COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 06 56 12 61.4 446.4 -2.5 -68.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 07 01 13 62.3 447.2 -2.4 -68.1 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 J0927+3902 07 02 13 62.5 447.4 -2.4 -68.1 54 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 07 07 14 63.4 448.2 -2.3 -68.2 300 39 12 06 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 07 08 14 63.6 448.3 -2.3 -68.2 54 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 07 17 16 65.2 449.8 -2.2 -68.2 540 74 12 12 01 12 22 00 J0927+3902 07 18 16 65.4 450.0 -2.2 -68.2 54 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 07 27 17 67.0 451.6 -2.0 -68.2 540 108 12 22 01 12 32 00 J0927+3902 07 28 18 67.2 451.8 -2.0 -68.2 54 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 07 37 19 68.8 453.6 -1.8 -68.0 540 143 12 32 01 12 42 00 J0927+3902 07 38 19 69.0 453.8 -1.8 -67.9 54 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 07 47 21 70.6 455.7 -1.7 -67.5 540 178 12 42 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 07 48 21 70.8 455.9 -1.7 -67.5 54 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 07 58 23 72.6 458.3 -1.5 -66.8 600 217 12 52 01 13 06 00 J0557+2413 08 02 23 57.9 602.7 2.1 44.7 91 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 08 04 24 57.6 603.3 2.1 45.0 120 225 13 06 01 13 08 00 J0557+2413 08 04 24 57.6 603.3 2.1 45.0 -5 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 08 05 44 57.4 603.7 2.1 45.2 75 230 13 08 01 13 10 20 J0604+2429 08 06 44 58.7 601.9 2.0 44.4 42 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 08 08 04 58.5 602.3 2.0 44.6 80 235 13 10 21 13 11 40 J0557+2413 08 08 04 57.0 604.4 2.2 45.5 -18 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 08 09 24 56.8 604.7 2.2 45.7 62 240 13 11 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 08 10 24 58.1 603.1 2.1 45.0 43 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 08 11 45 57.9 603.5 2.1 45.2 80 245 13 14 01 13 15 20 J0557+2413 08 11 45 56.4 605.4 2.2 46.0 -18 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 08 13 05 56.2 605.8 2.3 46.2 62 250 13 15 21 13 17 40 J0604+2429 08 14 05 57.5 604.2 2.1 45.6 43 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 08 15 25 57.3 604.6 2.2 45.8 80 255 13 17 41 13 19 00 J0557+2413 08 15 25 55.8 606.5 2.3 46.5 -18 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 08 16 46 55.6 606.8 2.3 46.7 62 261 13 19 01 13 21 20 J0604+2429 08 17 46 56.9 605.2 2.2 46.1 43 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 08 19 06 56.7 605.6 2.2 46.3 80 266 13 21 21 13 22 40 J0557+2413 08 19 06 55.2 607.5 2.4 47.0 -17 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 08 20 26 55.0 607.8 2.4 47.2 63 271 13 22 41 13 25 00 J0604+2429 08 21 26 56.3 606.3 2.3 46.6 43 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 08 22 47 56.1 606.7 2.3 46.8 80 276 13 25 01 13 26 20 J0557+2413 08 22 47 54.6 608.5 2.4 47.4 -17 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 08 24 07 54.4 608.8 2.4 47.6 63 281 13 26 21 13 28 40 J0604+2429 08 25 07 55.7 607.3 2.3 47.1 43 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 08 26 27 55.5 607.7 2.3 47.2 80 286 13 28 41 13 30 00 J0557+2413 08 26 27 54.0 609.4 2.5 47.8 -17 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 08 27 47 53.7 609.8 2.5 48.0 63 292 13 30 01 13 32 20 J0604+2429 08 28 48 55.1 608.3 2.4 47.5 43 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 08 30 08 54.8 608.7 2.4 47.6 80 297 13 32 21 13 33 40 J0557+2413 08 30 08 53.3 610.4 2.5 48.2 -17 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 08 31 28 53.1 610.7 2.6 48.4 63 302 13 33 41 13 36 00 J0604+2429 08 32 28 54.5 609.3 2.4 47.9 44 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 08 33 48 54.2 609.6 2.5 48.1 80 307 13 36 01 13 37 20 J0557+2413 08 33 48 52.7 611.3 2.6 48.6 -17 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 08 35 09 52.5 611.6 2.6 48.7 63 312 13 37 21 13 39 40 J0604+2429 08 36 09 53.8 610.2 2.5 48.3 44 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 08 37 29 53.6 610.6 2.5 48.4 80 317 13 39 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 08 37 29 52.1 612.2 2.7 48.9 -17 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 08 38 49 51.9 612.5 2.7 49.0 63 323 13 41 01 13 43 20 J0604+2429 08 39 49 53.2 611.2 2.6 48.7 44 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 08 41 10 53.0 611.5 2.6 48.8 80 328 13 43 21 13 44 40 J0557+2413 08 41 10 51.5 613.1 2.7 49.2 -16 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 08 42 30 51.2 613.4 2.7 49.4 