COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 36 29 39.8 75.2 -4.9 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 04 41 30 40.5 76.0 -4.8 0.0 300 19 12 00 04 12 06 00 J0927+3902 04 42 30 40.7 76.2 -4.8 0.0 49 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 04 47 31 41.4 77.0 -4.7 0.0 300 39 12 06 04 12 12 00 J0927+3902 04 48 31 41.6 77.2 -4.7 0.0 49 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 04 57 32 42.9 78.8 -4.5 0.0 540 74 12 12 04 12 22 00 J0927+3902 04 58 32 43.0 78.9 -4.5 0.0 49 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 05 07 34 44.4 80.5 -4.3 0.0 540 108 12 22 04 12 32 00 J0927+3902 05 08 34 44.5 80.7 -4.3 0.0 49 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 05 17 35 45.9 82.3 -4.2 0.0 540 143 12 32 04 12 42 00 J0927+3902 05 18 36 46.0 82.5 -4.2 0.0 49 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 05 27 37 47.4 84.1 -4.0 0.0 540 178 12 42 04 12 52 00 J0927+3902 05 28 37 47.5 84.3 -4.0 0.0 49 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 05 38 39 49.0 86.1 -3.8 0.0 600 217 12 52 04 13 06 00 J0557+2413 05 42 40 61.2 172.8 -0.3 0.0 49 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 05 44 40 61.2 173.8 -0.2 0.0 120 225 13 06 04 13 08 00 J0557+2413 05 44 40 61.2 173.8 -0.2 0.0 -10 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 05 46 00 61.2 174.4 -0.2 0.0 70 230 13 08 04 13 10 20 J0604+2429 05 47 00 61.4 171.1 -0.3 0.0 41 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 05 48 20 61.4 171.7 -0.3 0.0 80 235 13 10 24 13 11 40 J0557+2413 05 48 20 61.3 175.5 -0.2 0.0 -20 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 05 49 41 61.3 176.1 -0.1 0.0 60 240 13 11 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 05 50 41 61.4 172.9 -0.2 0.0 41 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 05 52 01 61.5 173.5 -0.2 0.0 80 245 13 14 04 13 15 20 J0557+2413 05 52 01 61.3 177.2 -0.1 0.0 -20 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 05 53 21 61.3 177.9 -0.1 0.0 60 250 13 15 24 13 17 40 J0604+2429 05 54 21 61.5 174.6 -0.2 0.0 41 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 05 55 42 61.5 175.2 -0.2 0.0 80 255 13 17 44 13 19 00 J0557+2413 05 55 42 61.3 179.0 -0.0 0.0 -20 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 05 57 02 61.3 179.6 -0.0 0.0 60 261 13 19 04 13 21 20 J0604+2429 05 58 02 61.5 176.3 -0.1 0.0 41 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 05 59 22 61.6 177.0 -0.1 0.0 80 266 13 21 24 13 22 40 J0557+2413 05 59 22 61.3 180.7 0.0 0.0 -20 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 06 00 42 61.3 181.4 0.0 0.0 60 271 13 22 44 13 25 00 J0604+2429 06 01 43 61.6 178.1 -0.1 0.0 41 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 06 03 03 61.6 178.7 -0.0 0.0 80 276 13 25 04 13 26 20 J0557+2413 06 03 03 61.3 182.5 0.1 0.0 -20 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 06 04 23 61.3 183.1 0.1 0.0 60 281 13 26 24 13 28 40 J0604+2429 06 05 23 61.6 179.9 -0.0 0.0 41 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 06 06 43 61.6 180.5 0.0 0.0 80 286 13 28 44 13 30 00 J0557+2413 06 06 43 61.3 184.2 0.1 0.0 -20 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 06 08 04 61.3 184.9 0.2 0.0 60 292 13 30 04 13 32 20 J0604+2429 06 09 04 61.6 181.6 0.1 0.0 41 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 06 10 24 61.6 182.3 0.1 0.0 80 297 13 32 24 13 33 40 J0557+2413 06 10 24 61.2 186.0 0.2 0.0 -20 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 06 11 44 61.2 186.6 0.2 0.0 60 302 13 33 44 13 36 00 J0604+2429 06 12 44 61.5 183.4 0.1 0.0 41 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 06 14 05 61.5 184.0 0.1 0.0 80 307 13 36 04 13 37 20 J0557+2413 06 14 05 61.2 187.7 0.3 0.0 -20 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 06 15 25 61.1 188.3 0.3 0.0 60 312 13 37 24 13 39 40 J0604+2429 06 16 25 61.5 185.1 0.2 0.0 41 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 06 17 45 61.5 185.8 0.2 0.0 80 317 13 39 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 17 45 61.1 189.4 0.3 0.0 -20 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 06 19 06 61.0 190.0 0.4 0.0 60 323 13 41 04 13 43 20 J0604+2429 06 20 06 61.5 186.9 0.2 0.0 41 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 06 21 26 61.4 187.5 0.3 0.0 80 328 13 43 24 13 44 40 J0557+2413 06 21 26 61.0 191.1 0.4 0.0 -20 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 06 22 46 60.9 191.8 0.4 0.0 60 333 13 44 44 13 47 00 J0604+2429 06 23 46 61.4 188.6 0.3 0.0 41 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 06 25 06 61.3 189.2 