COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 Exp. Code: N12SX1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Gabriele SURCIS Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: 3.6/13 cm, 512-16-2 Notes: Only RCP, 512 Mbps, 16 BBCs (USB & LSB), 2-bit sampling. Check autoftp settings and pointing, please COVER LETTER: Dear EVN friends, This is the schedule for the S/X band NME and ftp fringe-test on 25 May 2012 involving 11 antennas: Eb Wb On20 Mc Nt Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur Hh. Four ftp scans are scheduled in N12SX1. ~03:15 (scan 3, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~04:04 (scan 21, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~04:54 (scan 39, 2 sec, 3C454.3) ~05:59 (scan 61, 2 sec, 3C454.3) also Good Luck! Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 May 2012 Day 146 --- Next scan frequencies: 2234.99 2234.99 2250.99 2250.99 2266.99 2266.99 2282.99 2282.99 8384.99 8384.99 8400.99 8400.99 8416.99 8416.99 8432.99 8432.99 Next BBC frequencies: 214.99 214.99 230.99 230.99 246.99 246.99 262.99 262.99 304.99 304.99 320.99 320.99 336.99 336.99 352.99 352.99 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 03 00 00 3C454.3 21 03 09 39.9 35.8 -1.9 0.0 0 0 02 59 55 03 06 00 --- 21 09 10 40.7 34.2 -1.8 0.0 360 24 02 59 59 03 07 00 J2249+1331 21 10 10 43.6 34.6 -1.7 0.0 28 24 03 06 55 03 09 00 =2247+132 21 12 11 43.9 34.1 -1.6 0.0 120 32 03 06 59 03 11 00 3C454.3 21 14 11 41.3 32.9 -1.7 0.0 88 32 03 10 55 03 16 00 --- 21 19 12 41.9 31.5 -1.6 0.0 300 51 03 10 59 03 17 00 J2249+1331 21 20 12 44.8 31.7 -1.5 0.0 28 51 03 16 55 03 19 00 =2247+132 21 22 12 45.1 31.1 -1.5 0.0 120 59 03 16 59 03 19 00 3C454.3 21 22 12 42.3 30.6 -1.5 0.0 -32 59 No stop 03 21 00 --- 21 24 12 42.5 30.0 -1.5 0.0 88 67 03 19 04 03 22 00 J2249+1331 21 25 13 45.4 30.2 -1.4 0.0 28 67 03 21 55 03 24 00 =2247+132 21 27 13 45.6 29.6 -1.4 0.0 120 75 03 21 59 03 24 00 3C454.3 21 27 13 42.8 29.2 -1.5 0.0 -32 75 No stop 03 26 00 --- 21 29 13 43.1 28.6 -1.4 0.0 88 83 03 24 04 03 27 00 J2249+1331 21 30 13 46.0 28.6 -1.3 0.0 28 83 03 26 55 03 29 00 =2247+132 21 32 14 46.2 28.0 -1.3 0.0 120 91 03 26 59 03 29 00 3C454.3 21 32 14 43.4 27.7 -1.4 0.0 -32 91 No stop 03 31 00 --- 21 34 14 43.6 27.1 -1.3 0.0 88 99 03 29 04 03 32 00 J2249+1331 21 35 14 46.5 27.0 -1.3 0.0 28 99 03 31 55 03 34 00 =2247+132 21 37 15 46.7 26.4 -1.2 0.0 120 107 03 31 59 03 34 00 3C454.3 21 37 15 43.9 26.2 -1.3 0.0 -32 107 No stop 03 36 00 --- 21 39 15 44.1 25.6 -1.3 0.0 88 115 03 34 04 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 May 2012 Day 146 --- 03 37 00 J2249+1331 21 40 15 47.0 25.4 -1.2 0.0 28 115 03 36 55 03 39 00 =2247+132 21 42 15 47.2 24.8 -1.1 0.0 120 123 03 36 59 03 39 00 