COVER INFORMATION Station: DARNHALL (Code Da ) 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 DARNHALL (Code Da ) 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: 22003.49 22003.49 Next BBC frequencies: 1020.51 1020.51 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 12 00 00 0234+285 23 09 15 45.0 101.2 -3.5 -42.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 23 14 16 45.7 102.4 -3.4 -42.0 300 19 12 00 01 12 07 00 0234+285 23 16 16 46.0 102.8 -3.4 -41.9 115 19 12 07 00 12 20 00 --- 23 29 18 47.9 106.0 -3.2 -41.2 780 70 12 07 01 12 22 00 0234+285 23 31 19 48.2 106.5 -3.1 -41.1 115 70 12 22 00 12 25 00 --- 23 34 19 48.6 107.2 -3.1 -40.9 180 81 12 22 01 12 27 00 0234+285 23 36 20 48.9 107.7 -3.0 -40.7 115 81 12 27 00 12 40 00 --- 23 49 22 50.7 111.1 -2.8 -39.7 780 131 12 27 01 12 42 00 0234+285 23 51 22 51.0 111.6 -2.8 -39.5 114 131 12 42 00 12 45 00 --- 23 54 23 51.4 112.4 -2.7 -39.3 180 143 12 42 01 12 47 00 0234+285 23 56 23 51.7 113.0 -2.7 -39.1 114 143 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 00 09 25 53.5 116.7 -2.5 -37.7 780 193 12 47 01 13 04 00 0528+134 00 13 26 17.0 90.0 -5.3 -38.1 107 193 13 04 00 13 05 00 --- 00 14 26 17.1 90.2 -5.3 -38.1 60 197 13 04 01 13 07 00 0528+134 00 16 26 17.4 90.6 -5.3 -38.1 115 197 13 07 00 13 20 00 --- 00 29 28 19.4 93.2 -5.0 -38.0 780 247 13 07 01 13 22 00 0528+134 00 31 29 19.7 93.6 -5.0 -38.0 115 247 13 22 00 13 25 00 --- 00 34 29 20.1 94.2 -5.0 -38.0 180 259 13 22 01 13 27 00 0528+134 00 36 29 20.4 94.6 -4.9 -37.9 115 259 13 27 00 13 40 00 --- 00 49 32 22.4 97.3 -4.7 -37.7 780 309 13 27 01 13 42 00 0528+134 00 51 32 22.7 97.7 -4.7 -37.7 115 309 13 42 00 13 45 00 --- 00 54 32 23.1 98.4 -4.6 -37.6 180 321 13 42 01 13 47 00 0528+134 00 56 33 23.4 98.8 -4.6 -37.6 115 321 13 47 00 14 00 00 --- 01 09 35 25.4 101.5 -4.4 -37.2 780 371 13 47 01 14 02 00 0528+134 01 11 35 25.6 102.0 -4.3 -37.1 115 371 14 02 00 14 05 00 --- 01 14 36 26.1 102.6 -4.3 -37.0 180 383 14 02 01 14 07 00 0528+134 01 16 36 26.4 103.1 -4.3 -36.9 115 383 14 07 00 14 20 00 --- 01 29 38 28.3 105.9 -4.0 -36.4 780 433 14 07 01 Schedule for DARNHALL (Code Da ) 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 22 00 0528+134 01 31 38 28.6 106.4 -4.0 -36.3 115 433 14 22 00 14 25 00 --- 01 34 39 29.0 107.0 -4.0 -36.1 180 444 14 22 01 14 27 00 0528+134 01 36 39 29.3 107.5 -3.9 -36.0 115 444 14 27 00 14 40 00 --- 01 49 41 31.1 110.5 -3.7 -35.3 780 495 14 27 01 14 42 00 0528+134 01 51 42 31.4 110.9 -3.7 -35.2 115 495 14 42 00 14 45 00 --- 01 54 42 31.8 111.6 -3.6 -35.0 180 506 14 42 01 14 47 00 0528+134 01 56 43 32.1 112.1 -3.6 -34.9 115 506 14 47 00 15 00 00 --- 02 09 45 33.9 115.2 -3.4 -33.9 780 556 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 --- 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: 20 Station: DARNHALL Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 23024.00 23024.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 A1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 19 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22003.49 22003.49 BBC fr= 1020.51 1020.51 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 19 20 21 22 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 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