COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N22C1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Suma Murthy Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 7991PD Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 508 EMAIL: murthy@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 596 508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for Session 1 2022 (2 Gbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 32 MHz filters) Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. v2: T6 instead of Sh COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 09 March 2022 involving the following antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Hh, Sv, Zc, Bd, Ir, Km, Cm, Da, De, Pi, Kn The NME uses a standard setup with 2048 Mbps. The schedule consists of long integrations on calibrators J0319+4130 and J0530+1331 for ftp-fringe tests. We will use J0528+1347 for phase-referencing check. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (UT times): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J0319+4130) 12:45:00 (scan 4, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 13:15:00 (scan 8, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 13:45:00 (scan 12, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 14:15:00 (scan 16, 2 sec, J0530+1331) 14:45:00 (scan 20, 2 sec, J0530+1331) Good luck with the session! Suma Murthy Mattermost: coms.evlbi.org Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 9 Mar 2022 Day 68 --- Next scan frequencies: 4926.49 4926.49 Next BBC frequencies: 737.51 737.51 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 12 00 00 J0319+4130 22 58 52 45.8 77.7 -4.4 -51.3 0 0 12 00 00 12 02 00 =3C84 23 00 52 46.1 78.0 -4.3 -51.4 120 8 12 00 01 12 07 00 J0319+4130 23 05 53 46.8 78.8 -4.3 -51.6 295 8 12 07 00 12 17 00 =3C84 23 15 55 48.3 80.6 -4.1 -52.0 600 46 12 07 01 12 22 00 J0319+4130 23 20 55 49.0 81.4 -4.0 -52.2 295 46 12 22 00 12 32 00 =3C84 23 30 57 50.5 83.2 -3.8 -52.5 600 85 12 22 01 12 37 00 J0530+1331 23 35 58 11.4 82.5 -5.9 -37.6 159 85 12 37 00 12 47 00 =0528+134 23 46 00 12.9 84.5 -5.8 -37.7 600 124 12 37 01 12 49 00 J0530+1331 23 48 00 13.2 84.9 -5.7 -37.8 115 124 12 49 00 12 53 00 =0528+134 23 52 01 13.8 85.7 -5.7 -37.8 240 139 12 49 01 12 53 00 J0528+1347 23 52 01 14.3 86.0 -5.6 -37.9 -14 139 No stop 12 56 00 --- 23 55 01 14.7 86.6 -5.6 -37.9 166 151 12 53 01 12 58 00 J0530+1331 23 57 01 14.5 86.7 -5.6 -37.9 107 151 12 58 00 13 02 00 =0528+134 00 01 02 15.1 87.5 -5.5 -37.9 240 166 12 58 01 13 07 00 J0530+1331 00 06 03 15.9 88.5 -5.4 -37.9 294 166 13 07 00 13 17 00 =0528+134 00 16 04 17.4 90.5 -5.3 -37.9 600 205 13 07 01 13 19 00 J0530+1331 00 18 05 17.7 90.9 -5.2 -37.9 115 205 13 19 00 13 23 00 =0528+134 00 22 05 18.3 91.7 -5.2 -37.9 240 220 13 19 01 13 23 00 J0528+1347 00 22 05 18.8 92.0 -5.1 -38.0 -14 220 No stop 13 26 00 --- 00 25 06 19.2 92.6 -5.1 -37.9 166 232 13 23 01 13 28 00 J0530+1331 00 27 06 19.0 92.7 -5.1 -37.9 107 232 13 28 00 13 32 00 =0528+134 00 31 07 19.6 93.5 -5.0 -37.9 240 247 13 28 01 13 37 00 J0530+1331 00 36 08 20.4 94.6 -4.9 -37.8 294 247 13 37 00 13 47 00 =0528+134 00 46 09 21.8 96.6 -4.8 -37.6 600 286 13 37 01 13 49 00 J0530+1331 00 48 10 22.1 97.0 -4.7 -37.6 115 286 13 49 00 13 53 00 =0528+134 00 52 10 22.7 97.9 -4.7 -37.5 240 301 13 49 01 13 53 00 J0528+1347 00 52 10 23.3 98.2 -4.6 -37.5 -14 301 No stop 13 56 00 --- 00 55 11 23.7 98.8 -4.6 -37.5 166 313 13 53 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 9 Mar 2022 Day 68 --- 13 58 00 J0530+1331 00 57 11 23.5 98.9 -4.6 -37.4 107 313 13 58 00 14 02 00 =0528+134 01 01 12 24.1 99.8 -4.5 -37.3 240 328 13 58 01 14 07 00 J0530+1331 01 06 13 24.8 100.8 -4.4 -37.2 294 328 14 07 00 14 17 00 =0528+134 01 16 14 26.3 103.0 -4.3 -36.8 600 367 14 07 01 14 19 00 J0530+1331 01 18 15 26.6 103.4 -4.2 -36.7 115 367 14 19 00 14 23 00 =0528+134 01 22 15 27.1 104.3 -4.2 -36.6 240 383 14 19 01 14 23 00 J0528+1347 01 22 15 27.7 104.6 -4.1 -36.6 -14 383 No stop 14 26 00 --- 01 25 16 28.1 105.3 -4.1 -36.4 166 394 14 23 01 14 28 00 J0530+1331 01 27 16 27.9 105.4 -4.1 -36.4 107 394 14 28 00 14 32 00 =0528+134 01 31 17 28.4 106.3 -4.0 -36.2 240 410 14 28 01 14 37 00 J0530+1331 01 36 18 29.2 107.4 -3.9 -35.9 294 410 14 37 00 14 47 00 =0528+134 01 46 19 30.6 109.7 -3.8 -35.4 600 448 14 37 01 14 49 00 J0530+1331 01 48 20 30.9 110.2 -3.7 -35.2 115 448 14 49 00 14 52 00 =0528+134 01 51 20 31.3 110.9 -3.7 -35.1 180 460 14 49 01 14 52 00 J0528+1347 01 51 20 31.8 111.2 -3.6 -35.0 -13 460 No stop 14 55 00 --- 01 54 21 32.2 111.9 -3.6 -34.8 167 471 14 52 01 14 57 00 J0530+1331 01 56 21 32.0 112.1 -3.6 -34.7 107 471 14 57 00 15 00 00 =0528+134 01 59 21 32.4 112.8 -3.5 -34.5 180 483 14 57 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess122.C2048 --- 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: PICKMERE 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= 5664.00 5664.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 17 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4926.49 4926.49 BBC fr= 737.51 737.51 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 17 18 19 20 21 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) * J0528+1347 05 26 00.151477 * 05 28 50.097800 05 30 04.720574 0.00 13 44 47.83636 * 13 47 09.82500 13 48 10.50101 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3C84 03 16 29.567265 * 03 19 48.160096 03 21 14.487096 1.50 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91692 * 41 30 42.10404 41 35 33.25132 2.86 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 10291 observations. 0528+134 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416746 05 32 10.924066 0.21 * J0530+1331 13 29 42.28882 * 13 31 55.14948 13 32 51.73844 0.24 J0530+13 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 J0528+1347 sess122.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.250 48.075 J0319+4130 sess122.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.367 77.000 J0530+1331 sess122.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.467 306.222 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) J0528+1347 93.6 J0319+4130 71.5 J0530+1331 94.1 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