COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 291.49 291.49 291.49 291.49 307.49 307.49 307.49 307.49 323.49 323.49 323.49 323.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 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 09 58 39 82.7 234.9 0.5 49.8 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 10 03 40 81.9 239.4 0.6 53.4 300 19 12 00 04 12 06 00 J0927+3902 10 04 40 81.8 240.2 0.6 54.1 57 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 10 09 41 81.0 243.8 0.7 56.9 300 39 12 06 04 12 12 00 J0927+3902 10 10 41 80.8 244.5 0.7 57.4 58 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 10 19 43 79.3 249.7 0.9 61.1 540 74 12 12 04 12 22 00 J0927+3902 10 20 43 79.1 250.2 0.9 61.4 58 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 10 29 45 77.5 254.2 1.0 63.9 540 108 12 22 04 12 32 00 J0927+3902 10 30 45 77.4 254.6 1.0 64.2 58 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 10 39 46 75.8 257.8 1.2 65.8 540 143 12 32 04 12 42 00 J0927+3902 10 40 46 75.6 258.1 1.2 66.0 58 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 10 49 48 74.0 260.7 1.4 67.1 540 178 12 42 04 12 52 00 J0927+3902 10 50 48 73.8 261.0 1.4 67.2 58 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 11 00 50 72.0 263.5 1.5 68.1 600 217 12 52 04 13 06 00 J0557+2413 11 04 50 25.7 279.8 5.1 51.6 145 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 11 06 51 25.4 280.2 5.2 51.6 120 225 13 06 04 13 08 00 J0557+2413 11 06 51 25.4 280.2 5.2 51.6 -2 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 11 08 11 25.1 280.4 5.2 51.5 78 230 13 08 04 13 10 20 J0604+2429 11 09 11 26.5 279.5 5.1 51.9 54 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 11 10 31 26.3 279.7 5.1 51.8 80 235 13 10 24 13 11 40 J0557+2413 11 10 31 24.7 280.7 5.2 51.4 -6 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 11 11 51 24.5 280.9 5.2 51.4 74 240 13 11 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 11 12 52 25.9 280.1 5.1 51.7 54 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 11 14 12 25.6 280.3 5.1 51.7 80 245 13 14 04 13 15 20 J0557+2413 11 14 12 24.1 281.3 5.3 51.3 -6 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 11 15 32 23.8 281.5 5.3 51.2 74 250 13 15 24 13 17 40 J0604+2429 11 16 32 25.2 280.7 5.2 51.6 54 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 11 17 52 25.0 280.9 5.2 51.5 80 255 13 17 44 13 19 00 J0557+2413 11 17 52 23.4 281.9 5.3 51.1 -6 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 11 19 13 23.2 282.1 5.4 51.1 74 261 13 19 04 13 21 20 J0604+2429 11 20 13 24.5 281.3 5.2 51.5 54 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 11 21 33 24.3 281.5 5.3 51.4 80 266 13 21 24 13 22 40 J0557+2413 11 21 33 22.7 282.5 5.4 51.0 -6 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 11 22 53 22.5 282.7 5.4 50.9 74 271 13 22 44 13 25 00 J0604+2429 11 23 53 23.9 281.8 5.3 51.3 54 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 11 25 14 23.7 282.0 5.3 51.3 80 276 13 25 04 13 26 20 J0557+2413 11 25 14 22.1 283.0 5.5 50.8 -6 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 11 26 34 21.9 283.2 5.5 50.8 74 281 13 26 24 13 28 40 J0604+2429 11 27 34 23.2 282.4 5.4 51.2 54 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 11 28 54 23.0 282.6 5.4 51.1 80 286 13 28 44 13 30 00 J0557+2413 11 28 54 21.4 283.6 5.5 50.7 -6 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 11 30 14 21.2 283.8 5.5 50.6 74 292 13 30 04 13 32 20 J0604+2429 11 31 15 22.6 283.0 5.4 51.0 54 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 11 32 35 22.4 283.2 5.4 50.9 80 297 13 32 24 13 33 40 J0557+2413 11 32 35 20.8 284.2 5.6 50.5 -6 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 11 33 55 20.6 284.4 5.6 50.4 74 302 13 33 44 13 36 00 J0604+2429 11 34 55 21.9 283.5 5.5 50.8 54 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 11 36 15 21.7 283.7 5.5 50.8 80 307 13 36 04 13 37 20 J0557+2413 11 36 15 20.2 284.7 5.6 50.3 -6 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 11 37 36 19.9 284.9 5.7 50.3 74 312 13 37 24 13 39 40 J0604+2429 11 38 36 21.3 284.1 5.5 50.7 54 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 11 39 56 21.1 284.3 5.6 50.6 80 317 13 39 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 11 39 56 19.5 285.3 5.7 50.1 -6 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 11 41 16 19.3 285.5 5.7 50.1 74 323 13 41 04 13 43 20 J0604+2429 11 42 16 20.6 284.7 5.6 50.5 54 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 11 43 37 20.4 284.9 5.6 50.4 80 328 13 43 24 13 44 40 J0557+2413 11 43 37 18.9 285.9 5.8 49.9 -6 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 11 44 57 18.6 286.1 5.8 49.9 74 333 13 44 44 13 47 00 J0604+2429 11 45 57 20.0 285.2 5.7 50.3 54 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 11 47 17 19.8 285.5 5.7 50.2 80 338 13 47 04 13 48 20 J0557+2413 11 47 17 18.2 286.5 5.8 49.8 -6 