0.3 0.0 80 338 13 47 04 13 48 20 J0557+2413 06 25 06 60.9 192.8 0.5 0.0 -20 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 06 26 27 60.8 193.5 0.5 0.0 60 343 13 48 24 13 50 40 J0604+2429 06 27 27 61.3 190.3 0.4 0.0 41 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 06 28 47 61.2 191.0 0.4 0.0 80 348 13 50 44 13 52 00 J0557+2413 06 28 47 60.7 194.5 0.5 0.0 -20 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 06 30 07 60.7 195.2 0.5 0.0 60 354 13 52 04 13 54 20 J0604+2429 06 31 07 61.2 192.1 0.4 0.0 41 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 06 32 28 61.1 192.7 0.4 0.0 80 359 13 54 24 13 55 40 J0557+2413 06 32 28 60.6 196.2 0.6 0.0 -20 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 06 33 48 60.5 196.8 0.6 0.0 60 364 13 55 44 13 58 00 J0604+2429 06 34 48 61.1 193.8 0.5 0.0 41 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 06 36 08 61.0 194.4 0.5 0.0 80 369 13 58 04 13 59 20 J0557+2413 06 36 08 60.4 197.9 0.6 0.0 -20 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 06 37 29 60.4 198.5 0.7 0.0 60 374 13 59 24 14 01 40 J0604+2429 06 38 29 60.9 195.5 0.5 0.0 41 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 06 39 49 60.9 196.1 0.6 0.0 80 379 14 01 44 14 03 00 J0557+2413 06 39 49 60.2 199.5 0.7 0.0 -20 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 06 41 09 60.2 200.1 0.7 0.0 60 384 14 03 04 14 05 20 J0604+2429 06 42 09 60.8 197.2 0.6 0.0 41 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 06 43 30 60.7 197.8 0.6 0.0 80 390 14 05 24 14 06 40 J0557+2413 06 43 30 60.0 201.2 0.8 0.0 -20 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 06 44 50 60.0 201.8 0.8 0.0 60 395 14 06 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 06 45 50 60.6 198.8 0.7 0.0 41 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 06 47 10 60.5 199.4 0.7 0.0 80 400 14 09 04 14 10 20 J0557+2413 06 47 10 59.8 202.8 0.8 0.0 -20 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 06 48 30 59.8 203.4 0.8 0.0 60 405 14 10 24 14 12 40 J0604+2429 06 49 30 60.4 200.5 0.7 0.0 41 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 06 50 51 60.3 201.1 0.8 0.0 80 410 14 12 44 14 14 00 J0557+2413 06 50 51 59.6 204.4 0.9 0.0 -20 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 06 52 11 59.5 205.0 0.9 0.0 60 415 14 14 04 14 16 20 J0604+2429 06 53 11 60.2 202.1 0.8 0.0 41 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 06 54 31 60.1 202.7 0.8 0.0 80 421 14 16 24 14 17 40 J0557+2413 06 54 31 59.4 206.0 0.9 0.0 -20 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 06 55 52 59.3 206.6 1.0 0.0 60 426 14 17 44 14 20 00 J0604+2429 06 56 52 60.0 203.8 0.9 0.0 41 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 06 58 12 59.9 204.3 0.9 0.0 80 431 14 20 04 14 21 20 J0557+2413 06 58 12 59.1 207.6 1.0 0.0 -20 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 06 59 32 59.0 208.1 1.0 0.0 60 436 14 21 24 14 23 40 J0604+2429 07 00 32 59.8 205.4 0.9 0.0 41 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 07 01 53 59.7 205.9 0.9 0.0 80 441 14 23 44 14 25 00 J0557+2413 07 01 53 58.9 209.1 1.1 0.0 -20 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 07 03 13 58.8 209.7 1.1 0.0 60 446 14 25 04 14 27 20 J0604+2429 07 04 13 59.5 206.9 1.0 0.0 41 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 07 05 33 59.4 207.5 1.0 0.0 80 452 14 27 24 14 28 40 J0557+2413 07 05 33 58.6 210.6 1.1 0.0 -20 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 07 06 53 58.5 211.2 1.2 0.0 60 457 14 28 44 14 31 00 J0604+2429 07 07 54 59.2 208.5 1.0 0.0 41 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 07 09 14 59.2 209.1 1.1 0.0 80 462 14 31 04 14 32 20 J0557+2413 07 09 14 58.3 212.1 1.2 0.0 -20 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 07 10 34 58.2 212.7 1.2 0.0 60 467 14 32 24 14 34 40 J0604+2429 07 11 34 59.0 210.0 1.1 0.0 41 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 07 12 54 58.9 210.6 1.1 0.0 80 472 14 34 44 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 14 55 71.3 233.5 1.3 0.0 56 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 07 24 56 70.0 237.9 1.5 0.0 600 511 14 38 04 14 49 00 DA193 07 25 56 69.9 238.3 1.5 0.0 49 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 07 35 58 68.6 242.3 1.7 0.0 600 550 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: wb_x Wild guess from SX PC-Sched assuming high patch Setup group: 5 Station: WSTRBORK 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 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: 9 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