COVER INFORMATION Station: ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 04 57 39 43.6 442.9 -4.5 -43.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 05 02 40 44.3 443.9 -4.4 -43.6 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 J0927+3902 05 03 40 44.4 444.1 -4.4 -43.6 55 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 05 08 41 45.1 445.1 -4.3 -43.7 300 39 12 06 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 05 09 41 45.2 445.3 -4.3 -43.7 55 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 05 18 42 46.5 447.1 -4.2 -43.8 540 74 12 12 01 12 22 00 J0927+3902 05 19 43 46.6 447.3 -4.1 -43.8 55 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 05 28 44 47.8 449.2 -4.0 -43.9 540 108 12 22 01 12 32 00 J0927+3902 05 29 44 47.9 449.4 -4.0 -43.9 55 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 05 38 46 49.2 451.3 -3.8 -43.9 540 143 12 32 01 12 42 00 J0927+3902 05 39 46 49.3 451.5 -3.8 -43.9 55 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 05 48 47 50.5 453.5 -3.7 -43.8 540 178 12 42 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 05 49 48 50.6 453.7 -3.6 -43.8 55 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 05 59 49 52.0 456.0 -3.5 -43.6 600 217 12 52 01 13 06 00 J0557+2413 06 03 50 56.8 542.5 0.1 1.5 197 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 06 05 50 56.8 543.3 0.1 2.0 120 225 13 06 01 13 08 00 J0557+2413 06 05 50 56.8 543.3 0.1 2.0 -5 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 06 07 10 56.8 543.9 0.2 2.3 75 230 13 08 01 13 10 20 J0604+2429 06 08 11 57.1 541.0 0.0 0.6 48 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 06 09 31 57.1 541.6 0.1 1.0 80 235 13 10 21 13 11 40 J0557+2413 06 09 31 56.8 544.9 0.2 2.9 -12 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 06 10 51 56.8 545.4 0.2 3.2 68 240 13 11 41 Schedule for ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 06 11 51 57.1 542.6 0.1 1.5 48 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 06 13 11 57.1 543.1 0.1 1.9 80 245 13 14 01 13 15 20 J0557+2413 06 13 11 56.7 546.4 0.3 3.8 -12 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 06 14 32 56.7 546.9 0.3 4.1 68 250 13 15 21 13 17 40 J0604+2429 06 15 32 57.1 544.1 0.2 2.4 48 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 06 16 52 57.0 544.7 0.2 2.8 80 255 13 17 41 13 19 00 J0557+2413 06 16 52 56.7 547.9 0.3 4.7 -12 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 06 18 12 56.6 548.5 0.3 5.0 68 261 13 19 01 13 21 20 J0604+2429 06 19 12 57.0 545.7 0.2 3.3 48 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 06 20 33 57.0 546.2 0.2 3.7 80 266 13 21 21 13 22 40 J0557+2413 06 20 33 56.6 549.4 0.4 5.6 -12 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 06 21 53 56.6 550.0 0.4 5.9 68 271 13 22 41 13 25 00 J0604+2429 06 22 53 57.0 547.2 0.3 4.3 49 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 06 24 13 56.9 547.7 0.3 4.6 80 276 13 25 01 13 26 20 J0557+2413 06 24 13 56.5 550.9 0.4 6.4 -12 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 06 25 33 56.5 551.5 0.5 6.8 68 281 13 26 21 13 28 40 J0604+2429 06 26 34 56.9 548.7 0.3 5.1 49 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 06 27 54 56.9 549.3 0.4 5.5 80 286 13 28 41 13 30 00 J0557+2413 06 27 54 56.4 552.4 0.5 7.3 -12 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 06 29 14 56.4 553.0 0.5 7.6 68 292 13 30 01 13 32 20 J0604+2429 06 30 14 56.8 550.2 0.4 6.0 49 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 06 31 34 56.8 550.8 0.4 6.4 80 297 13 32 21 13 33 40 J0557+2413 06 31 34 56.3 553.9 0.6 8.2 -12 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 06 32 55 56.2 554.5 0.6 8.5 68 302 13 33 41 13 36 00 J0604+2429 06 33 55 56.7 551.8 0.5 6.9 49 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 06 35 15 56.7 552.3 0.5 7.3 80 307 13 36 01 13 37 20 J0557+2413 06 35 15 56.2 555.4 0.6 9.0 -12 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 06 36 35 56.1 556.0 0.6 9.4 68 312 13 37 21 13 39 40 J0604+2429 06 37 35 56.6 553.3 0.5 7.8 49 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 06 38 56 56.6 553.8 0.6 8.1 80 317 13 39 41 Schedule for ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 06 38 56 56.0 556.9 0.7 9.9 -11 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 06 40 16 56.0 557.5 0.7 10.2 69 323 13 41 01 13 43 20 J0604+2429 06 41 16 56.5 554.8 0.6 8.7 49 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 06 42 36 56.4 555.3 0.6 9.0 80 328 13 43 21 13 44 40 J0557+2413 06 42 36 55.9 558.4 0.7 10.7 -11 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 06 43 56 55.8 558.9 0.8 11.0 69 333 13 44 41 13 47 00 J0604+2429 06 44 57 56.4 556.3 0.7 9.5 49 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 06 46 17 56.3 556.8 0.7 9.9 80 338 13 47 