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 11 48 37 18.0 286.7 5.8 49.7 74 343 13 48 24 13 50 40 J0604+2429 11 49 38 19.4 285.8 5.7 50.1 54 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 11 50 58 19.1 286.0 5.8 50.0 80 348 13 50 44 13 52 00 J0557+2413 11 50 58 17.6 287.0 5.9 49.5 -6 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 11 52 18 17.4 287.2 5.9 49.5 74 354 13 52 04 13 54 20 J0604+2429 11 53 18 18.7 286.4 5.8 49.9 54 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 11 54 38 18.5 286.6 5.8 49.8 80 359 13 54 24 13 55 40 J0557+2413 11 54 38 17.0 287.6 5.9 49.3 -6 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 11 55 59 16.7 287.8 6.0 49.3 74 364 13 55 44 13 58 00 J0604+2429 11 56 59 18.1 287.0 5.9 49.7 54 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 11 58 19 17.8 287.2 5.9 49.6 80 369 13 58 04 13 59 20 J0557+2413 11 58 19 16.3 288.2 6.0 49.1 -6 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 11 59 39 16.1 288.4 6.0 49.0 74 374 13 59 24 14 01 40 J0604+2429 12 00 39 17.4 287.5 5.9 49.5 54 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 12 02 00 17.2 287.7 5.9 49.4 80 379 14 01 44 14 03 00 J0557+2413 12 02 00 15.7 288.7 6.1 48.9 -6 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 12 03 20 15.5 288.9 6.1 48.8 74 384 14 03 04 14 05 20 J0604+2429 12 04 20 16.8 288.1 6.0 49.3 54 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 12 05 40 16.6 288.3 6.0 49.2 80 390 14 05 24 14 06 40 J0557+2413 12 05 40 15.1 289.3 6.1 48.7 -6 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 12 07 00 14.8 289.5 6.2 48.6 74 395 14 06 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 12 08 01 16.2 288.7 6.0 49.1 54 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 12 09 21 15.9 288.9 6.1 49.0 80 400 14 09 04 14 10 20 J0557+2413 12 09 21 14.4 289.9 6.2 48.5 -6 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 12 10 41 14.2 290.1 6.2 48.4 74 405 14 10 24 14 12 40 J0604+2429 12 11 41 15.5 289.2 6.1 48.9 54 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 12 13 01 15.3 289.4 6.1 48.8 80 410 14 12 44 14 14 00 J0557+2413 12 13 01 13.8 290.5 6.3 48.2 -6 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 12 14 22 13.6 290.7 6.3 48.1 74 415 14 14 04 14 16 20 J0604+2429 12 15 22 14.9 289.8 6.2 48.6 54 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 12 16 42 14.7 290.0 6.2 48.5 80 421 14 16 24 14 17 40 J0557+2413 12 16 42 13.2 291.0 6.3 48.0 -6 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 12 18 02 13.0 291.2 6.3 47.9 74 426 14 17 44 14 20 00 J0604+2429 12 19 02 14.3 290.4 6.2 48.4 54 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 12 20 23 14.1 290.6 6.2 48.3 80 431 14 20 04 14 21 20 J0557+2413 12 20 23 12.6 291.6 6.4 47.7 -6 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 12 21 43 12.3 291.8 6.4 47.6 74 436 14 21 24 14 23 40 J0604+2429 12 22 43 13.7 290.9 6.3 48.1 54 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 12 24 03 13.4 291.2 6.3 48.1 80 441 14 23 44 14 25 00 J0557+2413 12 24 03 11.9 292.2 6.4 47.5 -6 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 12 25 23 11.7 292.4 6.5 47.4 74 446 14 25 04 14 27 20 J0604+2429 12 26 24 13.0 291.5 6.3 47.9 54 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 12 27 44 12.8 291.7 6.4 47.8 80 452 14 27 24 14 28 40 J0557+2413 12 27 44 11.3 292.8 6.5 47.2 -6 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 12 29 04 11.1 293.0 6.5 47.1 74 457 14 28 44 14 31 00 J0604+2429 12 30 04 12.4 292.1 6.4 47.6 54 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 12 31 24 12.2 292.3 6.4 47.5 80 462 14 31 04 14 32 20 J0557+2413 12 31 24 10.7 293.3 6.6 46.9 -6 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 12 32 45 10.5 293.6 6.6 46.8 74 467 14 32 24 14 34 40 J0604+2429 12 33 45 11.8 292.7 6.5 47.4 54 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 12 35 05 11.6 292.9 6.5 47.3 80 472 14 34 44 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 12 37 05 20.0 306.4 6.7 49.5 100 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 12 47 07 18.5 307.8 6.8 48.3 600 511 14 38 04 14 49 00 DA193 12 48 07 18.4 307.9 6.9 48.2 58 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 12 58 09 17.0 309.3 7.0 47.0 600 550 14 49 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/freq.dat: urxd dummy dual-pol entry, only RCP available Setup group: 3 Station: URUMQI 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= 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 8100.00 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 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 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= 291.49 291.49 291.49 291.49 307.49 307.49 307.49 307.49 323.49 323.49 323.49 323.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 339.49 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: 4 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