COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N19K1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Katharina Immer Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: immer@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm (K-band) ftp fringe test for session 1/2019 (1024 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 x 16 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE, NO PCAL Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 1.3 cm K-band fringe test on March 12 2019 involving 18 telescopes: Jb2 Ef Mc Nt On60 T6 Ur Tr Ys Hh Sv Zc Bd Sr Mh Kt Ky Ku The FTP-NME uses a standard setup at 1024 Mbps: The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators: Ftp-fringe tests are scheduled every 20 min throughout the experiment: 12:10:00 0234+285 12:30:00 0234+285 12:50:00 0234+285 13:10:00 0528+134 13:30:00 0528+134 13:50:00 0528+134 14:10:00 0528+134 14:30:00 0528+134 14:50:00 0528+134 Clear skies! Katharina Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 12 Mar 2019 Day 71 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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 12 00 00 0234+285 06 08 20 45.3 620.1 3.5 44.1 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 06 13 21 44.5 621.2 3.6 44.3 300 38 12 00 01 12 07 00 0234+285 06 15 21 44.2 621.6 3.6 44.4 114 38 12 07 00 12 20 00 --- 06 28 23 42.2 624.4 3.8 44.7 780 138 12 07 01 12 22 00 0234+285 06 30 23 41.9 624.8 3.9 44.7 114 138 12 22 00 12 25 00 --- 06 33 24 41.4 625.5 3.9 44.8 180 162 12 22 01 12 27 00 0234+285 06 35 24 41.1 625.9 3.9 44.8 114 162 12 27 00 12 40 00 --- 06 48 26 39.1 628.5 4.2 44.9 780 262 12 27 01 12 42 00 0234+285 06 50 27 38.8 628.9 4.2 45.0 114 262 12 42 00 12 45 00 --- 06 53 27 38.3 629.5 4.2 45.0 180 285 12 42 01 12 47 00 0234+285 06 55 28 38.0 629.9 4.3 45.0 114 285 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 07 08 30 36.0 632.4 4.5 44.9 780 385 12 47 01 13 04 00 0528+134 07 12 30 46.8 577.1 1.7 22.6 159 385 13 04 00 13 05 00 --- 07 13 31 46.7 577.4 1.7 22.7 60 392 13 04 01 13 07 00 0528+134 07 15 31 46.5 578.0 1.7 23.1 113 392 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 07 28 33 45.2 582.2 1.9 25.3 780 492 13 07 01 13 22 00 0528+134 07 30 33 45.0 582.8 2.0 25.6 113 492 13 22 00 13 25 00 --- 07 33 34 44.7 583.7 2.0 26.1 180 515 13 22 01 13 27 00 0528+134 07 35 34 44.4 584.4 2.1 26.4 113 515 13 27 00 13 40 00 --- 07 48 36 43.0 588.2 2.3 28.4 780 615 13 27 01 13 42 00 0528+134 07 50 37 42.8 588.8 2.3 28.6 113 615 13 42 00 13 45 00 --- 07 53 37 42.4 589.7 2.4 29.0 180 638 13 42 01 13 47 00 0528+134 07 55 37 42.2 590.3 2.4 29.3 113 638 13 47 00 14 00 00 --- 08 08 40 40.6 593.9 2.6 31.0 780 738 13 47 01 14 02 00 0528+134 08 10 40 40.3 594.5 2.6 31.2 113 738 14 02 00 14 05 00 --- 08 13 40 39.9 595.3 2.7 31.6 180 762 14 02 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 12 Mar 2019 Day 71 --- 14 07 00 0528+134 08 15 41 39.7 595.8 2.7 31.8 113 762 14 07 00 14 20 00 --- 08 28 43 38.0 599.3 2.9 33.2 780 862 14 07 01 14 22 00 0528+134 08 30 43 37.7 599.8 3.0 33.4 114 862 14 22 00 14 25 00 --- 08 33 44 37.3 600.6 3.0 33.7 180 885 14 22 01 14 27 00 0528+134 08 35 44 37.0 601.1 3.1 33.9 114 885 14 27 00 14 40 00 --- 08 48 46 35.2 604.3 3.3 35.0 780 985 14 27 01 14 42 00 0528+134 08 50 46 35.0 604.8 3.3 35.2 114 985 14 42 00 14 45 00 --- 08 53 47 34.5 605.5 3.4 35.4 180 1008 14 42 01 14 47 00 0528+134 08 55 47 34.3 606.0 3.4 35.6 114 1008 14 47 00 15 00 00 --- 09 08 49 32.4 609.1 3.6 36.5 780 1108 14 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119.K1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 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= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 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: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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: 11 12 13 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) * 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 58.475754 0.00 J0237+2848 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98999 28 52 58.42250 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 58420 observations. * 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416746 05 32 00.575865 0.21 J0530+1331 13 29 42.28882 * 13 31 55.14948 13 32 35.57474 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 138236 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 0234+285 sess119.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 + 0.833 192.500 0528+134 sess119.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 + 1.567 361.550 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) 0234+285 55.7 0528+134 91.4 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