3C454.3 21 42 15 44.4 24.6 -1.2 0.0 -32 123 No stop 03 41 00 --- 21 44 16 44.6 24.0 -1.2 0.0 88 130 03 39 04 03 42 00 J2249+1331 21 45 16 47.5 23.8 -1.1 0.0 28 130 03 41 55 03 44 00 =2247+132 21 47 16 47.6 23.1 -1.1 0.0 120 138 03 41 59 03 44 00 3C454.3 21 47 16 44.8 23.1 -1.1 0.0 -32 138 No stop 03 46 00 --- 21 49 17 45.0 22.4 -1.1 0.0 88 146 03 44 04 03 47 00 J2249+1331 21 50 17 47.9 22.1 -1.0 0.0 28 146 03 46 55 03 49 00 =2247+132 21 52 17 48.1 21.4 -1.0 0.0 120 154 03 46 59 03 49 00 3C454.3 21 52 17 45.3 21.5 -1.0 0.0 -32 154 No stop 03 51 00 --- 21 54 17 45.4 20.8 -1.0 0.0 88 162 03 49 04 03 52 00 J2249+1331 21 55 18 48.3 20.4 -0.9 0.0 28 162 03 51 55 03 54 00 =2247+132 21 57 18 48.5 19.7 -0.9 0.0 120 170 03 51 59 03 54 00 3C454.3 21 57 18 45.7 19.9 -1.0 0.0 -32 170 No stop 03 56 00 --- 21 59 18 45.8 19.2 -0.9 0.0 88 178 03 54 04 03 57 00 J2249+1331 22 00 18 48.7 18.6 -0.8 0.0 28 178 03 56 55 03 59 00 =2247+132 22 02 19 48.8 17.9 -0.8 0.0 120 186 03 56 59 04 00 00 3C454.3 22 03 19 46.1 17.9 -0.9 0.0 28 186 03 59 55 04 05 00 --- 22 08 20 46.4 16.2 -0.8 0.0 300 205 03 59 59 04 06 00 J2249+1331 22 09 20 49.3 15.4 -0.7 0.0 28 205 04 05 55 04 08 00 =2247+132 22 11 20 49.4 14.7 -0.7 0.0 120 214 04 05 59 04 08 00 3C454.3 22 11 20 46.6 15.2 -0.7 0.0 -32 214 No stop 04 10 00 --- 22 13 21 46.7 14.5 -0.7 0.0 88 221 04 08 04 04 11 00 J2249+1331 22 14 21 49.6 13.6 -0.6 0.0 28 221 04 10 55 04 13 00 =2247+132 22 16 21 49.7 12.8 -0.6 0.0 120 229 04 10 59 04 13 00 3C454.3 22 16 21 46.9 13.5 -0.6 0.0 -32 229 No stop 04 15 00 --- 22 18 21 47.0 12.8 -0.6 0.0 88 237 04 13 04 04 16 00 J2249+1331 22 19 22 49.8 11.7 -0.5 0.0 28 237 04 15 55 04 18 00 =2247+132 22 21 22 49.9 11.0 -0.5 0.0 120 245 04 15 59 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 May 2012 Day 146 --- 04 18 00 3C454.3 22 21 22 47.1 11.8 -0.6 0.0 -32 245 No stop 04 20 00 --- 22 23 22 47.2 11.1 -0.5 0.0 88 253 04 18 04 04 21 00 J2249+1331 22 24 22 50.0 9.9 -0.4 0.0 28 253 04 20 55 04 23 00 =2247+132 22 26 23 50.1 9.1 -0.4 0.0 120 261 04 20 59 04 23 00 3C454.3 22 26 23 47.3 10.0 -0.5 0.0 -32 261 No stop 04 25 00 --- 22 28 23 47.4 9.3 -0.4 0.0 88 269 04 23 04 04 26 00 J2249+1331 22 29 23 50.2 8.0 -0.3 0.0 28 269 04 25 55 04 28 00 =2247+132 22 31 23 50.3 7.2 -0.3 0.0 120 277 04 25 59 04 28 00 3C454.3 22 31 23 47.5 8.3 -0.4 0.0 -32 277 No stop 04 30 00 --- 22 33 24 47.6 7.6 -0.4 0.0 88 284 04 28 04 04 31 00 J2249+1331 22 34 24 50.3 6.1 -0.3 0.0 28 284 04 30 55 04 33 00 =2247+132 22 36 24 50.4 5.3 -0.2 0.0 120 293 04 30 59 04 33 00 3C454.3 22 36 24 47.7 6.5 -0.3 0.0 -32 293 No stop 04 35 00 --- 22 38 25 47.7 5.8 -0.3 0.0 88 300 04 33 04 04 36 00 J2249+1331 22 39 25 50.4 4.2 -0.2 0.0 28 300 04 35 55 04 38 00 =2247+132 22 41 25 50.5 3.4 -0.1 0.0 