COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment Exp. Code: N12X2 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: 512-8-2 Notes: 8 x 16 MHz, 2 bit sampling Check antenna pointing, Please Three FTP-FT scan scheduled. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6 NME and ftp fringe-test on 24 May 2012 involving 10 antennas: Eb Wb On20 Mc Nt Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 0528+134 and DA193 as well as phase-referencing parts with a continuum source as target. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 1, 2 sec, J0927+3902) ~12:52 (scan 7, 2 sec, J0927+3902) ~14:50 (scan 58, 2 sec, DA193) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 X band NME+FTP-FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- Next scan frequencies: 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 Next BBC frequencies: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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 12 00 00 J0927+3902 10 58 53 69.7 600.0 1.5 43.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 11 03 54 69.0 602.0 1.6 44.6 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 J0927+3902 11 04 54 68.9 602.4 1.6 44.8 53 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 11 09 55 68.2 604.2 1.7 45.8 300 39 12 06 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 11 10 55 68.0 604.6 1.7 46.0 53 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 11 19 56 66.8 607.7 1.9 47.4 540 74 12 12 01 12 22 00 J0927+3902 11 20 56 66.6 608.0 1.9 47.6 53 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 11 29 58 65.3 610.9 2.0 48.8 540 108 12 22 01 12 32 00 J0927+3902 11 30 58 65.2 611.2 2.1 48.9 54 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 11 40 00 63.8 613.9 2.2 49.9 540 143 12 32 01 12 42 00 J0927+3902 11 41 00 63.7 614.2 2.2 50.0 54 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 11 50 01 62.3 616.6 2.4 50.8 540 178 12 42 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 11 51 01 62.2 616.9 2.4 50.8 54 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 12 01 03 60.7 619.4 2.6 51.5 600 217 12 52 01 13 06 00 J0557+2413 12 05 04 17.7 646.9 6.1 40.5 166 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 12 07 04 17.4 647.2 6.2 40.4 120 225 13 06 01 13 08 00 J0557+2413 12 07 04 17.4 647.2 6.2 40.4 -5 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 12 08 24 17.2 647.5 6.2 40.3 75 230 13 08 01 13 10 20 J0604+2429 12 09 24 18.5 646.4 6.1 40.7 45 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 12 10 45 18.3 646.7 6.1 40.7 80 235 13 10 21 13 11 40 J0557+2413 12 10 45 16.9 647.9 6.2 40.2 -16 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 12 12 05 16.7 648.2 6.2 40.2 64 240 13 11 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 X band NME+FTP-FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 13 14 00 J0604+2429 12 13 05 17.9 647.1 6.1 40.5 45 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 12 14 25 17.7 647.3 6.1 40.5 80 245 13 14 01 13 15 20 J0557+2413 12 14 25 16.4 648.6 6.3 40.0 -16 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 12 15 45 16.2 648.8 6.3 40.0 64 250 13 15 21 13 17 40 J0604+2429 12 16 46 17.4 647.8 6.2 40.4 45 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 12 18 06 17.2 648.0 6.2 40.3 80 255 13 17 41 13 19 00 J0557+2413 12 18 06 15.8 649.3 6.3 39.8 -15 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 12 19 26 15.6 649.5 6.4 39.8 65 261 13 19 01 13 21 20 J0604+2429 12 20 26 16.8 648.4 6.2 40.2 45 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 12 21 46 16.6 648.7 6.3 40.1 80 266 13 21 21 13 22 40 J0557+2413 12 21 46 15.3 649.9 6.4 39.6 -15 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 12 23 07 15.1 650.2 6.4 39.6 65 271 13 22 41 13 25 00 J0604+2429 12 24 07 16.3 649.1 6.3 40.0 45 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 12 25 27 16.1 649.3 6.3 39.9 80 276 13 25 01 13 26 20 J0557+2413 12 25 27 14.7 650.6 6.5 39.4 -15 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 12 26 47 14.6 650.8 6.5 39.4 65 281 13 26 21 13 28 40 J0604+2429 12 27 47 15.8 649.8 6.4 39.8 45 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 12 29 08 15.6 650.0 6.4 39.7 80 286 13 28 41 13 30 00 J0557+2413 12 29 08 14.2 651.3 6.5 39.2 -15 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 12 30 28 14.0 651.5 6.5 39.2 65 292 13 30 01 13 32 20 J0604+2429 12 31 28 15.2 650.4 6.4 39.6 45 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 12 32 48 15.0 650.7 6.5 39.5 80 297 13 32 21 13 33 40 J0557+2413 12 32 48 13.7 651.9 6.6 39.0 -15 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 12 34 08 13.5 652.2 6.6 38.9 65 302 13 33 41 13 36 00 J0604+2429 12 35 09 14.7 651.1 6.5 39.4 45 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 