COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N17C3 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Benito Marcote Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: marcote@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 6cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2017 with 2 modes (512 and 2048 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 and 32 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 25 October 2017 involving antennas: Jb2, Wb, Ef, Mc, Nt, On85, T6, Ur, Tr, Ys, Sv, Zc, Bd, Hh, Ir, Nk, and MERLIN outstations. The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps during the first 2 hr. The NME uses a standard setup with 2048 Mbps during the last hr (Jb 2Gb). The schedule consists of: - long integrations on calibrator J1848+3219 for ftp-fringe tests; Strong fringes were found in N16C3 on this source. The following ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment (512 Mbps): 12:15:00 (scan 2, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 12:45:00 (scan 6, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 13:15:00 (scan 10, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 13:45:00 (scan 14, 2 sec, J1848+3219) Change to 2048 Mbps setup. 14:10:00 (scan 17, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 14:30:00 (scan 19, 2 sec, J1848+3219) 14:50:00 (scan 21, 2 sec, J1848+3219) Good luck with the session! Benito Marcote Skype account: jive.support.scientist Slack: evlbi.slack.com Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2017 Day 298 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 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 J1848+3219 21 05 12 58.6 605.2 2.3 41.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 =1846+322 21 15 14 57.2 608.1 2.4 42.8 600 38 12 00 01 12 12 00 J1848+3219 21 17 14 56.9 608.7 2.5 43.0 113 38 12 12 00 12 17 00 =1846+322 21 22 15 56.1 610.1 2.6 43.5 300 58 12 12 01 12 20 00 J1848+3219 21 25 16 55.7 610.9 2.6 43.8 173 58 12 20 00 12 24 40 =1846+322 21 29 57 55.0 612.2 2.7 44.2 280 76 12 20 01 12 27 40 J1848+3219 21 32 57 54.6 613.0 2.7 44.4 173 76 12 27 40 12 32 20 =1846+322 21 37 38 53.9 614.2 2.8 44.8 280 94 12 27 41 12 35 20 J1848+3219 21 40 38 53.4 614.9 2.9 45.0 173 94 12 35 20 12 40 00 =1846+322 21 45 19 52.7 616.1 2.9 45.3 280 112 12 35 21 12 42 00 J1848+3219 21 47 19 52.4 616.6 3.0 45.4 114 112 12 42 00 12 47 00 =1846+322 21 52 20 51.7 617.8 3.1 45.7 300 131 12 42 01 12 50 00 J1848+3219 21 55 21 51.2 618.5 3.1 45.9 173 131 12 50 00 12 54 40 =1846+322 22 00 01 50.5 619.6 3.2 46.1 280 149 12 50 01 12 57 40 J1848+3219 22 03 02 50.1 620.3 3.2 46.2 173 149 12 57 40 13 02 20 =1846+322 22 07 43 49.3 621.3 3.3 46.4 280 167 12 57 41 13 05 20 J1848+3219 22 10 43 48.9 622.0 3.4 46.5 174 167 13 05 20 13 10 00 =1846+322 22 15 24 48.2 623.0 3.4 46.6 280 185 13 05 21 13 12 00 J1848+3219 22 17 24 47.9 623.4 3.5 46.7 114 185 13 12 00 13 17 00 =1846+322 22 22 25 47.1 624.5 3.6 46.8 300 204 13 12 01 13 20 00 J1848+3219 22 25 26 46.6 625.2 3.6 46.9 174 204 13 20 00 13 24 40 =1846+322 22 30 06 45.9 626.1 3.7 47.0 280 222 13 20 01 13 27 40 J1848+3219 22 33 07 45.4 626.7 3.7 47.0 174 222 13 27 40 13 32 20 =1846+322 22 37 48 44.7 627.7 3.8 47.0 280 240 13 27 41 13 35 20 J1848+3219 22 40 48 44.2 628.3 3.9 47.1 174 240 13 35 20 13 40 00 =1846+322 22 45 29 43.5 629.2 3.9 47.1 280 258 13 35 21 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 25 Oct 2017 Day 298 --- 13 42 00 J1848+3219 22 47 29 43.2 629.6 4.0 47.1 114 258 13 42 00 13 47 00 =1846+322 22 52 30 42.4 630.6 4.1 47.1 300 277 13 42 01 Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 52 00 J1848+3219 22 57 31 41.7 631.6 4.1 47.1 293 277 13 52 00 13 56 00 =1846+322 23 01 32 41.0 632.4 4.2 47.0 240 338 13 52 25 14 01 00 J1848+3219 23 06 32 40.3 633.3 4.3 47.0 294 338 14 01 00 14 05 00 =1846+322 23 10 33 39.6 634.1 4.4 46.9 240 400 14 01 01 14 07 00 J1848+3219 23 12 33 39.3 634.4 4.4 46.9 114 400 14 07 00 14 12 00 =1846+322 23 17 34 38.6 635.4 4.5 46.8 300 477 14 07 01 14 19 00 J1848+3219 23 24 35 37.5 636.7 4.6 46.7 413 477 14 19 00 14 25 00 =1846+322 23 30 36 36.6 637.8 4.7 46.5 360 569 14 19 01 14 27 00 J1848+3219 23 32 37 36.3 638.1 4.7 46.5 114 569 14 27 00 14 32 00 =1846+322 23 37 37 35.5 639.0 4.8 46.3 300 646 14 27 01 14 39 00 J1848+3219 23 44 39 34.4 640.3 4.9 46.1 413 646 14 39 00 14 45 00 =1846+322 23 50 40 33.5 641.3 5.0 45.9 360 738 14 39 01 14 47 00 J1848+3219 23 52 40 33.2 641.7 5.1 45.8 114 738 14 47 00 14 52 00 =1846+322 23 57 41 32.4 642.6 5.1 45.6 300 815 14 47 01 14 56 00 J1848+3219 00 01 41 31.8 643.3 5.2 45.5 234 815 14 56 00 15 00 00 =1846+322 00 05 42 31.2 644.0 5.3 45.3 240 877 14 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess317.C512nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 466.49 466.49 466.49 466.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 482.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 498.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 514.49 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 11 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: sess317.C2048nme Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 23 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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: 28 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 28 29 30 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1846+322 18 46 29.612032 * 18 48 22.088575 18 49 01.039387 0.00 * J1848+3219 32 15 36.66046 * 32 19 02.60386 32 20 39.00936 0.00 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 29306 observations. SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline J1848+3219 sess317.C512nme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 1.200 228.000 sess317.C2048nme 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 + 0.650 68.250 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) J1848+3219 82.0 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