01 13 48 20 J0557+2413 06 46 17 55.7 559.9 0.8 11.6 -11 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 06 47 37 55.6 560.4 0.8 11.9 69 343 13 48 21 13 50 40 J0604+2429 06 48 37 56.2 557.7 0.7 10.4 49 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 06 49 57 56.1 558.3 0.7 10.7 80 348 13 50 41 13 52 00 J0557+2413 06 49 57 55.5 561.3 0.9 12.4 -11 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 06 51 18 55.5 561.8 0.9 12.7 69 354 13 52 01 13 54 20 J0604+2429 06 52 18 56.0 559.2 0.8 11.2 49 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 06 53 38 56.0 559.8 0.8 11.5 80 359 13 54 21 13 55 40 J0557+2413 06 53 38 55.3 562.7 0.9 13.2 -11 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 06 54 58 55.3 563.3 1.0 13.5 69 364 13 55 41 13 58 00 J0604+2429 06 55 58 55.9 560.7 0.8 12.1 49 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 06 57 19 55.8 561.2 0.9 12.4 80 369 13 58 01 13 59 20 J0557+2413 06 57 19 55.2 564.2 1.0 14.0 -11 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 06 58 39 55.1 564.7 1.0 14.3 69 374 13 59 21 14 01 40 J0604+2429 06 59 39 55.7 562.1 0.9 12.9 49 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 07 00 59 55.6 562.7 0.9 13.2 80 379 14 01 41 14 03 00 J0557+2413 07 00 59 54.9 565.6 1.1 14.8 -11 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 07 02 19 54.9 566.1 1.1 15.1 69 384 14 03 01 14 05 20 J0604+2429 07 03 20 55.5 563.6 1.0 13.7 49 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 07 04 40 55.4 564.1 1.0 14.0 80 390 14 05 21 14 06 40 J0557+2413 07 04 40 54.7 567.0 1.1 15.6 -11 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 07 06 00 54.6 567.5 1.1 15.8 69 395 14 06 41 Schedule for ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) 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 09 00 J0604+2429 07 07 00 55.3 565.0 1.0 14.5 49 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 07 08 20 55.2 565.5 1.0 14.8 80 400 14 09 01 14 10 20 J0557+2413 07 08 20 54.5 568.4 1.2 16.3 -11 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 07 09 41 54.4 568.9 1.2 16.6 69 405 14 10 21 14 12 40 J0604+2429 07 10 41 55.1 566.4 1.1 15.3 49 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 07 12 01 55.0 566.9 1.1 15.6 80 410 14 12 41 14 14 00 J0557+2413 07 12 01 54.3 569.8 1.2 17.1 -11 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 07 13 21 54.2 570.3 1.3 17.3 69 415 14 14 01 14 16 20 J0604+2429 07 14 21 54.9 567.8 1.1 16.0 49 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 07 15 42 54.8 568.3 1.2 16.3 80 421 14 16 21 14 17 40 J0557+2413 07 15 42 54.0 571.1 1.3 17.8 -11 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 07 17 02 53.9 571.6 1.3 18.0 69 426 14 17 41 14 20 00 J0604+2429 07 18 02 54.6 569.2 1.2 16.8 49 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 07 19 22 54.5 569.7 1.2 17.1 80 431 14 20 01 14 21 20 J0557+2413 07 19 22 53.7 572.5 1.4 18.5 -11 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 07 20 42 53.6 573.0 1.4 18.8 69 436 14 21 21 14 23 40 J0604+2429 07 21 43 54.4 570.6 1.3 17.5 49 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 07 23 03 54.3 571.1 1.3 17.8 80 441 14 23 41 14 25 00 J0557+2413 07 23 03 53.5 573.8 1.4 19.2 -11 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 07 24 23 53.4 574.3 1.4 19.5 69 446 14 25 01 14 27 20 J0604+2429 07 25 23 54.1 572.0 1.3 18.3 49 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 07 26 43 54.0 572.4 1.4 18.5 80 452 14 27 21 14 28 40 J0557+2413 07 26 43 53.2 575.1 1.5 19.9 -11 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 07 28 04 53.1 575.6 1.5 20.1 69 457 14 28 41 14 31 00 J0604+2429 07 29 04 53.9 573.3 1.4 19.0 49 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 07 30 24 53.8 573.8 1.4 19.2 80 462 14 31 01 14 32 20 J0557+2413 07 30 24 52.9 576.4 1.5 20.6 -11 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 07 31 44 52.8 576.9 1.6 20.8 69 467 14 32 21 14 34 40 J0604+2429 07 32 44 53.6 574.6 1.5 19.7 49 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 07 34 05 53.5 575.1 1.5 19.9 80 472 14 34 41 Schedule for ON6_DBBC (Code Od ) Page 6 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 38 00 DA193 07 36 05 66.2 593.2 1.7 34.2 99 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 07 46 07 65.1 597.1 1.8 36.1 600 511 14 38 01 14 49 00 DA193 07 47 07 64.9 597.4 1.8 36.2 55 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 07 57 08 63.8 601.0 2.0 37.8 600 550 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: 11 Station: ON6_DBBC 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = B D B D B D B D B D B D B D B D The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 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: 11 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