120 308 04 35 59 04 38 00 3C454.3 22 41 25 47.8 4.7 -0.2 0.0 -32 308 No stop 04 40 00 --- 22 43 25 47.8 4.0 -0.2 0.0 88 316 04 38 04 04 41 00 J2249+1331 22 44 26 50.5 2.3 -0.1 0.0 28 316 04 40 55 04 43 00 =2247+132 22 46 26 50.5 1.5 -0.1 0.0 120 324 04 40 59 04 43 00 3C454.3 22 46 26 47.8 2.9 -0.1 0.0 -32 324 No stop 04 45 00 --- 22 48 26 47.9 2.2 -0.1 0.0 88 332 04 43 04 04 46 00 J2249+1331 22 49 26 50.5 0.4 -0.0 0.0 28 332 04 45 55 04 48 00 =2247+132 22 51 27 50.5 359.6 0.0 0.0 120 340 04 45 59 04 50 00 3C454.3 22 53 27 47.9 0.4 -0.0 0.0 88 340 04 49 55 04 55 00 --- 22 58 28 47.9 358.6 0.1 0.0 300 360 04 49 59 04 56 00 J2249+1331 22 59 28 50.5 356.5 0.2 0.0 28 360 04 55 55 04 58 00 =2247+132 23 01 28 50.4 355.8 0.2 0.0 120 368 04 55 59 04 58 00 3C454.3 23 01 28 47.9 357.5 0.1 0.0 -32 368 No stop 05 00 00 --- 23 03 29 47.8 356.8 0.1 0.0 88 375 04 58 04 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 5 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 May 2012 Day 146 --- 05 01 00 J2249+1331 23 04 29 50.4 354.6 0.2 0.0 28 375 05 00 55 05 03 00 =2247+132 23 06 29 50.3 353.9 0.3 0.0 120 384 05 00 59 05 03 00 3C454.3 23 06 29 47.8 355.7 0.2 0.0 -32 384 No stop 05 05 00 --- 23 08 30 47.8 355.0 0.2 0.0 88 391 05 03 04 05 06 00 J2249+1331 23 09 30 50.3 352.7 0.3 0.0 28 391 05 05 55 05 08 00 =2247+132 23 11 30 50.2 352.0 0.4 0.0 120 399 05 05 59 05 08 00 3C454.3 23 11 30 47.7 354.0 0.3 0.0 -32 399 No stop 05 10 00 --- 23 13 30 47.6 353.3 0.3 0.0 88 407 05 08 04 05 11 00 J2249+1331 23 14 31 50.1 350.8 0.4 0.0 28 407 05 10 55 05 13 00 =2247+132 23 16 31 50.0 350.1 0.4 0.0 120 415 05 10 59 05 13 00 3C454.3 23 16 31 47.6 352.2 0.4 0.0 -32 415 No stop 05 15 00 --- 23 18 31 47.5 351.5 0.4 0.0 88 423 05 13 04 05 16 00 J2249+1331 23 19 31 49.9 349.0 0.5 0.0 28 423 05 15 55 05 18 00 =2247+132 23 21 32 49.8 348.2 0.5 0.0 120 431 05 15 59 05 18 00 3C454.3 23 21 32 47.4 350.4 0.4 0.0 -32 431 No stop 05 20 00 --- 23 23 32 47.3 349.7 0.5 0.0 88 439 05 18 04 05 21 00 J2249+1331 23 24 32 49.7 347.1 0.6 0.0 28 439 05 20 55 05 23 00 =2247+132 23 26 33 49.6 346.4 0.6 0.0 120 447 05 20 59 05 23 00 3C454.3 23 26 33 47.2 348.7 0.5 0.0 -32 447 No stop 05 25 00 --- 23 28 33 47.1 348.0 0.6 0.0 88 454 05 23 04 05 26 00 J2249+1331 23 29 33 49.4 345.3 0.7 0.0 28 454 05 25 55 05 28 00 =2247+132 23 31 33 49.3 344.6 0.7 0.0 120 463 05 25 59 05 28 00 3C454.3 23 31 33 46.9 346.9 0.6 0.0 -32 463 No stop 05 30 00 --- 23 33 34 46.8 346.3 0.6 0.0 88 470 05 28 04 05 31 00 J2249+1331 23 34 34 49.1 343.5 0.7 0.0 28 470 05 30 55 05 33 00 =2247+132 23 36 34 49.0 342.8 0.8 0.0 120 478 05 30 59 05 33 00 3C454.3 23 36 34 46.7 345.2 0.7 0.0 -32 478 No stop 05 35 00 --- 23 38 35 46.6 344.6 0.7 0.0 88 486 05 33 04 05 36 00 J2249+1331 23 39 