12 36 29 14.5 651.3 6.5 39.3 80 307 13 36 01 13 37 20 J0557+2413 12 36 29 13.2 652.6 6.6 38.8 -15 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 12 37 49 13.0 652.8 6.7 38.7 65 312 13 37 21 13 39 40 J0604+2429 12 38 49 14.2 651.8 6.6 39.2 45 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 12 40 09 14.0 652.0 6.6 39.1 80 317 13 39 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 X band NME+FTP-FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 13 41 00 J0557+2413 12 40 09 12.6 653.3 6.7 38.6 -15 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 12 41 30 12.4 653.5 6.7 38.5 65 323 13 41 01 13 43 20 J0604+2429 12 42 30 13.6 652.4 6.6 38.9 45 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 12 43 50 13.4 652.7 6.6 38.9 80 328 13 43 21 13 44 40 J0557+2413 12 43 50 12.1 653.9 6.8 38.3 -15 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 12 45 10 11.9 654.2 6.8 38.2 65 333 13 44 41 13 47 00 J0604+2429 12 46 10 13.1 653.1 6.7 38.7 45 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 12 47 31 12.9 653.4 6.7 38.6 80 338 13 47 01 13 48 20 J0557+2413 12 47 31 11.6 654.6 6.8 38.1 -15 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 12 48 51 11.4 654.9 6.9 38.0 65 343 13 48 21 13 50 40 J0604+2429 12 49 51 12.6 653.8 6.7 38.5 45 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 12 51 11 12.4 654.0 6.8 38.4 80 348 13 50 41 13 52 00 J0557+2413 12 51 11 11.1 655.3 6.9 37.8 -15 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 12 52 31 10.9 655.5 6.9 37.8 65 354 13 52 01 13 54 20 J0604+2429 12 53 32 12.1 654.4 6.8 38.2 45 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 12 54 52 11.9 654.7 6.8 38.2 80 359 13 54 21 13 55 40 J0557+2413 12 54 52 10.6 656.0 7.0 37.6 -15 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 12 56 12 10.4 656.2 7.0 37.5 65 364 13 55 41 13 58 00 J0604+2429 12 57 12 11.5 655.1 6.9 38.0 45 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 12 58 32 11.4 655.4 6.9 37.9 80 369 13 58 01 13 59 20 J0557+2413 12 58 32 10.1 656.6 7.0 37.3 -15 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 12 59 53 9.9 656.9 7.0 D 37.2 0 374 13 59 21 14 01 40 J0604+2429 13 00 53 11.0 655.8 6.9 37.8 45 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 13 02 13 10.8 656.0 6.9 37.7 80 379 14 01 41 14 05 20 J0604+2429 13 04 33 10.5 656.5 7.0 37.5 134 379 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 13 05 54 10.3 656.7 7.0 37.4 80 384 14 05 21 14 09 00 J0604+2429 13 08 14 10.0 657.1 7.0 37.2 134 384 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 13 09 34 9.8 657.4 7.1 D 37.1 0 390 14 09 01 14 38 00 DA193 13 37 19 17.5 673.2 7.7 35.9 1625 390 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 13 47 20 16.4 674.9 7.8 34.8 600 428 14 38 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 X band NME+FTP-FT 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 14 49 00 DA193 13 48 21 16.3 675.0 7.9 34.7 54 428 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 13 58 22 15.2 676.7 8.0 33.5 600 467 14 49 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.X512 --- 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: 9 Station: BADARY 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L 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: 6 Setup file default. LO sum= 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 BBC fr= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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: 6 7 8 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 -- X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 22.388233 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 51.87431 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 368422 observations 0.333 scan and 22.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0557+2413 05 54 00.912117 * 05 57 04.713585 05 57 50.045857 0.12 0554+242 24 13 35.83074 * 24 13 55.29858 24 13 53.98312 0.11 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 733 observations 0.567 scan and 26.536 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0604+2429 06 01 50.936475 * 06 04 55.121380 06 05 40.560901 0.12 0601+245 24 30 09.83043 * 24 29 55.03636 24 29 45.31768 0.11 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 267 observations 0.533 scan and 33.244 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 27 49.956865 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 59 07.60378 0.10 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 820 observations 0.933 scan and 61.600 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 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) DA193 30.0 J0557+2413 25.7 J0604+2429 27.5 J0927+3902 69.6 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