21.6 255.9 4.3 56.2 -4 288 No stop 11 12 50 --- 06 28 45 20.8 256.5 4.4 56.4 226 318 11 09 01 11 13 20 0205-010 06 29 16 20.8 255.8 4.3 56.1 26 318 11 13 20 11 14 30 --- 06 30 26 20.6 256.0 4.4 56.2 70 327 11 13 21 11 14 30 MRK1018 06 30 26 20.4 256.8 4.4 56.5 -4 327 No stop 11 18 20 --- 06 34 16 19.6 257.3 4.5 56.7 226 356 11 14 31 11 18 20 0205-010 06 34 16 19.8 256.6 4.4 56.4 -4 356 No stop 11 19 30 --- 06 35 27 19.6 256.7 4.4 56.5 66 365 11 18 21 11 19 30 MRK1018 06 35 27 19.4 257.5 4.5 56.7 -4 365 No stop 11 23 20 --- 06 39 17 18.6 258.0 4.5 56.9 226 395 11 19 31 11 23 50 0205-010 06 39 47 18.7 257.4 4.5 56.7 26 395 11 23 50 11 25 00 --- 06 40 57 18.4 257.5 4.5 56.7 70 404 11 23 51 11 25 00 MRK1018 06 40 57 18.2 258.3 4.6 57.0 -4 404 No stop 11 28 50 --- 06 44 48 17.4 258.8 4.6 57.2 226 433 11 25 01 11 28 50 0205-010 06 44 48 17.6 258.1 4.6 56.9 -4 433 No stop 11 30 00 --- 06 45 58 17.4 258.2 4.6 57.0 66 442 11 28 51 11 30 00 MRK1018 06 45 58 17.2 259.0 4.6 57.2 -4 442 No stop 11 33 50 --- 06 49 49 16.4 259.5 4.7 57.4 226 472 11 30 01 11 34 20 0205-010 06 50 19 16.5 258.9 4.7 57.2 27 472 11 34 20 11 35 30 --- 06 51 29 16.2 259.0 4.7 57.2 70 481 11 34 21 11 35 30 MRK1018 06 51 29 16.0 259.8 4.7 57.4 -4 481 No stop 11 39 20 --- 06 55 20 15.2 260.3 4.8 57.6 226 510 11 35 31 11 39 20 0205-010 06 55 20 15.4 259.6 4.8 57.4 -3 510 No stop 11 40 30 --- 06 56 30 15.2 259.7 4.8 57.4 67 519 11 39 21 11 40 30 MRK1018 06 56 30 15.0 260.5 4.8 57.6 -3 519 No stop 11 44 20 --- 07 00 21 14.2 261.0 4.9 57.8 227 549 11 40 31 11 44 50 0205-010 07 00 51 14.2 260.3 4.9 57.6 27 549 11 44 50 11 46 00 --- 07 02 01 14.0 260.5 4.9 57.6 70 558 11 44 51 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 07 02 01 13.8 261.2 4.9 57.8 -3 558 No stop 11 49 50 --- 07 05 52 13.0 261.8 5.0 57.9 227 587 11 46 01 11 49 50 0205-010 07 05 52 13.2 261.0 4.9 57.8 -3 587 No stop 11 51 00 --- 07 07 02 12.9 261.2 5.0 57.8 67 596 11 49 51 11 51 00 MRK1018 07 07 02 12.7 261.9 5.0 58.0 -3 596 No stop 11 54 50 --- 07 10 52 11.9 262.4 5.1 58.1 227 626 11 51 01 11 55 20 0205-010 07 11 22 12.0 261.8 5.0 58.0 27 626 11 55 20 11 56 30 --- 07 12 33 11.8 261.9 5.1 58.0 70 635 11 55 21 11 56 30 MRK1018 07 12 33 11.6 262.7 5.1 58.1 -3 635 No stop 12 00 20 --- 07 16 23 10.8 263.2 5.2 58.2 227 664 11 56 31 12 00 20 0205-010 07 16 23 10.9 262.5 5.1 58.1 -3 664 No stop 12 01 30 --- 07 17 33 10.7 262.6 5.1 58.1 67 673 12 00 21 12 01 30 MRK1018 07 17 33 10.5 263.3 5.2 58.3 -3 673 No stop 12 05 20 --- 07 21 24 9.7 263.8 5.2 58.4 227 703 12 01 31 12 05 50 0205-010 07 21 54 9.8 263.2 5.2 58.3 27 703 12 05 50 12 07 00 --- 07 23 04 9.5 263.3 5.2 58.3 70 712 12 05 51 12 07 00 MRK1018 07 23 04 9.3 264.1 5.3 58.4 -3 712 No stop 12 10 50 --- 07 26 55 8.5 264.6 5.3 58.5 227 741 12 07 01 12 10 50 0205-010 07 26 55 8.7 263.9 5.3 58.4 -3 741 No stop 12 12 00 --- 07 28 05 8.5 264.0 5.3 58.4 67 750 12 10 51 12 12 00 MRK1018 07 28 05 8.3 264.7 5.3 58.5 -3 750 No stop 12 15 50 --- 07 31 56 7.4 265.2 5.4 58.6 227 779 12 12 01 12 16 20 0205-010 07 32 26 7.5 264.6 5.4 58.5 27 779 12 16 20 12 17 30 --- 07 33 36 7.3 264.7 5.4 58.5 70 788 12 16 21 12 17 30 MRK1018 07 33 36 7.1 265.5 5.4 58.6 -3 788 No stop 12 21 20 --- 07 37 27 6.3 266.0 5.5 D 58.7 0 818 12 17 31 18 22 30 J0811+0146 13 39 36 7.9 267.2 5.5 58.8 21458 818 18 22 30 18 30 00 =0808+019 13 47 07 6.3 268.2 5.6 D 58.9 0 876 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 --- 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: 14 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 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= 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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: 6 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 4, 12, 20, 28, 6, 14, 22, 30, 8, 16, 24, 32 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