64 333 13 44 41 13 47 00 J0604+2429 08 43 30 52.6 612.1 2.6 49.0 44 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 08 44 50 52.3 612.4 2.7 49.1 80 338 13 47 01 13 48 20 J0557+2413 08 44 50 50.8 614.0 2.8 49.5 -16 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 08 46 10 50.6 614.3 2.8 49.6 64 343 13 48 21 13 50 40 J0604+2429 08 47 11 51.9 613.0 2.7 49.3 44 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 08 48 31 51.7 613.3 2.7 49.5 80 348 13 50 41 13 52 00 J0557+2413 08 48 31 50.2 614.8 2.8 49.8 -16 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 08 49 51 49.9 615.1 2.9 49.9 64 354 13 52 01 13 54 20 J0604+2429 08 50 51 51.3 613.9 2.8 49.6 44 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 08 52 11 51.1 614.2 2.8 49.8 80 359 13 54 21 13 55 40 J0557+2413 08 52 11 49.5 615.7 2.9 50.1 -16 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 08 53 32 49.3 616.0 2.9 50.2 64 364 13 55 41 13 58 00 J0604+2429 08 54 32 50.7 614.7 2.8 49.9 44 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 08 55 52 50.4 615.0 2.8 50.0 80 369 13 58 01 13 59 20 J0557+2413 08 55 52 48.9 616.5 3.0 50.3 -16 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 08 57 12 48.7 616.8 3.0 50.4 64 374 13 59 21 14 01 40 J0604+2429 08 58 12 50.0 615.6 2.9 50.2 44 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 08 59 33 49.8 615.9 2.9 50.3 80 379 14 01 41 14 03 00 J0557+2413 08 59 33 48.2 617.3 3.0 50.6 -16 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 09 00 53 48.0 617.6 3.1 50.6 64 384 14 03 01 14 05 20 J0604+2429 09 01 53 49.4 616.4 2.9 50.4 44 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 09 03 13 49.1 616.7 3.0 50.5 80 390 14 05 21 14 06 40 J0557+2413 09 03 13 47.6 618.1 3.1 50.8 -16 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 09 04 33 47.4 618.4 3.1 50.8 64 395 14 06 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 09 05 34 48.7 617.2 3.0 50.7 44 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 09 06 54 48.5 617.5 3.0 50.8 80 400 14 09 01 14 10 20 J0557+2413 09 06 54 46.9 618.9 3.2 51.0 -16 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 09 08 14 46.7 619.1 3.2 51.0 64 405 14 10 21 14 12 40 J0604+2429 09 09 14 48.1 618.0 3.1 50.9 44 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 09 10 34 47.9 618.3 3.1 51.0 80 410 14 12 41 14 14 00 J0557+2413 09 10 34 46.3 619.6 3.2 51.1 -16 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 09 11 55 46.1 619.9 3.2 51.2 64 415 14 14 01 14 16 20 J0604+2429 09 12 55 47.4 618.8 3.1 51.1 44 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 09 14 15 47.2 619.1 3.1 51.2 80 421 14 16 21 14 17 40 J0557+2413 09 14 15 45.6 620.4 3.3 51.3 -16 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 09 15 35 45.4 620.7 3.3 51.4 64 426 14 17 41 14 20 00 J0604+2429 09 16 35 46.8 619.5 3.2 51.3 44 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 09 17 56 46.5 619.8 3.2 51.3 80 431 14 20 01 14 21 20 J0557+2413 09 17 56 45.0 621.1 3.3 51.5 -16 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 09 19 16 44.7 621.4 3.4 51.5 64 436 14 21 21 14 23 40 J0604+2429 09 20 16 46.1 620.3 3.2 51.4 44 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 09 21 36 45.9 620.6 3.3 51.5 80 441 14 23 41 14 25 00 J0557+2413 09 21 36 44.3 621.9 3.4 51.6 -16 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 09 22 56 44.1 622.1 3.4 51.6 64 446 14 25 01 14 27 20 J0604+2429 09 23 57 45.5 621.1 3.3 51.6 44 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 09 25 17 45.2 621.3 3.3 51.6 80 452 14 27 21 14 28 40 J0557+2413 09 25 17 43.7 622.6 3.5 51.7 -16 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 09 26 37 43.4 622.8 3.5 51.8 64 457 14 28 41 14 31 00 J0604+2429 09 27 37 44.8 621.8 3.4 51.7 44 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 09 28 57 44.6 622.1 3.4 51.8 80 462 14 31 01 14 32 20 J0557+2413 09 28 57 43.0 623.3 3.5 51.8 -16 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 09 30 18 42.8 623.5 3.5 51.9 64 467 14 32 21 14 34 40 J0604+2429 09 31 18 44.2 622.5 3.4 51.9 44 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 09 32 38 43.9 622.8 3.4 51.9 80 472 14 34 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 09 34 38 49.9 643.8 3.6 65.9 74 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 09 44 40 48.1 645.0 3.8 65.2 600 511 14 38 01 14 49 00 DA193 09 45 40 47.9 645.2 3.8 65.1 54 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 09 55 42 46.2 646.4 4.0 64.4 600 550 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: 8 Station: ZELENCHK 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