35 48.7 341.7 0.8 0.0 28 486 05 35 55 05 38 00 =2247+132 23 41 35 48.6 341.0 0.9 0.0 120 494 05 35 59 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 6 NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 May 2012 Day 146 --- 05 38 00 3C454.3 23 41 35 46.4 343.5 0.8 0.0 -32 494 No stop 05 40 00 --- 23 43 35 46.2 342.9 0.8 0.0 88 502 05 38 04 05 41 00 J2249+1331 23 44 35 48.4 339.9 0.9 0.0 28 502 05 40 55 05 43 00 =2247+132 23 46 36 48.2 339.2 0.9 0.0 120 510 05 40 59 05 43 00 3C454.3 23 46 36 46.0 341.9 0.9 0.0 -32 510 No stop 05 45 00 --- 23 48 36 45.9 341.2 0.9 0.0 88 518 05 43 04 05 46 00 J2249+1331 23 49 36 48.0 338.2 1.0 0.0 28 518 05 45 55 05 48 00 =2247+132 23 51 37 47.8 337.5 1.0 0.0 120 526 05 45 59 05 50 00 3C454.3 23 53 37 45.5 339.6 1.0 0.0 88 526 05 49 55 06 00 00 --- 00 03 39 44.7 336.4 1.2 0.0 600 565 05 49 59 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.SX512 Matching groups in ./n12sx1_freq.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 291100 (CR) Setup group: 4 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 2020.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U Pol. = RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP RCP BBC = 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 1 1 3 3 5 5 7 7 BBC SB= L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U IF = 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 2N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. LO sum= 2234.99 2234.99 2250.99 2250.99 2266.99 2266.99 2282.99 2282.99 8384.99 8384.99 8400.99 8400.99 8416.99 8416.99 8432.99 8432.99 BBC fr= 214.99 214.99 230.99 230.99 246.99 246.99 262.99 262.99 304.99 304.99 320.99 320.99 336.99 336.99 352.99 352.99 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 Matching frequency sets: 5 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- NME and FTP Fringe Test at S/X band in Session 2/2012 Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J2249+1331 22 47 16.049899 * 22 49 44.946872 22 50 22.649593 4.00 2247+132 13 15 15.75188 * 13 31 09.47926 13 35 05.25714 3.81 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 18 Observations 1.000 scan and 55.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.SX512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 35.273092 0.76 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34811 * 16 08 53.56094 16 12 49.80718 0.74 2251+158 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2010a astro solution 39550 Observations 1.383 scan and 66.862 baseline hours in setup: sess212.SX512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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) J2249+1331 75.8 3C454.3 74.0 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